Colbert Hypes Comey's Book About Violent Right-Wingers After Downplaying Instagram Post

Alex Christy | May 21, 2025
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Former FBI Director James Comey took his book tour to CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where he promoted his new novel about a violent right-wing podcaster while the eponymous host absolved him of any wrongdoing over his recent 8647 Instagram post that some interpreted as a call to kill President Trump.

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Speaking of the book, later in their discussion, Colbert asked, “Let's get to the book here. As I said, it's a crime novel: FDR Drive. It’s your third book in a series of legal thrillers. What's it about? Is it a whodunit?”

Comey wants people to be charitable towards him, but his novel paints conservative podcasters as cartoonishly evil:

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