Trump to make announcement on any Comey tapes this week: White House

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters


Tue Jun 20, 2017 | 3:43pm EDT

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to make an announcement this week about the existence of any tapes of conversations between him and former FBI Director James Comey, the White House said on Tuesday.

"The president has said that he will make an announcement on this. I expect it this week," White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters at a news briefing.

Spicer was responding to a question about whether there are tapes of the conversations with Comey, whom Trump fired last month, and whether they would be turned over to the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, which is probing allegations of Russians meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

(Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Washington Newsroom)

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-tapes-idUSKBN19B2SI?il=0

[titaniumsalute]

1. OFFS he's just playing reality TV host again at this point

[Eugene]

3. +1000

If there are no tapes, they can just say so, can't they?

[Shrike47]

20. Absolutely trying to get attention, steal the news cycle. Does he think coy is cute?

[barbtries]

26. yes.

he thinks it will help his ratings too.

[MFM008]

2. He can shove

Them up his rump.

[NastyRiffraff]

35. Plenty of room for them there

Just saying.

[virtualobserver]

4. how many announcements about announcements is he going to make?

Will the announcement later this week be that we should expect something next week?

[dixiegrrrrl]

42. He often does this announcement thing

"in a week--2 weeks-few weeks" but never announces anything.
It's his version of tv: "stay tuned for...."

[leftynyc]

5. Acting like he has a choice

Congress demanded both the Comey memos and the tapes by 6/22 (this Friday). If he doesn't give him the tapes or admit he doesn't have them, he's in contempt of congress.

[Eugene]

6. Like Trump promised to release his tax returns or clear up Melania's immigration history?

I'm not holding my breath.

[Phoenix61]

7. There are no tapes

He was, as usual, just shooting off his mouth. Now he's trying to keep the attention on himself like a good little narcissist.

[riversedge]

10. Secretly recording anyone would be more trouble for Trump.

[NewJeffCT]

8. It will be right after he releases the evidence

that Obama wiretapped his phones and updates us on Melania's immigration status and releases his taxes

[Cattledog]

9. It took a week to edit them.

[winstars]

11. Oh deary me, I am waiting by my TeeVee for this announcement... NOT!!!

[ginnyinWI]

12. Don't hold your breath.

He'll probably wait until he need a distraction from something far worse, then make a BIG deal out of the announcement.

[Catmusicfan]

13. I have a sick feeling it will be like 1984 scene/Campaign Not a birther crap

Remember They all of a sudden after years of being at War with Eastasia they are now at war with Eurasia (Or something like that)


We had that scene in the campaign after years of being a Birther Trump said He wasn't a birther that Obama was born in the U.S.

I can see him saying Tapes? what Tapes? I Never said I had tapes. It was the lying media who said I said I had tapes. They are fake news...

[C_U_L8R]

14. How does Trump avoid looking like a doofus?

I don't think anyone expects him to turn over any tapes - whether they exist or not. So we're just gonna get some whackadoodle excuse???

[spiderpig]

15. Yawn. n/t

[murielm99]

16. Who cares?

I will not be waiting around for any more of his lies.

[Justice]

17. Lordy!

[byronius]

18. 'Okay, all right, who here does the best Comey impersonation?'

[NRaleighLiberal]

19. ..."but wait, there's more! call now, and you will get..."

more snake oil faker than reality tv anything

[Squinch]

21. And I'm the queen of France.

[Mme. Defarge]

25. Vraiment?

Merde alors!

[Squinch]

27. Well, I might be queen, but it's not like I speak the language!

I got the "merde" part though!

[Mme. Defarge]

29. Not to worry -

the bar these days is extremely low.

[Thomas Hurt]

22. This is another non-event like his faux capitulation on birtherism.

No friggin tapes, just another lie to move the goalposts.

Fat Fascist 45 didn't mean to suggest he had tapes.........blah, blah, blah.

Hmm, maybe he has Nunes working up another midnight intrigue scam....

[iluvtennis]

23. If there were tapes and they substantiated what Dumpty said...

...they'd be in the public domain already. As Trump had history of taping folks in his business dealings, maybe he did tape Comey. Bit they have long been destroyed as those tapes would confirm Comey, not Dumpty.

[Mme. Defarge]

24. Correct me if I'm wrong,

but wasn't that supposed to be last week?

[sarge43]

28. Announcing is hard n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

30. He'll probably wait until Thursday, when the Senate healthkill bill is supposed to release. nt

[Docreed2003]

31. So they've finally finished doctoring the "tapes"??

Why the need for an announcement

[truthisfreedom]

32. Our leader is a fucking joke and

A twatnozzle.

[lark]

33. Don't hold your breath.

Like everything else that will "happen next week", it won't. drumpf won't admit he's lying and if he's taped anything, he won't admit that either. It's just another distraction from the real issues of healthcare, taxes & and russia.

[bucolic_frolic]

34. Possible implications

they've taken a long time to edit the tapes, look at what a good job they did on Planned Parenthood

if there are tapes, that implies there are tapes of other individuals in regards to other matters,
both before and after he took office. 'This is the only conversation I ever taped' has no credibility.

[Honeycombe8]

36. There are no tapes. He wouldn't tape himself obstructing justice. nt

[royable]

37. It must be taking weeks to record those tapes

and have Drumpf stay on script. Perhaps if they found a more competent voice actor to impersonate him in addition to the one that is impersonating Comey...

[OldRedneck]

38. Bullshit

He's playing the media again.

[Maeve]

39. Right after this commercial message! Friends...would you like to own a bridge? eom

[potone]

40. This is so annoying.

Either he has them or he doesn't. What is the purpose of this, except to make him look even less presidential than he already does? Does he really think that this behavior impresses anyone? I don't get it.

[Turbineguy]

41. Unless he decides not to.

Don't touch that dial!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

43. Announcement: Whoops, I accidentally taped over them with last week's episode of American Top 40 n/t

[maxrandb]

44. It's Like "Who Shot JR"

or which of Rick's group did Negan bash with a baseball bat

Only this time...with Nuclear Weapons