James Comey has warned of a "grave danger" in maintaining trust in federal prosecuting after the Department of Justice (DOJ) fired his daughter, Maurene Comey, from her job as prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY).

The federal investigations happened under Bush and Trump, not Obama or Biden. And Comey wasn’t even in government at the time.

Trump faces political risk from the Epstein story. So far, however, his MAGA base has largely rallied around him.

By tapping into other grievances, President Trump managed to turn one of the most fractious moments for his base into a unifying one.