Maurene Comey, a prime Manhattan intercourse crimes prosecutor who labored on the circumstances towards Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell — and not too long ago Sean “Diddy” Combs — was reportedly fired by the Justice Division on Wednesday.
Comey, whose father is President Trump foe and former FBI Director James Comey, was abruptly let go by the Southern District of New York prosecutor’s workplace as a senior trial counsel after practically a decade of service, Politico reported.
Nicholas Biase, a spokesman for Manhattan U.S. Lawyer Jay Clayton, declined to remark. Trump appointed Clayton to the position in April.
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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at a 2005 profit.
The firing comes with Trump on the defensive concerning the DOJ and FBI’s determination to not launch any extra details about Epstein, the well-connected financier who died in U.S. custody in 2019 earlier than dealing with justice on sweeping intercourse trafficking costs.
The announcement provoked outrage provided that Trump’s Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino had overestimated a treasure trove of sealed information, together with a supposed “client list” revealing the names of highly effective individuals who participated in Epstein’s little one intercourse trafficking ring.
In a very fiery Fact Social submit earlier Wednesday, Trump claimed Democrats had fabricated an Epstein “HOAX” and chastised his supporters who he mentioned had “bought into this ‘bulls—t,’ hook, line, and sinker.”
“Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!” the president wrote.
Former FBI Director James Comey In Dialog With MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace at 92NY on Might 30, 2023 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Photos)
Comey, who couldn’t instantly be reached for remark, was on the prosecution staff that indicted Epstein a month earlier than his suicide in a Manhattan jail cell and later dealt with the case towards his convicted right-hand, Maxwell, who’s presently serving a 20-year sentence for procuring teenage ladies for his abuse.
Her dismissal additionally comes as federal authorities are reportedly investigating her father, a staunch Trump critic whom the president in Might accused of threatening to “assassinate” him primarily based on a photograph James Comey posted to Instagram of seashells on the seaside organized to spell the numbers “8647.” The time period “86” is slang for discarding or canceling one thing, and Trump is the forty seventh president.
Comey, who Trump fired throughout his first time period, mentioned he discovered the “cool shell formation on my beach walk” and meant nothing intimidating by it.
The New York Occasions reported final week that the Secret Service had covertly tailed Comey and his spouse alongside the North Carolina coast, via Virginia, and to Washington, D.C., after the submit went up.
Initially Printed: July 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM EDT
