Schumer: Trump Should Turn Over Any Comey 'Tapes' To Congress Or Apologize

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By ESME CRIBB Published MAY 14, 2017 9:28 AM

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Sunday said that if President Donald Trump recorded his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey, he should hand them over to Congress.

“If there are tapes, the President should turn them over immediately, of course,” Schumer said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” He warned Trump that destroying such recordings “would be a violation of law.”

“He should turn them over to Congress and to the investigators,” Schumer said. “If there are no tapes, he should apologize to both Jim Comey and the American people for misleading them.”

Trump on Friday appeared to warn Comey against speaking to the press amid unflattering reports regarding Comey’s abrupt termination.

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[SHRED]

1. I think it was an empty intimidation tactic

He was bluffing.

Schumer is correct to call his bluff.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Keep that issue alive like jumping popcorn

Audio could be subpoenaed in the right situation

[mpcamb]

3. Hard hitting statement, Chuck.

If Comey was taped and evidence is being withheld, a crime is committed.
We should do more than ask nicely.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Neither scenario will unfold

Hand over 'tapes'? Cheeto Benito is getting the attention he craves over this Schrödinger's cat-like potentiality.

Apologize? Fuhgeddaboudit!

[uppityperson]

5. All tapes or recordings belong to the people and destroying any is against the law

I read up on it last night because I couldn't remember.

[riversedge]

6. Thank you.