"The dismissal of Maurene Comey is a travesty. It's inconsistent with the way in which Justice Departments under Republican as well as Democratic attorneys generals conduct themselves." Former Attorney General Eric Holder joins Chris Hayes on All in to react to the firing of federal prosecutor Maurene Comey,

Maurene Comey, the Manhattan federal prosecutor who was fired from the US attorney’s office this week, has prosecuted a number of high-profile cases and followed in her father’s, James Comey, footsteps with her work at the Southern District of New York.

Former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey sent an email Thursday to her former colleagues one day after being fired from the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, telling them that “fear is the tool of a tyrant.