Maurene Comey: prosecutor in Jeffrey Epstein case fired by DoJ
by Cecilia Nowell and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6YPSC)
There was no specific reason given for her termination from the US attorney's office in the southern district of New York
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, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Her termination comes shortly after she prosecuted Combs, who was acquitted of sex-trafficking and racketeering charges. The rapper was convicted of lesser prostitution-related offenses. Comey also prosecuted Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell on sex-trafficking charges.
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