U.S.
President Donald Trump said he did not make and does not possess any
tapes of his conversations with James Comey, the former FBI director.
The recant came after suggesting last month he might have recordings that could damage Comey.
“With all of the recently reported electronic surveillance,
intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information, I have no idea
whether there are ‘tapes’ or recordings of my conversations with James
Comey, but I did not make, and do not have, any such recordings,” Trump
wrote on Twitter.
Lawmakers investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the U.S.
2016 election had asked the White House for any such recordings of
Comey, whom Trump fired on May 9.
Shortly after dismissing Comey, Trump mentioned the possibility of tapes in a Twitter post.
“James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our
conversations before he starts leaking to the press!” Trump wrote on
Twitter on May 12.
Allegations of ties to Russia have cast a shadow over Trump’s first
five months in office, distracting from attempts by his fellow
Republicans in Congress to overhaul the U.S. healthcare and tax systems.
Comey’s firing sparked a political firestorm. The former FBI head
testified before a Senate committee that Trump had asked him to drop a
probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s alleged ties
to Russia.
Trump has privately told aides that the threat of the existence of
tapes forced Comey to tell the truth in his recent testimony, a source
familiar with the situation said. The White House had said Trump would
likely clarify whether he had tapes of Comey by the end of this week.
Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives
Intelligence Committee, said Trump still had questions to answer about
possible tapes.
“If the President had no tapes, why did he suggest otherwise? Did he
seek to mislead the public? Was he trying to intimidate or silence James
Comey? And if so, did he take other steps to discourage potential
witnesses from speaking out?” Schiff said in a statement.
Earlier on Thursday, CNN reported that two top U.S. intelligence
officials told investigators Trump suggested they publicly deny any
collusion between his campaign and Russia, but they did not feel he had
ordered them to do so.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security
Agency Director Admiral Mike Rogers met separately last week with
investigators for Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Senate
Intelligence Committee, according to CNN.
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