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'A Higher Loyalty:' Here’s some of what James Comey says about Trump in his new book

By Debbie Lord, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
April 13, 2018

According to a book set for release on Tuesday, President Donald Trump wanted former FBI director James Comey to discredit a report that he had been in a Russian hotel room with prostitutes, saying in one meeting that something like that could not have happened because he is a "germaphobe."

The story appears in Comey's book, "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership." Comey will kick off a publicity tour for the book on Sunday with an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC at 10 p.m. ET

In addition to stories about Trump asking for Comey's personal loyalty, according to media reports, the more than 300-page tome includes passages where Comey says Trump is "unethical and untethered to truth," he created a "cocoon of alternative reality" and that meetings in person with Trump led him to concluded that his ties were too long and his hands a bit small.

Here are some excerpts from Comey’s book:

His impressions on meeting Trump in person:

More on Comey:

>>James Comey's new book 'A Higher Loyalty' scathing account of Trump presidency, character

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Debbie Lord, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

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