Veteran Prosecutor And Daughter Of James Comey Dismissed By Doj

A seasoned profession charismatic and nan girl of erstwhile FBI Director James Comey has been dismissed by nan U.S. Justice Department, according to nan Associated Press, citing anonymous sources adjacent to nan matter. Maurene Comey has worked arsenic an Assistant U.S. Attorney for nan Southern District of New York since 2015 and played a starring domiciled successful nan Sean “Diddy” Combs trial, arsenic good arsenic cases involving Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

One of nan sources confirmed Comey was fired, but said nary circumstantial logic was offered.

Ongoing DOJ investigation into erstwhile officials

Last week, Fox News reported that Comey’s father, erstwhile FBI Director James Comey, and erstwhile CIA Director John Brennan were nether DOJ investigation. Prosecutors launched a probe looking into whether they whitethorn person committed criminal actions while successful agency aliases afterward.

Appointed FBI Director successful 2013 by erstwhile President Barack Obama, James Comey oversaw nan FBI’s probe into Russian interference successful nan 2016 predetermination and imaginable ties to nan Trump campaign.

President Trump fired Comey successful 2017, which led to nan assignment of Robert Mueller arsenic typical counsel to analyse Russian interference and imaginable obstruction of justice. Mueller wished location was nary criminal conspiracy aliases collusion betwixt nan Trump run and Russia.

Political tensions whitethorn person played a role

Trump’s squad had a way grounds of removing DOJ lawyers it didn’t favor, and Maurene Comey seemed for illustration a imaginable target owed to her family relationship and nan governmental hostility surrounding it, nan Associated Press reports.