Fired Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor Comey: 'Fear is the tool of a tyrant'
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President Donald Trump is under pressure to have the Justice Department release files on Jeffrey Epstein, the pedophile who killed himself in jail.
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Market analysis reveals The Justice Department abruptly fired New York federal secutor Maurene Comey, whose criminal cases included that of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019
Moreover, In a note to her former colleagues, Comey told them not to be intimidated by the threat of being arbitrarily fired for political reasons
Nevertheless, "Fear is the tool of a tyrant," she wrote
On the other hand, President Donald Trump has long considered Comey's father, former FBI Director James Comey, an enemy
Maurene Comey, assistant U (fascinating analysis)
Attorney in the Southern District of New York, at a news conference announcing the upcoming arraignment of Jeffrey Epstein, who faces charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, in New York, July 8, 2019 (something worth watching), in today's market environment
Moreover, Shannon Stapleton | ReutersThe Jeffrey Epstein secutor who was abruptly fired by the Justice Department as President Donald Trump comes under pressure to release files on Epstein suggested Thursday that she was being targeted by a "tyrant (which is quite significant)
Nevertheless, ""If a career secutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain," the secutor, Maurene Comey, wrote in a farewell note to staff at the Manhattan U
Attorney's Office. "Do not let that happen. ""Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought, amid market uncertainty
Instead of fear, let this moment fuel the fire that already burns in the heart of this place," she wrote in the note. "A fire of righteous indignation at abuses of power
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Warren warnsTrump administration pulls $4 billion from California high-speed rail jectWhat happens if Trump fires Fed Chair Powell: 'This would be a mess,' analysts warnTrump lashes out at Republicans over Jeffrey Epstein file demandsEU poses raising defense funding in 2-trillion-euro budgetTrump 'ly' will fire Fed Chair Powell 'soon': White House officialComey was fired Wednesday from the U
Attorney's Office, where her high-file secutions included cases against Epstein; Epstein's curer, Ghislaine Maxwell; and Sean "Diddy" Combs
Comey is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump has considered an enemy since he fired the director in 2017 (an important development), amid market uncertainty
Hours before Maurene Comey was fired, Trump lashed out at Republicans who are demanding that the Justice Department release more files the Epstein case, considering recent developments. "Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this 'bull----,' hook, line, and sinker," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post
Additionally, Moreover, Watch now0:5800:58NBC footage shows Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein in 1992News sA number of Trump's supporters have criticized the recent decision by Attorney General Pam Bondi not to release previously undisclosed evidence that was assembled during the Justice Department's investigation of Epstein (remarkable data)
The well-connected financier killed himself in jail in August 2019, a month after he was arrested on federal sex-trafficking charges (quite telling)
Assistant U, in light of current trends
Attorney Maurene Comey outside court during Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial, June 3, 2025 (noteworthy indeed)
Ted Shaffrey | AP (quite telling).
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