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The James Comey supposed "Comey Blockbuster" tell all, book drops from #1 to $7 on the Amazon .com, Best Seller list in less then two weeks after its release. At first it went from #1 to #3...then back to #2 and today dipped downward to #7. Methinks it has seen its best days, as both Robert Mueller & James Comey ain't the "belles of the ball", no more!!! Shucks, Hillary Clinton's book, "What Happened" was #1 in sales for at least 30-35 weeks...but that brisk exposure and sale did absolutely nothing, zero, zilch to boost, help or aide failed, loser,...

James Comey's "A Higher Loyalty" had a very big opening week. Flatiron Books announced Tuesday that sales topped 600,000 copies, a number that includes print, audio and e-books.

My Facebook friend Lynn Chu, commenting on the remaindering of iconographies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as well as the nonstop and self-defeating promotion of James Comey's book: It's ironic that the more Comey talks the more everyone realizes what a political sleazeball animal he was and how much he tipped the scales whenever he felt his own personal self-interest rising. The Discreet Charm of the First Amendment. Smarmy unwarranted book deals with zero writerly integrity can backfire, you know. Let's just hope the publisher doesn't take a bath that will then have to be taken out of all...

Judicial Watch filed suit against the Justice Department for documents related to James Comey's new book, as holdovers from the Obama administration at the DOJ and FBI continue to thwart the Trump administration and members of Congress who are attempting to drain the swamp. On April 17, Judicial Watch, the public watchdog legal group, announced that it had just filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Justice Department for FBI prepublication review and other records about former FBI Director James Comey’s book, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership. The book was released, amidst much media hoopla,...

Has Justice Finally Caught Up With Andrew McCabe? What is FBI Hiding About the Comey Book? Judicial Watch Sues DOJ for Comey-Mueller Communications Has Justice Finally Caught Up With Andrew McCabe? The Justice Department Inspector General reportedly issued a criminal referral of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Washington. The wheels of justice may have finally caught up with McCabe for repeatedly lying under oath to investigators. It’s high time America had some accountability for his misconduct. We uncovered documents about McCabe’s conflicted handling of the Clinton investigation that should have triggered action...

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Justice Department for FBI prepublication review and other records about former Director James Comey’s book, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership ( Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:18-cv-00894)). Judicial Watch filed suit after the Justice Department failed produce any records in response to a March 16, 2018, FOIA request for: All records of communications between the FBI and former FBI director James Comey relating to an upcoming book to be authored by Mr. Comey and published. All...

James Comey’s book is getting the Harry Potter treatment. “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership,” the upcoming memoir from former FBI director James Comey, is set for publication on April 18 — and with anticipation rivaling that of the cult children’s favorite, the publisher is taking extreme precautions to prevent potentially explosive revelations detailing Comey’s interactions with President Donald Trump from leaking. White House lawyer Ty Cobb wrote in an email that the government was expecting to get a copy for review, but that he has not been involved. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders did not respond to a...

Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Justice Department for FBI records about former Director James Comey’s book, which he signed to write in August 2017 and is set for publication in April 2018 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice, (No. 1:18-cv-00220)). The suit also seeks records of communications between Comey and the FBI prior to and regarding Comey’s controversial June 2017 testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Judicial Watch filed suit on January 31 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the Justice Department failed to...

Publishers of former FBI Director James Comey's forthcoming book have released the name and cover of the highly anticipated tell-all of his time leading the bureau and his sudden firing by President Donald Trump. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership will be published in May of 2018. According to Flatiron Books, Comey's first book will "explore what good, ethical leadership looks like and how it drives sound decisions." Comey is set to share newly released anecdotes during his long career "using examples from some of the highest-stakes situations in the past two decades of American government," according to Flatiron.

Fired former FBI Director James Comey landed a multi-million-dollar book deal to give the country “unprecedented entry into the corridors of power,” Flatiron Publisher and President Bob Miller told The Associated Press in a statement released Wednesday. Now Comey will publicly unveil his own version of events with an untitled memoir set for release next spring detailing “examples from some of the highest-stakes situations in the past two decades of American government” and sharing “yet-unheard anecdotes from his long and distinguished career,” according to his publisher. Eddie Zipperer, an assistant professor of political science at Georgia Military College, told LifeZette...

Former FBI Director James Comey's been meeting with publishers and editors in New York City about his upcoming memoir and could be looking at a substantial advance, the New York Times reports. At the time he was fired, Keith Urbahn, founder of Javelin (the literary agency now representing Comey) told the Daily Caller : "[I]t depends on the timing and how well crafted the book proposal is, but conceivably Jim Comey could get to an eight-figure advance for his memoir. Getting to that level hinges on the story he has to tell." Since Comey had a front-row seat to...