Top Democratic Reps Demand Release of President Trump's 'tapes' on Comey

Top Democratic Reps are asking the White House to turn over any recordings of President Trump's conversations with fired FBI Director James Comey. "Under normal circumstances, we would not consider credible any claims that the White House may have taped conversations of meetings with the President," Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) and Oversight Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) wrote in a letter to White House counsel Donald McGahn. "However, because of the many false statements made by White House officials this week, we are compelled to ask whether any such recordings do in fact exist. If so, we request copies of all recordings in possession of the White House regarding this matter."

House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA) said, “If the President has ‘tapes’ of his conversations with Director Comey, it is because the president himself made them. For a President who baselessly accused his predecessor of illegally wiretapping him, that Mr. Trump would suggest that he, himself, may have engaged in such conduct is staggering. The president should immediately provide any such recordings to Congress or admit, once again, to have made a deliberately misleading — and in this case threatening — statement.”