"A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership," will be released tomorrow, but excerpts about Comey's experience working with US President Donald Trump have already been released, and are earning praise for the former FBI director from the Trump resistance.
According to Kovalik, Comey's book reveals his political bias.
"I think that in the case of Comey, in particular, he did not want Trump to be president, and so, there may have been some bias. The interesting thing is that liberals said Comey should be charged under the Hatch Act for interfering in the election by reopening the investigation into Clinton's use of a private server," Kovalik explained.
The Hatch Act is a US federal law that prohibits those in the executive branch of the government, other than the president, vice president and other high-level officials, from getting involved in some forms of political activity.
"Now, the same people who wanted the guy prosecuted are saying he's the next best thing since sliced bread," Kovalik told Radio Sputnik.
"The establishment is still furious that Trump won. People have had to whore themselves to get elected. He didn't have to do that. It's true that Trump doesn't have the collective interest in mind. A lot of what he does is aimed toward his own self-preservation. However, that doesn't distinguish him from other presidents," Kovalik added.
The Republican National Committee has already questioned the former director's credibility by launching a website titled "Lyin' Comey." The website features tweets from Trump criticizing Comey and includes a section called "The Truth."
That section of the website details Democrats' about-face on Comey's qualifications, noting that, "While Democrats feigned outrage over President Trump's firing of James Comey, they had long questioned Comey's ability to lead the FBI and even called for him to be fired. Nancy Pelosi suggested that Comey was ‘not in the right job;' Bernie Sanders said, ‘It would not be a bad thing for the American people if [Comey] did step down;' Chuck Schumer said, ‘I do not have confidence in [Comey] any longer;' Maxine Waters said, Comey ‘has no credibility' and deserved to be fired."
Trump fired Comey in May 2017, stating it was recommended by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Two days later, Trump said that he had been planning on forcing Comey out over his poor handling of the investigation regarding Clinton's private server and email scandal, "regardless" of any recommendation.