James Comey Inks Book Deal
Former FBI director James Comey signed a book deal — reportedly fetching some $2 million — for a memoir about his remarkable career and time as the head of the FBI, according to the Associated Press.
Reports emerged last month that Comey was shopping around a book proposal to publishers eager to lock down to rights to the controversial intelligence officer’s musings.
“Comey will write about experiences that made him the FBI’s best-known and most controversial FBI head in recent times, from his handling of the bureau’s probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server to allegations of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign,” AP reports.
President Donald Trump fired Comey suddenly in May, citing the FBI chief’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation as the reason for his dismissal.
In a subsequent interview, Trump apparently admitted he was frustrated by Comey’s investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia — and Comey later testified before that Senate Intelligence Committee that Trump repeatedly asked him to drop the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
As The New York Times reported in July, Comey’s upcoming book will not be a tell-all memoir, “but an exploration of the principles that have guided Mr. Comey through some of the most challenging moments of his legal career.”
Comey was represented by Javelin in an auction held between a number of publishers — per AP, the rights reportedly sold for more than $2 million — with Flatiron Books winning the now-unnamed book slated for release in spring.
In a statement released by Flatiron Publisher and President Bob Miller, he said “Director Comey will give us unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in leadership itself.”
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