Later in the dinner, Mr. Trump again said to Mr. Comey that he needed his loyalty. But Mr. Trump pressed him on whether it would be “honest loyalty.”“You will have that,” Mr. Comey told his associates he responded. Mr. Trump told NBC that Mr. Comey requested it to ask to keep his job. CNN reported on Thursday that Mr. Comey never gave Mr. Trump an assurance of his loyalty. Mr. Comey told Mr. Trump that the country would be best served by an independent F.B.I.

Source: New York Times May 12, 2017 00:25 UTC