Fired former FBI Director James Comey is in the news again. Memos that he wrote after key meetings with President Trump were handed over to the U.S. Congress and then leaked to the media Thursday night. The memos repeat much of what Comey wrote in his book and in Congressional testimony. But these reports, written in real time, reveal a president fixated on loyalty and the swirling investigation into his campaign ties to possible Russian interference. CGTN's Nathan King reports from the White House.

The fired former FBI director has been on TV all week - promoting his book "A Higher Loyalty." The title is an apt one because according to newly-released redacted memos, the U.S. president asked his then FBI boss for loyalty both personal and political.

One memo reads in part: "He then returned to loyalty, saying "I need loyalty." I replied that he would always get honesty from me. He paused and said that's what he wants, "honest loyalty." I replied "you will get that from me."

The memos detail previous allegations that President Trump pushed the FBI head to make the investigation into his first national security adviser go away. And Comey writes that the president was obsessed with the so-called Dossier compiled by his political opponents which alleges Trump consorted with prostitutes at a Russian Hotel. Comey writes in part. "I said, the Russians allegedly had tapes involving him and prostitutes at the Presidential Suite at the Ritz Carlton in Moscow from about 2013. He interjected, 'There were no prostitutes; there were never prostitutes.' He then said something about him being the kind of guy who didn't need to 'go there'."

Comey also accused of the president obsessing war on the personal damage, to the reputation rather than the Russian intervention in the 2016 election.

The U.S. president is hitting back--- tweeting Friday: "James Comey Memos just out and show clearly that there was NO COLLUSION and NO OBSTRUCTION. Also, he leaked classified information. WOW! Will the Witch Hunt continue."

Comey says his book is designed in part to start a conversation about ethics and morality in political life. He says he is not out to get the president that fired him - and in fact bears him no ill feelings.

JAMES COMEY FORMER FBI DIRECTOR "I definitely don't hate him. There are things he does that make me uncomfortable, and I think are inappropriate that are in some ways like a bully-like behavior, but I don't hate Donald Trump. I don't even dislike Donald Trump."

NATHAN KING WASHINGTON "It's yet another fascinating if slightly embarrassing chapter in the reality show that is now U.S. politics. But this show is not over. Remember, U.S. President Trump's firing of James Comey led to the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel, who took over the investigation - which continues. To be continued . Nathan King, CGTN, at the White House."