The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
There was no specific reason given for her firing from the US attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, according to one of the people who spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters.
Her termination comes shortly after she prosecuted Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges. The rapper was convicted of lesser prostitution-related offenses.
The Justice Department recently appeared to acknowledge the existence of an investigation into her father, former FBI director James Comey, though the basis for that inquiry is unclear. He was abruptly fired by Trump during his first administration in 2017.
On Tuesday, Trump accused former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, as well as former FBI Director James Comey, of making up the much-hyped unreleased records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case.
Trump presented no evidence in claiming that Democrats and Comey tampered with documents related to Epstein’s case.
Comey was fired in 2017, two years before Epstein’s arrest, and Obama was long gone from the White House by the time of Epstein’s death.
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