It is not clear why Maurene Comey was removed from her job at the elite justice department office in Manhattan.

There was no specific reason given for Maurene Comey's firing from the US attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, according to a person who spoke to the Associated Press.

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 on Wednesday.