Members of the press on Monday greatly outnumbered customers at one bookstore in Washington ahead of Tuesday’s highly-anticipated release of fired FBI Director James Comey’s memoir, according to one report.
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“Kramerbooks expected long lines but it’s very tame,” per CNN’s Saba Hemedy, referring to one of the capitol’s independent bookshops.
The journalist also reported overhearing someone at the store complain there were “more cameras than people.”
Comey book comes out in 25 min. Kramerbooks expected long lines but it’s very tame. pic.twitter.com/s4AOPQ3lES
— Saba (@saba_h) April 17, 2018
OH at kramerbooks: “There are more cameras than people” #comeybook
— Saba (@saba_h) April 17, 2018
Hannah Yoest, of The Weekly Standard, also reported there being about “a dozen cameras for each customer present.”
They’re unpacking the books and there are a dozen cameras for each customer present pic.twitter.com/jlpggJfHM0
— Hannah (@ruthyoest) April 17, 2018
The poor turnout emulates softer-than expected TV ratings for Comey’s interview with ABC on Sunday, his first televised sit-down since Trump dismissed him in May.
Comey’s book, A Higher Loyalty, was released at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
