Reference News, July 19 report: According to the Spanish website "ABC" on July 18, the Epstein scandal continues to stir up the US political arena. The prosecutor who led the investigation into the Epstein case, Maureen Comey, was suddenly fired by the Trump administration.
The report states that Maureen Comey is one of the people most hated by Trump - the daughter of James Comey. James Comey was the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election and was fired by Trump several months after he took office as president.
However, the sudden dismissal of this female prosecutor is not due to the family relationship, but rather a strategy adopted by Trump to resolve conflicts with some supporters over the Epstein files.
The report states that Epstein committed suicide in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial, but conspiracy theories suggest that he was murdered to prevent him from exposing the political and economic elite involved in sexual crimes. During the campaign, Trump and his allies used these conspiracy theories to gain political support from some people, and promised to disclose all the explosive documents related to the case once they took office.
However, upon taking office, he disappointed those who had high expectations. Especially a few weeks ago, an FBI report stated that there was no so-called Epstein "client list", and there was no evidence that his death was not suicide.
The report also states that regarding the dismissal of Comey, Trump gave no reason, only stating that it was based on the president's executive power. But this is likely a "sweetener" thrown out by Trump to his angry supporters. Because some people had already demanded the dismissal of Comey as early as May, citing her failure to disclose judicial documents related to Epstein. (Translated by Liu Lixi)
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