Trump's declaration now that there are no recordings appear to settle a key dynamic in that investigation: It's now the president's word against Comey's notes.
Tributes poured in for Hong Kong businessman and incumbent deputy to the National People's Congress Peter Wong Man-kong, who died of illness on Monday at the age of 70.
Trump was due to hold a one-on-one meeting with Merkel later on Wednesday and will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday.
Tsujihara has worked for Warner Bros over the past 25 years. He became CEO of the company in March 2013, and chairman in December the same year. As a Japanese American, Tsujihara was the first top executive of Asian descent to head a major Hollywood studio.
Trump spoke to reporters as he departed for a trip to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. He called the gunman "demented" and said "we're looking into him very seriously", the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.
Trump said that his administration was looking at the possibility of stopping incoming Saudi Arabian crude oil shipments as a measure to support the battered domestic-drilling industry.
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Trump added that "I'm sure that Iran will want to talk soon."
Trump said he will meet at the White House on Monday with representatives of major drug companies about speeding up development of a vaccine. "We are having very good initial feedback "about a vaccine, he said.
Trump has frequently suggested he views the Justice Department less as a law enforcement agency and more as a department that is supposed to do his personal and political bidding. Still, investigators are never supposed to take into account the political affiliations of the people they investigate.