WikiLeaks announced Friday it is prepared to pay $100,000 for any tapes of conversations between President Donald Trump and former FBI Director James Comey. The message was sent out from its Twitter account just hours after Trump sent out his own tweet apparently warning Comey not to leak information to the media because of tapes he has of their meetings.
Update: U.S. lawmakers ask Trump to turn over any Comey tapes. Background on Comey's firing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @02:44AM (3 children)
Trump is allowed to record things. There is nothing to justify anybody getting copies of any recordings. At best, maybe he needs to turn them over to the National Archives when he leaves office.
No, "We hate him and Russia" isn't a proper justification. Mere fantasy that there was a cover-up isn't the required level of evidence.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday May 17 2017, @05:52AM (1 child)
Well a large part of conversations Trump would have involve classified information. So previously he wouldn't have been allowed to keep a recording of that sort of conversation after he left office, but that is only the written law, the actual 'law' we actually live by was changed so that Hillary Clinton wouldn't have to spend the rest of her miserable existence in prison after it was discovered she had every email sent/received while Secretary of State and hadn't even allowed State or the National Archives to have copies. Then she publicly announced she had erased everything she and her lawyers decided needed wiping. So yes, now Trump could record his life 24/7 and keep it all, and tell anyone who wants access to attempt an improbable act of self procreation.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday May 17 2017, @03:00PM
That is very true, and it is the central and most important reason why we don't let our "friends" get away with crimes, because then it means our enemies will too. Everybody who supported Bush & Cheney thought it was so cute and ballsy when they violated our laws with impunity, but as soon as Obama got in and followed their lead, suddenly it was all "OMG how could this be allowed?!!!" And vice versa. No big deal that Obama could assassinate American citizens or spy on everyone, but now that Trump's the guy in the chair it's the end of the world (TM).
Either we have equal justice under law, or no law at all.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @05:32PM
WOW, you are INCREDIBLY ignorant on this topic, but don't let that stop you. There's at least 40 years of case law, some of it explicitly related to the President, that contradicts you. Actually, YOU contradict the case law, not the other way around. If I were you, I would cut my losses and refrain from talking any more on this topic.