White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday refused to comment on President Trump’s implication that conversations in the White House are taped, including refusing to discuss why he won’t clarify those comments.
When asked why he won’t clarify if Trump is recording conversations in the White House or if senior officials can feel comfortable speaking in private with the president, Spicer repeated one answer.
“The president’s made it clear what his position is,” Spicer said.
When asked what that position is, because all Trump has done is tweet that Comey had better hope there are no recordings of their conversations, Spicer repeated his statement.
Trump said Thursday that Comey told him in a private dinner and twice on the phone that he’s not under investigation for any connections with the Russian government during the campaign. When some details of those conversations began to leak, Trump warned Comey not to talk to the press because there might be recordings of their conversations.
Spicer has refused to clarify those comments to reporters in the last two press briefings.
Secret recordings in the White House are legal and were made by Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. However, the tapes are government property.
Spicer refused to comment on Democratic demands to turn over any tapes of conversations.
