Frustrated Trump aims at former FBI head, as new questions swirl
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appeared to threaten the former head of the FBI on Twitter on Friday, warning the just-fired James Comey not to leak to the media.
The president tweeted: “Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!”
It’s unclear whether the president was alluding to actual secret recordings, or making a casual remark. The president’s opponents immediately found Nixonian parallels, making comparisons to the White House tapes that fuelled the Watergate scandal.
The administration only fed the intrigue. Later in the day, a solemn-sounding spokesman repeatedly shrugged off questions about whether the White House does, in fact, secretly tape the president’s meetings.