Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, who helped prosecute Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor and daughter of former FBI director James Comey, with her dismissal noted in a memo citing Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution. Maurene, who led high-profile cases including those against Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell, has worked at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York since 2015.