A career prosecutor who helped put both Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell behind bars has fired a parting shot at the Trump administration after she was dismissed from her job without warning.
Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI chief James Comey, received a letter on Wednesday informing her of her sudden termination – weeks after she was involved in the botched case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
On her way out, she sent one final staff-wide email to her colleagues in the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office, urging them to stay strong in the face of a ‘tyrant.’
‘If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain,’ she wrote. ‘Do not let that happen.
‘Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought.
‘Instead of fear, let this moment fuel the fire that already burns in the heart of this place. A fire of righteous indignation at abuses of power. Of commitment to seek justice for victims.’
Maurene Comey worked on the cases against both Epstein and Maxwell, helping to send Maxwell to prison for 20 years after the billionaire financier killed himself in his cell while awaiting trial.
However, more recently, she suffered a catastrophic loss in the trial of the sex-crazed music mogul.
Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI chief James Comey, was dismissed from her role as a prosecutor in the Manhattan US attorney’s office
Comey worked on the cases against both Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell , helping to send Maxwell to prison for 20 years after the billionaire financier killed himself in his cell while awaiting trial
Comey said in her email to staff that she was not given a reason for her termination.
It is understood in the letter she received on Wednesday, she was told she was being fired under Article II of the Constitution, which cites powers granted to the president.
Trump has been desperate to shift attention away from the Epstein fiasco as MAGA loyalists demand Attorney General Pam Bondi’s resignation after she failed to deliver on a campaign promise to reveal the billionaire financier’s client list and true cause of death inside a jail cell awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges.
MAGA loyalists have theorized that Epstein was murdered, rather than killed himself, and that a purported client list would unravel a web of crime at the very top of high society.
Bondi, after initially claiming the client list was ‘on her desk for review,’ now insists there is no list, and maintains that he did kill himself.
Trump on Wednesday lashed out at his own supporters and accused them of being duped by Democrats over the Epstein saga as he looks to shield himself and Bondi from backlash.
‘Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bulls**t,’ hook, line, and sinker,’ Trump wrote Wednesday.
‘They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years.’
Trump on Wednesday lashed out at his own supporters and accused them of being duped by Democrats over the Epstein saga as he looks to shield himself and Bondi from backlash
‘Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!’
There is no evidence former Democratic officials tampered with the documents or played any role in promoting conspiracies about the files, which members of Trump’s administration stoked for years.
But it is unclear why Maurene Comey was axed after nearly a decade of service. The DailyMail.com has reached out to the Department of Justice for comment.
She had been leading the violent and organized crime unit in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), the same position her father once held.
Comey’s name was referenced in every US attorney pronouncement about the Combs’s trial.
She delivered the closing arguments on the final day of Diddy’s trial, and faced criticism when the mogul was ultimately cleared of the three most serious offenses.
Legal experts questioned whether he was ‘overcharged’ and how the case went so wrong for Comey and her team.
Trump has long disliked Comey’s father James, but tensions reached a fever pitch in May when he shared a picture to Instagram of seashells spelling out 86 47.
Bondi has faced calls to lose her job over an investigation her department was leading into Epstein’s crimes failed to deliver on campaign promises to unveil his client list and reveal the truth about his death
Comey delivered the closing arguments on the final day of Diddy’s trial, and faced criticism when he was ultimately cleared of the three most serious offenses
Pictured: Then-nominee for FBI director James Comey with daughters, Kate, Maurene and his wife Patrice)
Donald Trump Jr. claimed was the former FBI director ‘casually calling for my dad to be murdered.’ James Comey said they were just seashells.
Many other Trump administration officials soon also asserted that James Comey was advocating for the 47th president’s assassination.
James Comey has since denied that he ever intended to harm Trump, and even told Secret Service officials that when they questioned him over the phone that night.
The Secret Service had James followed by law enforcement authorities in unmarked cars and street clothes as he and his wife traveled from North Carolina, through Virginia and to their home in the Washington DC area
James has been the subject of Trump’s ire since he began the FBI’s probe into claims that the president’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russian authorities to influence.
Trump fired him in 2017 after the then-FBI director confirmed Trump was under investigation.
