James Comey’s Daughter Is Key To Diddy Prosecution After Taking Down Epstein Accomplice

Sean "Diddy" Combs faces 15 years to life successful situation if recovered blameworthy of activity crimes charges during an estimated eight-week trial, which kicked disconnected Monday, May 5.

The female-driven squad for nan U.S. Attorney's Office includes 8 lawyers, according to nan docket. The 5 women designated arsenic leads see Emily Anne Johnson, Madison Reddick Smyser, Mary Christine Slavik, Meredith Foster and Mitzi Steiner. 

Maurene Ryan Comey, nan girl of erstwhile FBI Director James Comey, is besides listed for nan prosecution, successful summation to Matthew Raffi Shahabian and Olga Zverovich. Maurene's begetter was fired by President Donald Trump during his first word successful nan White House aft nan handling of nan Hillary Clinton email probe.

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Maurene Comey is portion of nan eight-person squad of prosecutors moving connected nan Sean "Diddy" Combs national trial. (Getty Images)

In December, Maurene joined nan prosecution squad 3 months aft Diddy was charged pinch racketeering conspiracy, activity trafficking by force, fraud aliases coercion, and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution.

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No alien to high-profile trials, Maurene antecedently served arsenic a lead charismatic successful nan criminal lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell. 

Maxwell was recovered blameworthy connected 5 counts aft a monthlong proceedings and sentenced successful 2022 to 20 years successful situation for her domiciled successful a strategy to sexually utilization and maltreatment insignificant girls pinch nan precocious financier Jeffrey Epstein, according to nan U.S. Attorney's Office. 

Maurene Comey joined nan prosecution squad successful December. (Peter Foley)

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"Today’s condemnation holds Ghislaine Maxwell accountable for perpetrating heinous crimes against children," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said successful a connection astatine nan time. "This condemnation sends a beardown connection that nary 1 is supra nan rule and it is ne'er excessively precocious for justice. We again definitive our gratitude to Epstein and Maxwell’s victims for their courageousness successful coming forward, successful testifying astatine trial, and successful sharing their stories arsenic portion of today’s sentencing."

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Maxwell's effort to entreaty her activity trafficking condemnation successful 2024 was rejected by a national appeals court, and successful April, her ineligible squad revenge an entreaty pinch nan U.S. Supreme Court.

Sean Diddy Combs sat astatine nan defense array earlier nan commencement of assemblage action astatine Manhattan national tribunal connected Monday. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Prior to Maxwell's conviction, Maurene was 1 of nan lead prosecutors moving connected nan lawsuit against Epstein earlier he died by termination while awaiting proceedings successful August 2019.

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James Comey was fired from his station arsenic FBI head connected May 9, 2017, aft his handling of nan Clinton email probe. (Reuters)

She graduated from Harvard Law School successful 2013 and joined nan U.S. Attorney's Office successful 2015.

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