Comey prosecuted Sean “Diddy” Combs this year and played a role in the investigation and subsequent prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

Longtime Justice Department lawyer Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was terminated from her role as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, four sources familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News.