Trump tapes would be subject to government record-keeping laws

Published May 12, 2017 9:31pm ET



President Trump’s veiled reference on Friday to “‘tapes'” of his conversation with former FBI Director James Comey, whom he abruptly fired earlier this week, has raised questions about whether the president secretly records his discussions and whether those recordings — if they exist — could expose him to federal record-keeping requirements.

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