A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership

James Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the Mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration’s policies on torture and electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history.

‘Comey’s memoir offers visceral details on a president untethered to truth.’ The New York Times 

‘While spilling the beans on Trump, the ex-FBI director portrays himself as both high-minded and willing to share his own pratfalls.’  The Guardian

‘The G-man gets his revenge on Trump’, and ‘Trump offends all that Comey claims to hold dear about power in America and the values and institutions which merit his loyalty.’ Evening Standard  summarised the book as “

‘Former FBI Director James Comey knows he may never be forgiven by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for what he did – and did not do – in the 2016 presidential election. His much-anticipated new book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,” is his appeal for them and their supporters to at least understand, if not accept, the reasons behind his treatment of two investigations that continue to reverberate in American politics.’ The San Francisco Chronicle