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Cecilia Nowell and agencies

Maurene Comey: prosecutor in Jeffrey Epstein case fired by DoJ

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Maurene Comey outside court in New York during the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex-trafficking trial. Photograph: Ted Shaffrey/AP

The justice department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Her termination comes shortly after she prosecuted Combs, who was acquitted of sex-trafficking and racketeering charges. The rapper was convicted of lesser prostitution-related offenses. Comey also prosecuted Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell on sex-trafficking charges.

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