Update: President Trump confirms he did not make a tape of his conversation...
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
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Having teased the world, and bluffed Comey and his Democratic Party supporters about the possibility of recordings of his conversations with the former FBI Director, Bloomberg reports that a 'source familiar with the matter' confirms that President Trump does not have any tapes.
Trump raised the possibility of tapes in a strategic fashion to ensure that Comey told the truth, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The president has promised to answer the question soon. He ended a news conference on June 9 with a cliff-hanger about the tapes:
“I’ll tell you about that over a very short period of time.”
He said in the same news conference that reporters would be disappointed with his answer -- suggesting that there are no tapes.
This 'source' follows earlier comments from Trump confidant Newt Gingrich who noted...
"I think he was in his way instinctively trying to rattle Comey," says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a longtime Trump confidant.
"He's not a professional politician. He doesn't come back and think about Nixon and Watergate. His instinct is: 'I'll outbluff you.'"
All of which sound remarkably like the 'source' that Bloomberg quotes.
Maybe his lawyer has them?
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Another publicity stunt nothing burger ... pass the fries Looney
It's called 4D chess ladies and gents. He bluffed, they folded.
The "unnamed source" strikes again! Man that guy seems to be everywhere lately.
If there are tapes, the deep state/CIa has them.
We'll wait for the leaks.
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Trump, you better be switching to offensive mode.
The MSM is treating you like their bitch.
ZH threads have become a joke Tyler.
Turf these trolls ffs!
Mr. Comey, you done been Trumped.
double trumped
trump did not say No One made tapes
trump did not say No tapes exist
(actually who in hell makes tapes now; the precise operative term should be 'recording')
Not only is there a New Sheriff in town there is a New Game in town. Trump is playing them like the buffoons they are. The One Party System is now a risk of actually becoming a Two Party System. Party One consist of the Deep State and Career Politicians and Party Two is the rest of us.
This might seem like a fun game to you now, but what happens when a real crisis occurs, and Trump has no credibility?
Trump's not even a GOOD bluffer. What did he stand to gain from bluffing Comey? He tried to bluff on the health care bill and debt ceiling also and folded like a cheap suit. Now all adversaries know what a piss-poor negotiator and outright liar he is.
Are you nuts? He forced Comey to tell the truth. It was a complete and total victory for him.
Before Trump's bluff, Comey had already leaked his memo of notes of his meetings. He merely repeated those during testimony. Trump did not force Comey to tell the truth. During testimony Comey called his bluff with the "Lordy I hope there are tapes" line. Trump had nothing to gain, lost any remaining credibility he had, and also looks like an idiot/asshole for teasing the issue for weeks after Comey's testimony.
Comey recorded the meetings.
Comey was fired, his office secured, raided, stripped of all material.
Comey is angry, bitter and was out smarted.
Comey leaks info.
Trump's DOJ tells Trump, we have recordings between you and Comey and Comey likely has copies, illegally in his possession.
Trump tweets Comey to TWEAK him...goad him, but uses the words "tapes"...to give him wiggle room.
Comey is reading the veiled message...doesn't know if Trump does or doesn't know about Comey's clandestine recordings, so Comey runs down the road that maybe they don't know about Comey's recordings, so he goes "innocent"....
AW LAWDY...PLEASE THROW ME INTO THE BRIAR PATCH TO LOOK FOR THE TAPES...AW LAWDY, LAWDY"
what we are witnessing is the "Art of the Game"...versus "Comey's game of entrapment"...Trump is lawyered up to go
OFFENSIVE...his tweet was crafted by lawyers, and was written to be the perfect Swiss cheese, to personally confound Comey.
Trump's lawyers have crafted the perfect offense, and conveniently after the FINAL SPECIAL ELECTION decided to poke Comey in the eye again.
Bluffing then, or bluffing now ?
I'd be holding back any recording as well ,and let them hang themselves.
Whoops, look what I found.
DOJ has Comey's clandestine recordings, Trump was told about them a day or 2 after Comey's office was secured and raided.
Trump will win this, he knows entrapment when he sees it...
Comey was trying to entrap Trump, it backfired, they will use Comey's "recordings" to again vindicate Trump, and show Comey's entrapment plan.
NOTICE
NO
MENTION IN ANY MEDIA
OF POLICE (FBI) ENTRAPMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE...
I agree. Trump traditionally speaks very clearly very matter to the fact. This tweet was parsed.
I still believe, his lawyers has copies of COMEYS TAPES of their conversations.
Comey was RECORDING the conversations. When COMEY was fired his office was raided. Comey knew that the recordings were in Trumos DOJs hands. Comey also had copies of these recordings at his home.
After Comey was hired, he was technically not to have ANY work related info in his possession, HOWEVER HE DID.
Comey knew the tapes was all he had left of this lifeline, but it was going to be SO DAMNING to tell the world he was a snake and he was stalking the president as, trying to set him up.
Comey confided with Daniel Richman his dilemma. The 2 conspired to make very detailed notes (memos) from the recordings they had in their possession.
They then destroyed the recordings and started the "memo ruse".
Trump then interrupted their game and dropped the "tapes"...when Trump could have said "recordings"...he used "tapes"....Trump allowed himself wiggle room later down the road (today)....
Double speak, parsed statements.
Recordings were made by Comey, the DOJ obtained them during the office raid. DOJ informed the president of the contents. Trump poked Comey in the eye with his tweet, Comey isn't sure what "tapes...recordings" Trump is eluding to, Comey reacts "appropriately" to the "tale" news...that if Trump was so evil to tape him, that Trumps tapes will vindicate Comey....hardly not...it was a ruse from Comey to double back on Trump to force his hand...
