Article snippet: James Comey in a series of meetings and phone calls that began in the presidential transition period -- behavior Comey likens to that of a mafia boss, Comey writes in a book set for release next week. Those efforts included a now-famous, private White House dinner with Trump just a week after the president was inaugurated, in which Trump, Comey writes, told him: “I need loyalty. I expect loyalty.” Comey writes that to him, “The demand was like Sammy the Bull’s Cosa Nostra induction ceremony,” referring to Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano, a former leader of the Gambino crime family, whose testimony ultimately helped convict mob boss John Gotti. Comey responded with silence, he writes in the book, and Trump moved the conversation along. Later in the dinner, Trump returned to the subject: “I need loyalty.” “You will always get honesty from me,” Comey writes that he responded. “That’s what I want, honest loyalty,” Trump said. “You will get that from me,” Comey responded. The book, “A Higher Loyalty,” is Comey’s first extensive public accounting of his handling of investigations affecting Trump and Hillary Clinton – and the circumstances around his firing by Trump – since his congressional testimony last year. In it, Comey paints Trump as someone who is “unethical, and untethered to truth and institutional values," and who is "ego driven and about personal loyalty.” ABC News’ Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos is conducting the first interview wit... Link to the full article to read more