The White House responded Friday to the House Intelligence Committee’s request for any tapes or recordings that may exist of President Trump’s past conversations with former FBI Director James Comey, referring the committee to tweets Trump sent the previous day.

"In response to the Committee's inquiry, we refer you to President Trump's June 22, 2017, statement regarding this matter," White House legislative affairs assistant Marc Short wrote to Reps. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) and Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffSchiff to subpoena top DHS official, alleges whistleblower deposition is being stonewalled Schiff claims DHS is blocking whistleblower's access to records before testimony GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power MORE (D-Calif.).

The committee had sent the request in a letter on June 9.

NEW: written response from White House to House Intel committee on "tapes" question; cites @POTUS tweet from yesterday --> pic.twitter.com/XrgM4R54ei — Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) June 23, 2017

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The Trump statement the White House referred the committee members to was sent in a pair of tweets on Thursday, when he said he "did not make, and do not have, any such recordings" of his conversations with Comey.

At the same time, Trump also raised the possibility that a third-party had recordings of the pair's conversations, citing instances of "electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information."

...whether there are "tapes" or recordings of my conversations with James Comey, but I did not make, and do not have, any such recordings. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2017

Trump's tweet followed weeks of speculation after he raised the possibility of having tapes in a tweet threatening Comey days after he fired the FBI director last month.

Comey later testified that Trump's tweet on possible "tapes" led to his decision to have his detailed accounts of his talks with Trump shared with The New York Times, spurring the appointment of a special counsel to investigate any ties between Trump's campaign and Russia.