Meetings with Trump gave Comey “flashbacks to my earlier career as a prosecutor against the Mob,” he writes. The White House has sought to cast doubts about Comey’s reputation: the Republican Party this week put up a website called “Lyin’ Comey” to undermine the book. Getting neither, the president fired Comey on May 9, complaining of the ongoing investigation into possible Trump campaign-Russia ties. Trump asked Comey to investigate “what he called the ‘golden showers thing'” Comey writes, saying Trump was determined to prove to his wife Melania that it did not exist. “Holy crap,” Comey wrote.

Source: Manila Times April 13, 2018 01:41 UTC