President Donald Trump confirmed that there are no recording of his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey, nearly 6 weeks after he implied that there were recordings, according to CNN.
Amid the Russian collusion investigation, and reports of leaks, it seems that Trump had no idea that there would be tapes/recordings of his conversations with James Comey.
With all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information, I have no idea...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2017
...whether there are "tapes" or recordings of my conversations with James Comey, but I did not make, and do not have, any such recordings.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2017
This President's announcement came just one day before the House Intelligence Committee deadline for the white house to show any recordings on this issue.
The White House will have to explain why President Trump made claims of intimidating James Comey whom he fired. On June 22, Newt Gingrich said President Trump was bluffing in order to rattle James Comey.
Comey admitted the recordings with Trump at Senate intelligence committee hearing
Earlier, the former director of the FBI James Comey, at an open hearing in the US Senate, which was a part of the investigation of possible ties between President and the Kremlin, admitted that he had recorded meetings with Donald Trump, but would not recall conversations with Trump about Russia's interference in the elections.
He stated that he had given these notes to his friend, Columbia University professor Daniel Richman, who later transmitted them to the media.
The former FBI director expressed his confidence that Russia was responsible for the cyberattacks on American government structures, and he was fired because he was trying to investigate the "Russian probe".
.@jaketapper: The White House is trying to operate in something close to an accountability-free zone
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 22, 2017
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However, about the possible links of Donald Trump with the Russian authorities, James Comey refused to speak - for the reason that the hearings were open.
House of Representatives asked the White House to provide audio recordings
In the framework of the investigation into alleged interference of Russia in the elections of President, representatives of the House Of Representatives Intelligence Committee asked the White House to provide any existing records of conversations between Donald Trump and James Comey.
Records, including audio, if they exist, must be transmitted before June 23.
On May 9, Trump resigned the director of the FBI, James Comey, who had held this post since 2013. President argued his decision by the fact that Comey lost confidence in Washington. James Comey stated in his testimony that Donald Trump tried to "soften" the course of the investigation of the alleged Russian interference in the presidential election in 2016.
