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Spokespeople for the Justice Department and the Manhattan U.S. attorney\u2019s office declined to comment.<\/p>\n
Comey\u2019s termination came as the Trump administration sought to fend off outrage from the president\u2019s MAGA base over its handling of files regarding Epstein, the late convicted sex offender, and Maxwell, his longtime associate who was convicted of sex trafficking. Comey\u2019s challenge to her firing once again raises uncomfortable questions for the administration about why it eliminated one of the last remaining people at the Justice Department who had intimate knowledge about those cases.”<\/p>\n
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