by Charlotte Hazard
Former FBI director James Comey’s daughter Maurene Comey was fired from her federal prosecutor job in the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office on Wednesday, according to reports.
Two sources told Politico that Comey was let go, but the reason for her firing was not made clear. The German-owned outlet added that according to a “third person” familiar with the matter, “the decision to fire her didn’t come from the office’s interim U.S. attorney, Jay Clayton, meaning it was likely made by someone at the Justice Department’s headquarters.”
In a separate story, The Associated Press confirmed she was fired by the Justice Department.
“Maurene Comey was a veteran lawyer in the Southern District of New York, long considered the most elite of the Justice Department’s prosecution offices. Her cases included the sex trafficking prosecution of Epstein, who killed himself behind bars in 2019 as he was awaiting trial, and the recent case against Combs, which ended earlier this month with a mixed verdict,” the AP reported; noting that the DOJ “also fired a number of prosecutors who worked on cases that have provoked President Donald Trump’s ire, including some who handled U.S. Capitol riot cases and lawyers and support staff who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutions of Trump.”
Comey has been at the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office for nearly ten years.
“On Wednesday evening, prosecutors in the office, still shaken by that tumult, rallied around Comey, with dozens of them banding together to escort her out of the office for the last time, according to a person familiar with the matter,” Politico reported.
Last week, the FBI reportedly opened a criminal investigation into James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan for potential crimes in relation to their involvement in the Trump-Russia collusion probe.
The Department of Justice and the U.S. attorney’s office have not commented on the matter.
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Charlotte Hazard is a reporter for Just the News.
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