Try and remember all of these and other connections as Ghislaine Maxwell's trial moves forward.
Maurene Comey is James Comey's daughter. Maurene Comey is married to Lucas Issacharoff. Both Maurene and Lucas work as Assistant U.S. Attorney's for the Southern District of New York.
Remember that Maurene Comey handled the Jefferey Epstein case. Well guess who is now taking over the Ghislaine Maxwell case from Audrey Strauss? None other than Maurene Comey's husband, Lucas Issacharoff… Now I've found a letter addressed to the court from Audrey Strauss (US Attorney-SDNY), with Maurene Comey's signature included. This case is being handled by the Office’s Public Corruption Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alex Rossmiller, Alison Moe, and Maurene Comey are in charge of the prosecution.
On June 19, 2020, you may remember Attorney General William Barr announced that Geoffrey Berman had stepped down from his position as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Berman came out and denied this saying he wouldn't leave. Later, Audrey Strauss replaced him.
On 19 June 2020, Attorney General William P. Barr has released the following statement:
“I am pleased to announce that President Trump intends to nominate Jay Clayton, currently the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to serve as the next United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. For the past three years, Jay has been an extraordinarily successful SEC Chairman, overseeing efforts to modernize regulation of the capital markets, protect Main Street investors, enhance American competitiveness, and address challenges ranging from cybersecurity issues to the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barr-nomination-jay-clayton-serve-us-attorney-southern-district
According to Wikipedia, Audrey Strauss is the daughter of "Russian" immigrants and a registered Democrat born in PA…While researching her, I find it odd that her parents are not mentioned by name. There's nothing. She was born in 1947, so her parents immigrated from Russia before then. (So were her parents really from Russia? Operation Paperclip comes to mind. "Struz" or "Strutz" is the North-German form of the word "Strauss", which is the modern German word for ostrich. Some of the earliest Jewish bearers of the name hailed from the Judengasse in medieval Frankfurt, where families have been known by the name of the houses they inhabited).
I find it interesting that during Audrey Strauss's time as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, she served on the staff of the independent counsel investigating the Iran–Contra affair. She was on one side of the Iran-Contra Affair and Bill Barr was on the other. Remember Bill Barr cut his teeth with the CIA and helped V.P. GHW Bush cover everyone's butt during the Iran-Contra Affair. LTC Oliver North took the fall for most everyone. Those that Barr couldn't cover were later pardoned by President GHW Bush.
Audrey Strauss is married to John R. Wing. Defense lawyer John R Wing, was not only Madoff's lawyer he was also the federal prosecutor during the Watergate related Mitchell-Stans Trial. AUSA John Wing examined former SEC director William Casey in Manhattan Federal Court in 1974. Who was William Casey? He was OSS, SEC and also the Director of the CIA. Casey was involved in the Iran-Contra Affair.
On 15 December 1986, one day before Casey was scheduled to testify before Congress about the Iran-Contra Affair, Casey suffered two seizures and was hospitalized. Three days later, Casey underwent surgery for a previously undiagnosed brain tumor. Casey died in hospital less than 24 hours.
Remember this photo of Ghislaine Maxwell at the Clinton wedding?