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Brendan Gleeson is set to play Donald Trump in the project based on the former FBI director’s book ‘A Higher Loyalty.’
Jeff Daniels will star as former FBI director James Comey in a miniseries from CBS TV Studios.The project, which CBS Studios locked down a year ago, is based on Comey’s memoir A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership.
Additionally, Brendan Gleeson (Mr. Mercedes, the Harry Potter franchise) will play Donald Trump — who fired Comey as FBI director in May 2017 and is a major figure in the book. A Higher Loyalty takes its title from what Comey says Trump demanded of him during the investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Published in April 2018, A Higher Loyalty was an instant bestseller, moving more than 600,000 copies in its first week. The book covers Comey’s 2013-17 tenure as FBI director, his role in the 2016 election — both in the investigation of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state and in Russian interference with the election — and his relationship with President Trump, who fired Comey in May 2017.