Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who labored on the circumstances of convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislain Maxwell, in addition to the extremely publicized trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, was fired by the Division of Justice Wednesday, in line with the New York Times.
The choice comes eight years after her father, former FBI director James Comey, was fired by President Trump throughout his first time period. Whereas the rationale for her termination stays unclear, some have speculated that her connection to the Epstein case, which has brought on rifts within the Trump administration following a controversial try to bury any additional investigation by Pam Bondi’s DOJ, could have contributed to the choice.
Trump has largely dodged the Epstein subject following Elon Musk’s accusation that the president was on the disgraced financier’s consumer checklist, which might insinuate his involvement with acts of kid sexual abuse. On Tuesday, Trump instructed the press outdoors the White Home that the Epstein recordsdata have been a hoax concocted by James Comey, in addition to former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
“And I might say that, you recognize, these recordsdata have been made up by Comey, they have been made up by Obama, they have been made up by the Biden [administration],” Trump said. “And we went by means of years of that with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, with the entire various things that we needed to undergo.”
Elsewhere within the press gaggle, Trump outwardly supported Bondi’s work as lawyer basic and her choice to maintain the Epstein recordsdata from the general public eye. “The lawyer basic has dealt with that very effectively,” he stated. “She has actually carried out an excellent job. And I feel that if you take a look at it, you’ll perceive that. I want to see [transparency] additionally. However I feel the lawyer basic — the credibility is essential. And also you need credible proof for one thing like that.”
