James Comey likes to play the role of the mystic martyr, the above-it-all good guy who was wronged by a petulant and unscrupulous president. But early excerpts from the former FBI director’s forthcoming book, “A Higher Loyalty,” suggest he can be as petty, spiteful, and self-serving as the president he resents.
First, there’s the childish stuff, like when Comey writes that President Trump’s “face appeared slightly orange with bright white half-moons under his eyes where I assumed he placed small tanning goggles.” Comey also riffs on Vanity Fair’s Graydon Carter’s infamous Trump-specific jab (“short-fingered vulgarian”) when he writes, “as he extended his hand, I made a mental note to check its size. It was smaller than mine, but did not seem unusually so.”
