President Donald Trump invited FBI Director James Comey to dinner in January and asked for his loyalty. Mr. Comey, a career law enforcement official, promised him honesty. Honesty clearly has no place in a Trump administration, so Comey was sacked, then threatened.
As former FBI agent Clint Watts, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, observes, “Trump’s loyalty pledge tactic comes straight from the worst aspects of authoritarians and mob bosses who see their rule above the rule of law.”
More:
“Trump Asked Comey for Loyalty a Day After He Was Warned About Flynn: Report,” Margaret Hartmann, New York Magazine
“Trump said he was thinking of Russia controversy when he decided to fire Comey,” Devlin Barrett and Philip Rucker, Washington Post
“Trump Threatens Fired FBI Director Comey With ‘Tapes,'” John T. Bennett, Roll Call
“The Threat in President Trump’s Interview with Lester Holt,” Amy Davidson, The New Yorker
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