Mr. Trump had one or more recording devices that he used to tape phone calls from his office, the three people said. All are former high-level employees who worked for Mr. Trump over a span of three decades. They said they saw devices in use recording phone calls.
.. A fourth person said he knew that Mr. Trump had recorded a phone conversation with him because it was later entered into evidence in a lawsuit.
.. Taping conversations isn’t illegal in New York, nor in Washington, D.C., as long as one party in the conversation, such as Mr. Trump, is aware that it is being recorded.