Her most recent assignment was the high-profile sex trafficking case involving Sean «Diddy» Combs, which ended in a catastrophic loss.
Pam Bondi on Wednesday fired Maurene Comey, daughter of ex-FBI Director James Comey, from the powerful U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, where she had prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and most recently, Sean «Diddy» Combs.
Law enforcement and Department of Justice sources confirmed that Comey was fired, though the exact reason still remains unclear. Comey worked on the cases against both Epstein and Maxwell, playing a key role in securing Maxwell’s 20-year prison sentence after Epstein died by suicide in his jail cell before he could stand trial. More recently, however, she suffered a major setback in the courtroom during the trial of the sex-crazed music mogul.
Growing Pressure Leads to Firing
Comey was told that she was being fired under Article II of the Constitution, which outlines the authority of the president, according to the sources. President Trump has had a long-standing feud with James Comey, having dismissed him from his role as FBI director in 2017 during his first term.
Bondi has come under pressure to step down after failing to follow through on Trump’s campaign pledge to expose Epstein’s alleged «client list» and uncover the full truth behind the financier’s death at the Metropolitan Detention Center.
Supporters of the MAGA movement have speculated that Epstein was murdered, rejecting the official account of suicide, and believe that the rumored client list could reveal a far-reaching criminal network involving powerful elites.
Bondi initially claimed the client list was «on her desk for review», but has since backtracked, now claiming that no such list exists and maintaining that Epstein committed suicide in his prison cell.
