Maurene Comey fired by Pam Bondi over Epstein files row with James Comey? What we know
Comey, who oversaw many high-profile cases as a prosecutor, was reportedly fired by the Justice Department amid an ongoing feud between US Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Trump administration, and James Comey, over Trump's allegations that Comey fabricated evidence on the Epstein case during his time as the Director of the FBI.
As of now, no official word exists from either the DOJ or Maurene Comey regarding the reported firing. Comey has worked with the Department of Justice for over a decade, and the cases she prosecuted include embattled music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs, and key Epstein witness, Ghislaine Maxwell.
The news of Maurene Comey's reported firing comes shortly after a massive row between FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, FBI Director Kash Patel, and US Attorney General Pam Bondi last week over the Epstein files disclosure.
Notably, James Comey has remained silent since the DOJ's July 6 memo, making no public statements about the Epstein files row. Yet, President Donald Trump, speaking about it to the press, reasserted the DOJ's stance that Epstein's client list does not exist, and called it a hoax fabricated by former President Barack Obama and James Comey.
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'I would say that, you know, these files were made up by Comey, they were made up by Obama, they were made up by the Biden ... ,' he said. However, the POTUS, thus far, has not presented any evidence to substantiate the claim that Comey fabricated documents in the Epstein case during his time as FBI Director.
Despite criticism from within his own MAGA camp, Donald Trump has stood behind Pam Bondi over the DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. The criticism erupted after the DOJ, in a July 6 memo, said no more of the Epstein files would be released and denied that a list of clients (the 'black book') actually exists, and was used to blackmail people.
James Comey was fired by Donald Trump as the FBI Director in 2017, two years before the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein in July 2019.
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