JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Diane Kacprowski showed up at 57th Street Books in Chicago early on Tuesday [4-17-18] on a mission to be one of the first to snap up a copy of James Comey’s scalding memoir about his time at the helm of the FBI and his abrupt firing by President Donald Trump. ‘A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership’ went on sale at midnight, and customers scrambled to bookstores around the country to buy the tell-all book that sparked a Twitter war between Trump and the man he fired… She was fortunate to have arrived early. The bookstore sold out all its stock within 20 minutes of opening for business. At other bookstores, owners said sales were slower and the publisher, Macmillan, would not release initial sales figures. Conservative commentators, such as Fox News host Tucker Carlson, have attacked Comey as partisan and indecisive in his handling of the email scandal that dogged Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Others, like former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, have denounced Comey for leaking memos about his discussions with Trump.”
–Bob Chiarito, “Comey’s tell-all book piques readers’ interest, stoked by Trump’s fury,” Reuters, April 17, 2018 3:26 pm