Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, was fired as a federal prosecutor in the Manhattan US Attorney’s office on Wednesday.
Recall that Maurene Comey filed the key court declarations to keep the Epstein files from being released under FOIA.
SINGULARITY ACHIEVED: The Justice Dept lawyer who filed the key court declarations to keep the Epstein files from release under #FOIA was…wait for it…Maurene Comey, SDNY AUSA & daughter of ex-FBI Dir James. Links here w/@kyledcheney @Hailey_Fuchs https://t.co/KXHdQVHMTM pic.twitter.com/aAjRSiASMp
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) July 16, 2025
Maurene Comey was the prosecutor in the 2019 Epstein case, the Ghislaine Maxwell case and the Diddy case.
Politico reported:
Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, was fired Wednesday from her job as a prosecutor in the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, according to two people familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
The reason for her firing was not immediately clear. She did not immediately respond to phone calls and an email seeking comment.
Comey, who had worked in the U.S. attorney’s office for nearly a decade, prosecuted both Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
BREAKING…
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