President Trump sought loyalty like that of a mafia boss, according to former FBI Director James Comey.
In his new book, A Higher Loyalty, set to hit shelves next week, Comey described the details of a private White House dinner with the president shortly after his inauguration where Trump demanded loyalty out of him
“I need loyalty. I expect loyalty,” Trump said to then-director Comey, which was met with silence, according to ABC News, which received an early copy of the book.
“The demand was like Sammy the Bull’s Cosa Nostra induction ceremony,” Comey wrote. Comey said Trump often exhibited mafia boss-like behaviors during the presidential transition period in meetings and phone calls.
When the president further demanded loyalty from Comey again later on during the dinner, Comey said: “You will always get honesty from me.”
“That’s what I want, honest loyalty,” Trump said.
The tell-all book is Comey’s first personal in-depth look into his now infamous firing by Trump and the investigations into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, which became a focal point of the 2016 election.
