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“I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very ‘cowardly!’ ” Trump said in a tweet Sunday.

The volleys came during an unusually quiet weekend for Trump. Once the president landed in New Jersey for a visit to a Trump golf club in Bedminister, the White House largely went silent. Photos popped up on social media showing Trump at a graduation party at the club Friday and posing for photos with a young couple who were married there Saturday.

Some of those who came to the president’s defense this weekend did so in ways that seemed to contradict the declarative statements made by Kasowitz that Trump “never, in form or substance, directed or suggested that Mr. Comey stop investigating anyone.”

In an interview with Fox News that aired Saturday night, Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, seemed to confirm Comey’s version of events as he tried to emphasize the fact that his father did not directly order Comey to stop investigating Flynn.

“When he tells you to do something, guess what? There’s no ambiguity in it, there’s no, ‘Hey, I’m hoping,’ ” Trump Jr. said. “You and I are friends: ‘Hey, I hope this happens, but you’ve got to do your job.’ That’s what he told Comey.”

And on “Fox News Sunday,” Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said that she believes the president’s version of events over Comey’s – but then she speculated.

We can all agree with Jim Comey that, Lordy, we hope there are tapes

“Say his version is true, and he said, the president said: ‘I hope you let this go,’ ” she said. “Listen, I’m a mom of kids. There’s a difference between saying ‘I hope you do your homework’ and ‘Go do your homework.’ Donald Trump, President Donald Trump, is someone who speaks definitively. He’s somebody who, when he talks to you, you know what he means.”