Article snippet: Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday issued a veiled threat to former FBI director James Comey, who had been leading the investigation into Russian meddling in the US election until Trump fired him this week, saying that he’d better not leak any information to the media. As concern over the integrity and independence of ongoing investigations continued to grow, Trump also suggested that he may have surreptitiously recorded Comey during meetings or phone calls. “James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!” Trump wrote on Twitter. It was not clear if it was intentional, but Trump’s tweet once again drew parallels to Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal and a White House under siege. Later in the day, in response to repeated questions during a briefing with reporters, White House press secretary Sean Spicer would not elaborate when asked whether the president has secret recording devices inside the White House. “The president has nothing further to add,” he said. The lack of a denial fueled a frenzy of interest in Congress and the media about what secret taping system Trump may be deploying. Justice Department officials on Saturday will interview four candidates to succeed ousted FBI Director James Comey. Asked about the tweet threatening the former FBI director with unspecified conse... Link to the full article to read more