Epstein, Maxwell prosecutor Maurene Comey fired

A Manhattan federal prosecutor who worked on the cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell has been fired Per a analysis from the New York Times Maurene Comey was fired on Wednesday She was a member of legal teams that brought criminal cases against the sex traffickers including the event against Epstein that was ultimately abandoned when he died in jail She is also the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey Her firing comes amid increased scrutiny of the event against Epstein brought on by the Department of Justice s refusal to release a long-promised client list Sources who spoke to the Times mentioned Comey s termination letter referenced Article II of the Constitution which discusses powers granted to the president A DOJ memo shared last week reported that no such list existed and claimed no evidence of foul play in Epstein s death The release has caused a schism among President Donald Trump s supporters who elected him in part on the promise to reveal the names of powerful people they inferred were tied to the late financier and his partner Related Why House Republicans voted for the Epstein cover-up Trump has spent the last week defending Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI head Kash Patel from his disappointed followers The president lashed out against Republicans who were upset by the news on Wednesday saying on social media that they were weaklings who bought into bulls t Epstein who died in custody in was arrested and charged during Trump s first term That hasn t stopped Trump from pinning the story on the opposition In the Oval Office on Wednesday Trump called the story around Epstein a hoax and accused his political enemies of cooking it up It s all been a hoax perpetrated by the Democrats and chosen stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net he mentioned I call it the Epstein hoax Read more about this topic Trump doesn t realize why MAGA demands the Epstein files MAGA continues to reel from Trump s Epstein betrayal This creep Trump is over questions about Epstein The post Epstein Maxwell prosecutor Maurene Comey fired appeared first on Salon com