After James Comey's testimony before the Senate yesterday about President Trump wanting Comey to shut down the FBI's Russia investigation, the most important question is whether the President recorded his conversations with Comey. If he did record one or more of those conversations, and the conversations tend to confirm Comey's testimony, the President will be in serious trouble. It is possible to conclude from Comey's testimony that the President wanted to quash the FBI's Russia investigation, something that could amount to obstruction of justice. Confirmation in recorded conversations could strengthen that conclusion, perhaps by a lot.
One thing's for dang sure: Special Counsel Robert Mueller will seek any recordings of those and other relevant conversations. We will find out sooner or later if the recordings exist. We may also find out whether they once existed but were deleted or destroyed. If the recordings exist and support Comey's testimony, the President will have a big problem. If the recordings once existed but have been erased or destroyed, the President will have a big problem. If recordings never existed in the first place, the President would appear to be a liar for having suggested that they did exist, perhaps a liar trying to bluff Comey into silence.
The only good scenario is if the recordings exist and contradict Comey. But if that were the case, President Trump would surely have released them already.
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