Maurene Comey, who is the daughter of the former F.B.I. director James Comey, worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maurene Comey, who is the daughter of the former F.B.I. director James Comey, worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maurene Comey, who is the daughter of the former F.B.I. director James Comey, worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maurene Comey, a Manhattan federal prosecutor who worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, was fired on Wednesday, according to six people with knowledge of the matter.
The reason for Ms. Comey’s firing was not initially clear. Her dismissal immediately raised questions, given her involvement in cases that have roiled the White House in recent days, as well the fact that her father is the former F.B.I. director James Comey, who was fired by President Trump during his first term.
A spokesman for the Southern District of New York declined to comment. The White House press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, including about whether it had asked the Justice Department to fire Ms. Comey.
Mr. Trump and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, have been seeking to quell outrage from many of the president’s supporters over their reluctance to release files related to Mr. Epstein’s sex-trafficking case. The issue has sowed significant dissent and infighting among Mr. Trump’s base.
In recent days, Mr. Trump has claimed without evidence that files related to Mr. Epstein’s crimes were concocted by Mr. Comey, as well as by former Presidents Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Barack Obama.
Ms. Comey was a prosecutor in the criminal case against Mr. Epstein, the disgraced financier who hanged himself in jail in 2019 before he could go to trial. And she was on the team that prosecuted Ms. Maxwell, Mr. Epstein’s onetime girlfriend, who was convicted of sex trafficking in 2021.