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Line 62: − − Sometimes the controversial news is deliberately created by the White House. The White House has not announced a policy on recording meetings or phone calls. On May 12, 2017 President Trump suggested that his meetings with FBI Director [[James Comey]] may have been recorded.<ref>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863007411132649473</ref> − − [[File:Tapetweet.jpg|left|image of tweet]] − {{clear}} − After his tweet, Trump refused to confirm or deny that he has been taping his meetings.<ref name=cnn>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/politics/trump-comey-tapes-recording-white-house/index.html|title=No one knows if Trump is making White House recordings -- and Trump won't say|work=CNN|date=May 12, 2017|accessdate=May 14, 2017}}</ref> Some news outlets ran with the fake news.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-warns-comey-better-hope-there-are-no-tapes-of-talks/|title=Trump warns Comey: Better hope there are no ‘tapes’ of talks|date=May 12, 2017|accessdate=June 25, 2017|work=breitbart.com}}</ref> On May 12, 2017, Reps. John Conyers and Elijah Cummings, both Democrats, requested copies of any such recordings from the White House counsel.<ref name=cnn/> On May 12, 2017, [[Adam Schiff]], the ranking members of the House Intelligence Committee demanded that Trump either hand over the tapes or "admit, once again, to have made a deliberately misleading — and in this case threatening — statement".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/12/adam-schiff-donald-trump-comey-tapes-238321|title=Schiff demands Trump turn over Comey 'tapes'|work=Politico|date=May 12, 2015|accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref> Over the next six weeks, the White House press office,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spicer-trump-tapes-james-comey-2017-5|title=Sean Spicer won't deny Trump is recording private White House conversations, including with Comey|date=May 12, 2017|accessdate=June 25, 2017|work=Business Insider}}</ref> the White House Counsel, the Secret Service,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2017/The-U-S-Secret-Service-says-it-doesn-t-have-any-recordings-or-transcripts-of-any-tapes-recorded-within-President-Donald-Trump-s-White-House/id-348e15b497f2498284fd5f0e876570bd|title=The Latest: Secret Service says it has no Trump tapes|date=June 13, 2017|accessdate=June 23, 2017|work=Associated Press}}</ref> and Congressional staff spend hours discussing and trying to establish whether or not a White House taping system had been installed and whether President Trump had recorded his conversations with Comey.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/22/gingrich-just-admitted-trump-was-being-dishonest-about-white-house-tapes-because-nothing-matters/?utm_term=.3692172ef1d3|title=Trump’s bluff on White House tapes wasn’t just dishonest — it was also a failure|date=June 22, 2017|accessdate=June 23, 2017|work=Washington Post}}</ref> On June 22, 2017, President Trump tweeted that he did not record the Comey meetings or conversations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/22/donald-trump-james-comey-tapes-239878|title=Six-week ‘tapes’ saga comes to a very un-Trumpian end|work=Politico|date=June 22, 2017|accessdate=June 23, 2017}}</ref> However, his tweet was carefully worded to not answer the question about whether other White House meetings or conversations were being recorded. So, the mainstream media carried many stories over a six-week period (some of which comparing Presidents Trump and Nixon), when there was never any secret recordings.
→Presidency: This is NOT fake news.The media never believed it and never reported it as fact. It was already added to White House tapes, so removing this here is not "censorship".Did you actually read the talk page, or are you mindlessly reverting?
''The Washington Post'' reported in June 2017 of a meeting held between President Trump and [[Federal Communications Commission]] Chairman [[Ajit Pai]] that never occurred.<ref>Moran, Sean (June 23, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/23/fake-news-washington-post-invents-meeting-between-fcc-chair-ajit-pai-and-president-trump/ Fake News: Washington Post Invents Meeting Between FCC Chair Ajit Pai and President Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref>
''The Washington Post'' reported in June 2017 of a meeting held between President Trump and [[Federal Communications Commission]] Chairman [[Ajit Pai]] that never occurred.<ref>Moran, Sean (June 23, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/23/fake-news-washington-post-invents-meeting-between-fcc-chair-ajit-pai-and-president-trump/ Fake News: Washington Post Invents Meeting Between FCC Chair Ajit Pai and President Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref>
====Russia investigation and James Comey hearing====
====Russia investigation and James Comey hearing====