Former FBI Director James Comey made a not-so-subtle reference to a fateful conversation he had with President Donald Trump with the title of his new memoir, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership.”
.@mikeallen has the Comey book cover. pic.twitter.com/cBT786rrY4
— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 2, 2017
The book is set for a May 1 release and will likely detail some never-before-told aspects of his last days at the FBI before he was abruptly fired by Trump not long after Comey confirmed his agency was investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and links between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
Before the firing, the President apparently told Comey, “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.” Trump denies asking for that pledge. Comey instead said he would always be honest with him. Trump also asked Comey to drop the investigation into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to Comey’s testimony before Congress.
Axios first reported the new title of Comey’s book and the former FBI director tweeted out the article, saying “Lordy I hope there are pictures,” a nostalgic reference to comments he made during his testimony before the Senate.
After Trump heard that Comey had taken copious notes about their meetings, he tweeted that he had “tapes” of their conversations that would contradict Comey’s version of the story.
“Lordy I hope there are tapes,” Comey had said.
Lordy I hope there are pictures. https://t.co/7mkLLskVu8
— Reinhold Niebuhr (@FormerBu) November 2, 2017
Apparent? I think that’s too kind a qualifier…
This is going to send Dear Leader and the Fox and Friends crowd over the edge. I love it.
One week he was embarrassing Comey at the White House, blowing kisses as if to thank him for his late October Surprise. Then, “he was a showboat, a grand stander…the FBI was in turmoil, you know that…I know that…everybody knows that…”
Trolling, trolling over the bounding main,
For many a stormy wind shall blow ere Jim comes home again.
I’ve said it before and sadly, I’ll say it again. The amount of real estate this POS (not Comey) takes up in our collective consciousness is beyond a shame … it’s criminal. That being said, according to a new Vanity Fair piece, Trump is truly freaking out over Mueller and, deliciously, is starting to blame JARED for telling him to fire Comey.