Federal shake-up: Justice department fires Manhattan prosecutor Maurene Comey
Thursday, 17 July 2025 () Maurene Comey, a seasoned federal prosecutor and daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was dismissed from her position in the Southern District of New York. She handled high-profile cases, including the Epstein sex trafficking prosecution and the Sean "Diddy" Combs case. Her firing follows previous actions by the Trump administration to reassign Justice Department lawyers involved in cases perceived as adversarial to the president.
The US Department of Justice has fired a federal prosecutor who worked on the cases against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and hip hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs. It is not clear why Maurene Comey was removed from her job at the Southern District of...
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Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan, faced termination by the US Justice Department. She is the daughter of former FBI director James Comey. The... IndiaTimes
James Comey has criticized Donald Trump's administration. This followed the dismissal of his daughter, Maurene Comey, from the Justice Department. She was a... IndiaTimes