Trump's DOJ has all Comey's paperwork, files, his computers, everything, they have Comey's recordings of the meetings.
So yes, Trump didn't record the meetings, Trump doesn't have the tapes.
Lol "become". Space not safe enough for ya?
No, because they've been exposed as serial spammers you dumbshit..
trump said i did not make any
does not mean none were made
... however, it was recorded that Comey asks Putin " Is Anthony Weiner Yours?" ...
>>> http://www.eutimes.net/2016/10/fbi-director-comey-asks-president-putin-i... ...
;)
Comey himself may have made them, lost control of them when he was fired.
Would mean Trump and SS not lying.
Bingo!
Comey was hoping to entrap Trump...it backfired...
Spamming what? I only see comments the majority of ZHers would disagree with. A troll, maybe. But get rid of the trolls and this site dies.
Then from the bottom of my heart, thank you for keeping this site alive by virtue of your troll-fu.
So your suggesting censorship?. Fuck that
I guess we all need to think alike in your mind.
Agreed. It's gotta go both ways or we all lose. Free flow of ideas and information.
goddamn how fucking stupid are you two
the only mention of censorship was dumbass jethro
pig's comment pertained to gratuitous self promotion; using this free cite to drop links; like this https://vid.me/HGRJ
Agreed, but this guy is a parasitic spammer who has multiple profiles that he rotates regularly. Some posters have reported malware on his site.
Hardly, Trump is using the MSM to force his opponents out in the open and not only discredit said opponents but also the MSM at the same time.
Very good. Now lets go see if we can find clouds that look like animals.
Isn't that what all this Russian BS is all about?????
Who knows whether he has them or not? Maybe this is a canary trap for the "unnamed source" i.e. "leaker." Or maybe it's a directed BS leak just to mess with their heads.
What's the 4th dimension in this game? Time?
Who folded?
Near as I can tell, this was a very minor prank on the media. It was obvious there weren't any recordings, from the way President Trump even brought it up in the first place.
It turns out Comey was the one who wasn't bluffing. He even said he hoped there were "tapes," and I'm sure he was being honest when he said that. All the chatter that Comey was just making shit up flies in the face of who Comey is and has always been. Wishful thinking, and silly at that.
Comey has lied through his teeth and failed the American public by not indicting HRC and dozens of others.
You're fucking cluless.
OK, fine, see it as you like.
As for "fucking clueless," I try to remind people that this is a legal game played by legal rules. I'm not a player of this game but I've seen it often enough to get the gist. A guy like Comey does not simply make things up. Everything he says will be supported by evidence and legal reasoning. You and I may not agree with the reasoning, and we may not agree that the evidence suggests what the Comey's of the world say it does.
That is not the same thing.
I've never said Comey did not fail the American people by not indicting HRC and dozens of others. Wouldn't say it either, because that would be to deny the obvious. However, Comey is probably correct in his assessment that under the laws of the game the way the game is played, it was pointless to indict Hillary or any of the rest of that den of snakes.
Remember, in law a "Fact" is merely something on which both sides agree to agree. If both sides agree to agree the sky is green, then it's a "fact" in law. Once you understand the ramifications of that, the rest of it makes a lot more sense.
The US Codes that were violated literally hundreds of times are very clear and specific. That is the LAW. Everything else is lying, conspiracy and a coverup. Comey is front and center in all of this.
Bill Still - The Real James Comey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV_urRnwnFU
Comey was trying to entrap the president, he recorded the president, so he could craft the most PERFECTLY detailed memos...so he could write a book later, based on his memos...
Comey didn't see the blindside...Trump being so nice to him, begging him to be nice, was worried about appearance...Comey felt invincible...traveled far and wide...to California...to suddenly find himself trapped, unable to return to his precious "dirt" in his office...the DOJ had everything immediately secured and raided his office.
Comey lives every day wondering what the DOJ knows and is piecing together to make the case that Comey was trying to set up and entrap Trump.
This fake Russian collusion was just the basis to set up entrapment by the dirtiest police department EVER.
if Comey is indicted and convicted for entrapment, he literally needs to hang!
You mean he lied and the bullshit continues.
What lie did he tell in regards to this???? Or are you just Trolling????
I've been reading that and seeing that stated everywhere. It's so true! He's several steps ahead on everything.
I think it's called lying but whatever makes u sleep at night.
Again, what lie did Trump tell in regards to this? Not the one you made up in you head.
Did Omarosa get voted off the island yet? I haven't been able to stay current, with legions of welfare parasites taking more and more from my income and all.
He's back in DC, giving "anomymous" info to the media about Russian interferance in the election.
A guy I know named Jodwaylian Girtlump has all his communications with his ex wife recorded. He too hints at it from time to time but would only ever bring them out in either an ultimate case of personal defense, or a final act of going down in flames on youtube.
I assume trump is probably the same way.
Bonfire of the Vanities
"Maria is taken to the stand, where she lies by saying that Sherman was driving the car, acting as an all-innocent widow. Kramer had given her immunity in order to frame Sherman, also threatening her with falsely charging her with perjury if she does not testify against him. Without even telling his lawyer, Sherman plays the recording Fallow had given him. In it, Maria admits she was the one who had been driving Sherman's car that notorious evening, and also mocks her own late husband. She faints on the stand from this turn of events."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099165/synopsis
Did Trump ever said he had them?
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