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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"There is probably nobody who knows more about what's in the Epstein files than Maurene Comey."
- Speculating about her firing on Nicole Wallace's show just now - Nobody in the federal government knows more about that case than she does. The panel seems to suspect her firing wasn't on account of who her father is (though that probably was a little extra prize). There's no logic to it; Trump might just want to make her a fall guy and deflect blame to satisfy MAGA. They don't think it will work, and that she's likely to contest her firing.

Deuxcents
(23,106 posts)Ocelot II
(126,089 posts)that apply even after you're no longer employed by DoJ. She can't just spill all now; if she could, they definitely wouldn't have fired her.
hot2na
(439 posts)The American people are the client and we have a need to know.
Ocelot II
(126,089 posts)There are confidentiality rules that apply to prosecutors, even after a trial is over, especially if there is material in the files that could interfere with other possible pending prosecutions or unfairly implicate innocent people. I agree that the files should be made public, but a line prosecutor like Maurene Comey doesn't have the authority to do it.
hot2na
(439 posts)Ocelot II
(126,089 posts)I'm sure she'd like to keep her law license, and would rather not have to pay a fat fine or go to jail.
allegorical oracle
(5,387 posts)because they're true.
Ocelot II
(126,089 posts)who once locked horns with him, so he can try to spin a conspiracy involving a former FBI director. Trump is in a sticky spot, though, because he previously made such a big deal about releasing the file and now he doesn't want to and he's claiming it's all fake. He's painted himself into a corner here.
Thechefs2023
(1 post)Isn't this just inviting her to talk by firing her? She doesn't have to give up names but she could say something like "I can see why President Trump wouldn't want the files released..." and just leave it at that.
Ocelot II
(126,089 posts)she'd be hinting that there's bad stuff in the files about him (assuming there is). I don't think she'll say anything about the files, but as a line prosecutor instead of a political appointee, she can contest her firing through the Civil Service system.
LetMyPeopleVote
(166,499 posts)twodogsbarking
(14,469 posts)Figarosmom
(7,009 posts)Of setting him up. That she helped create the " evidence".
Pretty soon many of his MAGA will start questioning Russia, Russia, Russia too.
Mtnmama
(78 posts)But why didn't Biden release the files while he was president?
Ocelot II
(126,089 posts)was ongoing during Biden's administration; the Epstein files couldn't have been released without disclosing evidence in the Maxwell case.
FakeNoose
(37,932 posts)The file could never have been released by Biden. But Garland could have, if he'd wanted to.
senseandsensibility
(22,936 posts)knows Ms. Comey well and seems to think she will file a lawsuit. She pointed out that law requires a cause for dismissal.