His termination comes days after the firing of another prosecutor in the Alexandria, Virginia, office: Maya Song, the people said. While U.S. attorneys generally change with a new president, rank-and-file prosecutors by tradition remain with the department across administrations. The Trump administration, however, has fired prosecutors involved in the U.S. Capitol riot criminal cases and lawyers who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutions of Trump, among others. Ben’Ary worked for the Justice Department for nearly two decades and was promoted under both Republican and Democratic administrations. Comey, who is expected to make his initial court appearance next week, has denied any wrongdoing and said: “My heart is broken for the Department of Justice.”