Secret audio? In Trump world, there’s always a tape
WASHINGTON — Lordy, there are tapes. And tapes and tapes and more tapes.
Omarosa Manigault Newman’s former colleagues say they are shocked that she secretly recorded private conversations with President Donald Trump and his chief of staff.
But surreptitious tapes in Trump’s world are nothing new, with the president himself once suggesting he secretly recorded fired FBI Director James Comey (who responded by saying : “Lordy, I hope there are tapes”). Trump’s ex-attorney Michael Cohen has his own cache of recordings, too. ‘
What to know about the latest White House tapes and why they matter: