![]() ![]() ![]() Similarly, Comey expresses his discomfort in socializing with presidents. Not surprisingly, in a meeting with then chief of staff Reince Priebus, Comey explained the need for separation between the White House and the FBI – only to be rebuffed. He brands the president as unethical, “untethered to the truth and institutional values”. ![]() Yet in Comey’s eyes, Trump’s greatest sin was conflating the presidency with himself and, in the process, disregarding constitutional and institutional norms. I had assumed from media polling that Hillary Clinton was going to win James Comey Comey posits that the president’s efforts may have risen to the level of obstruction of justice, but declines to unequivocally state that was in fact the case. It recounts how Trump sought to sway the FBI’s investigation of Michael Flynn, the president’s first national security adviser who later pleaded guilty to lying to the bureau. A Higher Loyalty contains little by way of stunning revelation, but offers additional details. ![]()
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