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Trump’s DOJ Has Fired Dozens Of Prosecutors, Upending Decades-Old Norm

Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey arrives at court in New York for the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial on May 19. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)

The Justice Department under the Trump administration has fired dozens of career prosecutors during the past six months, making the dismissal of federal attorneys — generally a move reserved for cases of misconduct — almost commonplace.

The dismissals often came without warning and have affected more than 40 prosecutors, based on reporting by The Washington Post and a tally of public information.

The total number of lawyers, agents and support staff DOJ has fired since the administration began in January includes dozens more people, according to Justice Connection, an advocacy group for former Justice Department employees. The group estimates that more than 200 career employees have been fired across the department and its component agencies, which include the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Among those fired was federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director James B. Comey, who lost her job Wednesday. The reason for her firing was not immediately clear. She had worked on high-profile matters such as the criminal cases of Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell and the recent trial of Sean Combs, the music mogul known as Diddy.

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