Lawmakers investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the U.S. 2016 election had asked the White House for any such recordings of Comey, whom Trump fired on 9 May.
Whether Mr Trump's tape comments were a stroke of strategic genius or not, they certainly haven't kept Mr Comey from causing headaches in the White House.
Trump suggested in a May 12 tweet that he may have recorded his White House conversations with Comey, whom he fired three days before.
The former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation testified before a Senate committee that Trump had asked him to halt a probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn's alleged collision with Russian Federation. "But he's also - we're going to have to see".
The House Intelligence Committee, one of four congressional committees probing Russia's involvement in the election, wrote to Mr Trump's lawyer to ask if such recordings existed.
President Donald Trump says Republicans benefit as long as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi remains in power.
"We have four very good people that - it's not that they're opposed; they'd like to get certain changes", Trump said.
"My story didn't change; my story was always a straight story; my story was always the truth", Trump said on "Fox & Friends".
Comey has testified that Mr. Trump asked him to drop an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. You said you didn't tape [former FBI Director] James Comey.
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There are also looking for documents and information about whether the FBI investigated the communication. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) announced Friday.
The Trump administration has been firing back at the deluge of leaks surrounding Mueller's Russian Federation probe - suggesting that anonymous sources tied to the reports can not be trusted.
Earthardt then complimented the president on his savvy maneuver and suggested to Trump that it was "a smart way to make sure he stayed honest in those hearings".
On June 9, the House Intelligence Committee investigating whether or not there was Russian meddling with the United States elections sent a letter to the White House asking whether these tapes exist.
"I don't have any tape and I didn't tape".
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's actions during the 2016 election is still ongoing. Under a post-Watergate law, the Presidential Records Act, recordings made by presidents belong to the people and can eventually be made public.
"Some of them worked for Hillary Clinton", he added. "But as I said earlier this administration never ceases to amaze me".
"It's basically trying to tell Comey, 'Don't say anything,"' said O'Sullivan, now a law professor at Georgetown University.
The panel had established a deadline of Friday for Trump to hand over any tapes - a move that may have precipitated his admission on Thursday.
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