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riversedge

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Sat Jun 24, 2017, 09:32 AM Jun 2017

White House uses Trump tweet in its official response to Comey tapes request

There is an embedded link to the WH letter in the article.


http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/23/mike-conaway-trump-james-comey-tapes-239899



White House uses Trump tweet in its official response to Comey tapes request


By Kyle Cheney

06/23/2017 11:47 AM EDT

Updated 06/23/2017 07:43 PM EDT

The White House copied and pasted President Donald Trump’s day-old tweet Friday in its written response to a House committee’s bipartisan request for any recordings of Trump’s conversations with former FBI Director James Comey.

In a two-paragraph letter from legislative director Marc Short to the House Intelligence Committee leaders, the White House simply quoted Trump’s contention that he has “no idea” whether any tapes of his meetings with Comey exist.

It’s a remarkable suggestion that the president is unaware whether his private White House conversations are being taped, and it also comes hours after one of the committee’s top Republicans, Rep. Mike Conaway, said he didn’t consider Trump’s tweets an “official” response to his inquiry.

“I don’t think tweets are ever official,” the Texas Republican said. “We’d like something on letterhead.”

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White House uses Trump tweet in its official response to Comey tapes request (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2017 OP
I wonder if they sent it on Trump Tower hotel stationery leftstreet Jun 2017 #1
He's a fake pResident. SHRED Jun 2017 #2
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