James Comey's Daughter Maureen Comey Fired From DOJ

James Comey's Daughter Maureen Comey Fired From DOJ

The US Department of Justice has fired a federal prosecutor who worked on the cases against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and hip hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.

It is not clear why Maurene Comey was removed from her job at the Southern District of New York.

But a day after she was fired, Comey told former colleagues that "fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought".

She is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump in 2017.

The justice department has been firing lawyers who worked on cases that angered the president, including a special prosecutor investigation of Trump.

Ms Comey - who had been a trial lawyer at the high-profile justice department office in Manhattan since 2015 - was given no explanation for her firing, US media report.

"If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain.

Do not let that happen," according to a copy of a message she sent to former colleagues, first reported by Politico.