<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan and the daughter of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/james-comey-former-fbi-director-interviewed-over-apparent-seashell-threat-on-trumps-life/c1aeb189-6643-41df-bd7d-80345e02152e" rel="" target="" title="former FBI Director James Comey"><span>former FBI Director James Comey</span></a><span>, has been fired from her job in the Southern District of New York, according to sources.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Comey was a prosecutor in the case against accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and more recently against Sean "Diddy" Combs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The reason for her firing was not immediately clear, but a source familiar with the situation said being a Comey is untenable in this administration given her father James Comey is "constantly going after the administration."</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-update-jeffrey-esptein-documents-pressure-leads-trump-to-call-past-supporters-weaklings/f61951f4-db75-42e4-8edd-653d777bd11a" target="" title="Trump lashes out at weaklings who believe Jeffrey Epstein 'hoax'"><strong><span>Trump lashes out at weaklings who believe Jeffrey Epstein 'hoax'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former FBI chief, a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> critic, is currently under investigation for possible false statements to Congress.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/james-comey-former-fbi-director-interviewed-over-apparent-seashell-threat-on-trumps-life/c1aeb189-6643-41df-bd7d-80345e02152e" rel="" target="" title="He was separately questioned in May by the US Secret Service"><span>He was separately questioned in May by the US Secret Service</span></a><span> after he posted a photo on social media showing seashells on a beach that spelled out "86 47," which he has denied was a call for violence against the president.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Maurene Comey's dismissal comes as Trump faces growing pressure to release more information on Epstein, the disgraced financier.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-maurene-comey-federal-prosecutor-in-epstein-case-fired-from-us-attorneys-office/765166f1-afe0-44db-ad7c-0a47475a0b5e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Justice Department last week released a memo that there was no Epstein "client list," and the Trump administration announced that it didn't plan to release any more documents in the investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Epstein is a convicted sex offender whose criminal case has long captured significant public attention.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-hints-at-probable-tariffs-for-pharmaceuticals-by-end-of-july/854bc543-e5a8-48ac-9ec6-10c7baafe055" target="" title="Trump hints at timeline for tariffs on $1.6 billion of Aussie exports"><strong><span>Trump hints at timeline for tariffs on $1.6 billion of Aussie exports</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2019, while he was awaiting trial in a federal criminal case, Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell at New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was later pronounced dead at a hospital, and his death was ruled a suicide.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Maurene Comey was a lead prosecutor on the investigation and prosecution of Epstein and his former girlfriend and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Maxwell was convicted and is serving a 20-year sentence. She has appealed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier Wednesday, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-update-jeffrey-esptein-documents-pressure-leads-trump-to-call-past-supporters-weaklings/f61951f4-db75-42e4-8edd-653d777bd11a" rel="" target="" title='Trump said in a post on social media the controversy around Epstein is "bulls—"'><span>Trump said in a post on social media the controversy around Epstein is "bulls—"</span></a><span> and said that his supporters who care about it are "weaklings."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The president also attacked the credibility of the federal investigation into Epstein on Tuesday, claiming that the files "were made up by Comey, they were made up by Obama, they were made up by Biden (administration)."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Many of the president's supporters hoped that releasing additional information on the case would implicate other high-profile figures, or undercut the notion that Epstein killed himself.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York also saw a significant leadership shakeup earlier this year when then-acting US Attorney Danielle Sassoon quit her post instead of dropping the federal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A spokesperson for SDNY declined to comment on Comey's firing. 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