司法部周三解雇了纽约南区美国检察官办公室的莫琳·科米,她最近在那里领导了对肖恩·迪迪·库姆斯的起诉,多个消息来源告诉ABC新闻。
曼哈顿美国检察官办公室的发言人拒绝置评。司法部的一名发言人没有立即回应置评请求
科米是一位备受尊敬的助理检察官,他成功地起诉了吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦在本月早些时候对库姆斯的审判中,他被判犯有与卖淫有关的指控,但被判犯有更严重的指控,罪名不成立。
科米还参与了办公室针对爱泼斯坦的案件自杀身亡2019年,他在纽约市大都会惩教中心等待联邦性贩运指控的审判。
科米是前美国联邦调查局导演詹姆斯·科米的女儿解雇因为他发起了俄罗斯调查。
据消息人士透露,特朗普私下发泄了关于在他的政府中有一个科米的工作。
这标志着美国最著名的联邦检察官办公室的最新人事变动。
今年4月,该办公室的最高检察官马修·波多尔斯基,同意靠边站,为特朗普任命他提名的纽约南区临时联邦检察官杰伊·克莱顿(Jay Clayton)扫清了道路,
波多尔斯基接替了丹尼尔·沙宣顺从的抗议司法部撤销对纽约市长埃里克·亚当斯的腐败指控。
当特朗普总统解雇爱德华·金(Edward Kim)时,沙宣被特朗普任命为临时美国检察官,爱德华·金在政府换届期间担任这一职务。
Maurene Comey, federal prosecutor in Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Ghislaine Maxwell cases, fired: Sources
The Justice Department on Wednesday fired Maurene Comey from the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where she most recently led theprosecution of Sean "Diddy" Combs, multiple sources told ABC News.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan declined to comment. A spokesperson for the Justice Department did not immediately respond to a call for comment
Comey was a highly regarded assistant U.S. attorney who successfully prosecutedGhislaine Maxwell, the former associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and multiple gang members before the split verdict earlier this month in the trial of Combs, who was convicted of a prostitution-related charge but acquitted of more serious charges.
Comey was also involved in the office's case against Epstein, whodied by suicidein 2019 at New York City's Metropolitan Correctional Center while he was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
Comey is the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, who President Donald Trumpfiredduring his first term in office because he initiated the Russia investigation.
According to sources, Trump privately vented about having a Comey work in his administration.
This marks the latest shake-up for the nation's most prominent federal prosecutor's office.
In April, the office's top prosecutor, Matthew Podolsky,agreed to step aside, clearing the way for Trump to install Jay Clayton, his nominee for interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York,
Podolsky had taken over for Danielle Sassoon, who in Februaryresignedin protest of the Justice Department's order to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
Sassoon had been named interim U.S. attorney by Trump when the president fired Edward Kim, who assumed the role during the change in administrations.