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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, is fired from her job as a federal prosecutor
Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, was fired Wednesday from her job as a prosecutor in the Manhattan U.S. attorneys 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. attorneys office for nearly a decade, prosecuted both Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
In recent weeks, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have faced a firestorm of criticism over their decision not to release additional files related to Epstein, the disgraced financier whom the Manhattan U.S. attorneys office charged with running a child prostitution ring. He died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
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. attorneys office for nearly a decade, prosecuted both Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
In recent weeks, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have faced a firestorm of criticism over their decision not to release additional files related to Epstein, the disgraced financier whom the Manhattan U.S. attorneys office charged with running a child prostitution ring. He died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/maurene-comey-fired-doj-00458921
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Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, is fired from her job as a federal prosecutor (Original Post)
In It to Win It
Jul 16
OP
Trump: Stop talking about Epstein. Also Trump: *Fires the prosecutor*
Scott Alan Swaggerty
Jul 16
#1
That was my reaction, too. What? Were Epstein/Maxwell improperly prosecuted? Were
allegorical oracle
Jul 16
#10
Scott Alan Swaggerty
(80 posts)1. Trump: Stop talking about Epstein. Also Trump: *Fires the prosecutor*
Real genius and savvy move there, buddy.
Ocelot II
(126,279 posts)2. Was she fired because she's Jim Comey's daughter or
because she prosecuted Epstein and Maxwell? Or both?
mzmolly
(52,383 posts)4. Both. And, it's part of their sham to say that the Epstein investigation
was 'rigged' and Maxwell should be free because there is nothing to see here.
allegorical oracle
(5,429 posts)10. That was my reaction, too. What? Were Epstein/Maxwell improperly prosecuted? Were
they really innocent? If they didn't commit the crimes of which they were accused, then nobody's guilty.
kentuck
(114,447 posts)3. For all the deserved criticism that Comey received for the election of 2016....
He never bent to kiss the ring of Trump.
vapor2
(2,754 posts)5. The reason IS clear: RETRIBUTION
poli-junkie
(1,329 posts)6. It's a coverup! Obstructing justice!
fierywoman
(8,389 posts)7. Does she know too many of the gory details that "don't exist" ?
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dalton99a
(89,592 posts)9. "Nothing to see here"

Totally Tunsie
(11,014 posts)11. The written media really need to begin putting "suicide" in quotes
when reporting on Epstein's death.
bif
(25,990 posts)12. Sure hope she doesn't leak anything.