Maurene Comey, prosecutor in Epstein case, is fired. What to know

(NewsNation) — The Trump medication has fired national authoritative Maurene Comey, who worked connected high-profile transgression cases specified arsenic those of Jeffrey Epstein and Sean "Diddy" Combs, according to NewsNation sources.

A seasoned lawyer successful the Southern District of New York, Comey is the girl of former FBI Director James Comey.

Trump fired James Comey successful 2017 amid an probe into ties betwixt Russia and his archetypal statesmanlike campaign.

While Trump's Justice Department has antecedently fired national lawyers moving connected cases that person provoked the president, Maurene Comey has agelong been seen arsenic a imaginable people fixed Trump's soured narration with her begetter — and her ties to the escalating Epstein files fallout.

No authoritative crushed has been reported for Maurene Comey's firing. Neither the Justice Department nor the White House has issued a statement.

Maurene Comey firing comes amid Epstein record fallout

Comey's termination comes arsenic U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi faces increasing scrutiny implicit a associated memo announcing determination is nary client database for Epstein — arsenic adjacent Trump's astir loyal followers property for more information astir the documents.

In a lengthy societal media station earlier this week, Trump decried the database arsenic a hoax, blaming Democrats for perpetuating a fixation connected the documents and calling conservatives who privation answers "past supporters."

“Their caller SCAM is what we volition everlastingly telephone the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters person bought into this ‘bulls‑‑‑,’ hook, line, and sinker,” Trump posted. “They haven’t learned their lesson, and astir apt ne'er will, adjacent aft being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 agelong years."

While Democrats propulsion for declassification of the files, overmuch of the pushback connected Bondi and Trump medication officials comes from chap conservatives similar Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo..

Trump has vocally backed Bondi connected her handling of the situation and has asked his followers to fto her "do her job."

NewsNation's Anna Kutz and the Associated Press contributed to this report.