Former FBI director James Comey has been both admired and reviled by both sides of the political spectrum over the past three years.
His announcement that the Hillary Clinton investigation was being reopened just days before the 2016 election was seen by Democrats as an attempt to thwart her election bid, while his investigation into the Trump administration’s possible collusion with Russia has made him a target for Republican scorn.
President Trump would later fire Comey for “this Russia thing,” leading to an investigation into potential obstruction of justice.
With the upcoming release of his book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,” Comey is back in the spotlight. According to The Washington Post, in the book, Comey “describes Trump as a congenital liar and unethical leader, devoid of human emotion and driven by personal ego.”
Here’s more of Comey’s biggest revelations in the memoir:
Trump is obsessed with the pee-pee tape mentioned in the Steele dossier.
According to raw intelligence gathered by former British MI6 agent Michael Steele, in 2013, Trump had a group of prostitutes urinate on a bed at a Moscow hotel room where President Obama and his wife once stayed. Comey’s memoir notes that:
On Jan. 11, 2017, Trump called Comey saying he couldn’t have been involved in a pee-pee tape because he’s a germaphobe:
Trump brought up the tape once again at a one-on-one dinner meeting with Comey.
At the same meeting, Trump was unfamiliar with the word “calligrapher.”
Comey compares the Trump administration to the mafia.
President Obama had a pretty funny reaction to Comey saying he would inform Trump about the pee-pee tape allegations.
Comey goes into deep detail about Trump’s bizarre appearance.
Comey is suspicious of Trump’s ties to Russia.
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