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The White House has refused to deny Donald Trump recorded conversations with the ousted FBI director James Comey - just as Wikileaks has offered $100,000 if such a tape exists.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer also gave a no comment response when asked if Trump is currently recording conversations in the Oval Office.

Trump did not ask Comey to pledge loyalty to him when the two had dinner in January, Mr Spicer added during the briefing this afternoon, disputing media reports.

Asked whether the accounts were true, Spicer told reporters "No."

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"I think the president wants loyalty to this country and to the rule of law," he said.

Asked whether anyone in the White House had an audio recording of the dinner, as Trump suggested in a tweet earlier today, Spicer said: "I'm not aware of that."

Wikileaks has offered the six figure sum to anyone who produces a genuine tape of the alleged recording, posting a tweet in the last hour.

It comes after Comey allegedly said Trump was “crazy” and “outside the realm of normal” when he accused Barack Obama of ­wiretapping his phones.

Sources claimed the sacked FBI director was “utterly dismayed” at the President’s tweets in March.

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Comey publicly dismissed the billionaire’s bizarre ­allegations weeks later.

But it is claimed his cards were marked when he requested more resources to investigate Mr Trump’s campaign team’s links to Russia.

The war of words escalated yesterday as Trump’s explanation for the sacking began to unravel.

Aides had said Comey was fired on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s advice.

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However, more than 30 sources have claimed Trump was demanding a reason to dismiss him.

And it has emerged Rosenstein threatened to resign after being made the fall guy.

Trump spoke out for the first time about the row yesterday.

He claimed Comey had told him he was not the subject of the FBI probe into Russian meddling in last year’s election.

But in a personal attack on the axed bureau chief, he added: “He’s a showboat, he’s a grandstander. The FBI has been in turmoil.”

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The blast came as acting FBI director Andrew McCabe rubbished Trump’s claim “the rest of the FBI” lost confidence in MComey.

McCabe said he “held broad support... and still does to this day".