Justice Division fires Maurene Comey, who helped prosecute Sean

The Justice Division has fired Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor and the daughter of ex-FBI director James Comey, based on three sources, together with one former Justice Division prosecutor.

She was given a memo informing her of the firing, two sources mentioned. In line with one supply, the memo acknowledged partly that she was being dismissed pursuant to Article 2 of the U.S. Structure, which is the portion of the Structure that lays out the president’s powers.

Maurene Comey served as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan, the place she was the lead prosecutor on the felony case in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs — a case that resulted in acquittal on probably the most critical expenses however convictions for interstate prostitution.

She additionally helped lead the felony prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

In 2017, President Trump terminated James Comey as FBI director. James Comey is at present below a Justice Division investigation after he provoked an outcry from the Trump administration in Could when he briefly posted a photograph to Instagram that federal officers alleged was a name for violence in opposition to Mr. Trump.

Maurene Comey labored as a prosecutor on the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Southern District of New York since 2015, based on Comey’s LinkedIn web page. Previous to that, she was a legislation clerk to Chief Decide Loretta A. Preska in New York and an affiliate at Debevoise & Plimpton.

She graduated from Harvard Regulation College in 2013 and obtained her bachelor’s from the School of William and Mary in 2010.

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