President Trump insisted Friday that he always told a “straight story” about whether he recorded conversations with ousted FBI Director James Comey.
Trump said that he never made tapes of his private conversations with Comey – doubling down on a tweet he’d sent a day earlier.
“When he found out that there may be tapes out there…I think his story may have changed,” Trump said on “Fox and Friends” Friday morning. “I mean you’ll have to take a look at that because then he has to tell what actually happened at the events.”
He added, “[The suggestion] wasn’t very stupid. He did admit that what I said was right and, if you look further back before he heard about that, maybe he wasn’t admitting that.”
There’s been no evidence Comey’s account of his dealings with Trump has changed.
Trump cryptically tweeted about possibly recording the conversations three days after firing Comey – who was leading the investigation into Russia’s interference in November’s presidential election — in May.
“James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!” Trump warned.
Testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee two weeks ago, Comey admitted that after that tweet, he leaked a memo about his interactions with Trump during which the president asked for his loyalty and suggested he drop the probe into national security adviser Mike Flynn’s ties to Russia.
“I’ve seen the tweet about the tapes,” Comey testified. “Lordy, I hope there are tapes.”
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