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Proscribing such taping. secondly, i would suspect it was the president more than -- more than mr. comey who would have concerns about what was said. he already acknowledged that he asked a question that he probably shouldnt have asked. so my guess is that this was just a bluff on the part of the president, if it wasnt, i expect the congress is going to request to hear these tapes. >> yeah. i -- >> but it was a peculiar thing. >> dont we all want to hear these tapes to find out what the truth is...

Sfwla any oval office. >> you also hear drinks being stirred and people walking. it was that ewe big-ticketous in the nixon white house. he didnt do any taping in 69 none in 70 but by 71 he started thinking i better start making tapes. >> he want to do for history sfwlp winston chfl he was thinking ill do the 10 volume history he thought it was a nest egg for himself and ammunition against people he didnt like somebody who said he said something. hed say i have the transcript a little bit by tru...

>> so anywhere oval office -- >> you also hear drinks being stird. and it was that you bick wit to us in the white house. >> winston churchill wrote a multiple volume, maybe ill do the richard nixon tapes for the world. and ammunition against somebody he didnt like, somebody would say he said something, he would say i have the transcript, he wanted it as ammunition against people that met him. so its plausible that donald trump had bugged that dinner, knowing that the stakes were high as head of...

Fired and the russia investigation. i just want to point out something that peter said earlier. its really important to remember that again, is it a bluff or there really evidence of something secret? this is at same president who threw out serious wiretapping allegations against president barack obama. yet we have never seen those claims substantiated. again we have a situation now where there is so much energy going into these claims that have no evidence to back them up. its engaging people o...

That got there. >> mm-hmm. >> because i didnt ask that question. >> mm-hmm. what about the idea that in a tweet you said that there might be tape-recordings? >> well, that i cant talk about. i wont talk about that. all i want is for comey to be honest, and i hope he will be, and im sure he will, i hope. >> joining me now is john dean, former white house counsel to president richard nixon, who knew a thing about taping things in the white house. john, i cant tell if this is a distraction or a fib...

>> well, that i cant talk about. i wont talk about that. all i want is for comey to be honest, and i hope he will be, and im sure he will, i hope. >> joining me now is john dean, former white house counsel to president richard nixon, who knew a thing about taping things in the white house. john, i cant tell if this is a distraction or a fib or a bluff, but your reaction to the pointed non-denial both from sean spicer and the president himself about taping people in the oval office? >> it is very...

Of a similar age. having said that, when you say the word tapes, when you indicate recordings of private conversations, it gets your attention. is this sustainable? and how does this end? >> well, i personally dont believe there are tapes. i could be wrong. but i think that what will happen is pretty soon the conservative media, after its clear that trump was just saying this in order to, you know, bluff and hold some cards over comey, that the conservative media will say, see, trump was punking...

Donald trump is about to give a commencement address. some have been youths the "i" word and while impeachment still remains as senator blumenthal said a distant possibility, democrats are pursuing other ways to hold trump accountable. four democrats asked the doj to open a new probe whether trump interfered in the -- and theyre calling his bluff about the warning about tapes about their dinner conversation. a letter was sent to the white house on friday requesting any types regarding that

To carry out sort of further his health care bill, you know, the tax plan, things like that, everything is sort of -- they are still rolling but there isnt a lot of attention because so much energy and effort is going into this whole issue of director comey being abrupt lee fired and the russia investigation. i just want to point out something that peter said earlier. its really important to remember that again, is it a bluff or there really evidence of something secret? this is at same presiden...

Hes been recording private conversations in the white house. he did not deny it, nor did his spokesman, sean spicer, earlier in the day. it could be a bluff. it could be a taunt. it could be a threat, and it could be that donald trump is recording conversations in the white house and just opened himself up to a massive subpoena claim. todays saga started early this morning when the president got a hold of his phone and said on twitter, quote, james comey better hope that there are no tapes, in q...