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[[Lyndon Johnson]] began recording conversations while serving in the United States Senate.  As president, he had hidden microphones installed in the Oval Office, the Cabinet Room and in the little lounge located just off the Oval Office.  He also had recording machines attached to his phone lines.  These recording systems were activated by buttons on his Oval Office desk and near in chair in the other rooms.<ref name=johnson>{{cite web|url=https://millercenter.org/johnson-secret-white-house-recordings-collection-specifications|title=Johnson Secret White House Recordings: Collection Specifications|accessdate=May 21, 2017}}</ref> About 800 hours of tapes are in the Johnson Presidential Library.

[[Lyndon Johnson]] began recording conversations while serving in the United States Senate.  As president, he had hidden microphones installed in the Oval Office, the Cabinet Room and in the little lounge located just off the Oval Office.  He also had recording machines attached to his phone lines.  These recording systems were activated by buttons on his Oval Office desk and near in chair in the other rooms.<ref name=johnson>{{cite web|url=https://millercenter.org/johnson-secret-white-house-recordings-collection-specifications|title=Johnson Secret White House Recordings: Collection Specifications|accessdate=May 21, 2017}}</ref> About 800 hours of tapes are in the Johnson Presidential Library.

Although his practice of recording conversations was not generally known during his life, his Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy probably suspected that he was recording their meetings.  On some occassions, Kennedy brought a briefcase to their meetings which had the effect of jamming the recording system.  The tapes of those meetings just had a buzzing sound.<ref name=johnson/>

Although his practice of recording conversations was not generally known during his life, his Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy probably suspected that he was recording their meetings.  On some occasions, Kennedy brought a briefcase to their meetings which had the effect of jamming the recording system.  The tapes of those meetings just had a buzzing sound.<ref name=johnson/>

In February 1989, [[C-SPAN]] radio began airing the LBJ Tapes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/about/milestones/|title=Milestones|accessdate=May 14, 2017}}</ref>

In February 1989, [[C-SPAN]] radio began airing the LBJ Tapes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/about/milestones/|title=Milestones|accessdate=May 14, 2017}}</ref>

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[[File:Tapetweet.jpg|left|image of tweet]]<br><br><br><br>

After his tweet, Trump refused to confirm or deny that he has been taping his meetings.<ref name=cnn/>  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.

After his tweet, Trump refused to confirm or deny that he has been taping his meetings.<ref name=cnn/>  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.