subject now to the presidential records act? would the congress be able to get those recordings? the presidential records act certainly covers audio recordings, a 1978 law passed in response to watergate so the fact that it s covered. interestingly the president can destroy records related to his own presidency unless it has evidently value. the question is whether or not the congress can subpoena these will get into a complex issue of executive privilege. not sure whether the president would be able to keep these secrets. white house press secretary sean spicer refused to confirm or deny the existence of a taping system. what the president said the president said and he ll let the tweet leave for itself. why are we even discussing thames ? we re discussing it because once again the president has made this claim that everybody is wondering about whether or not there s actually a taping system in the white house, sort