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Maurene Comey | |
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| Born | Maurene Ryan Comey August 1988 (age 37) |
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| Spouse | Lucas Issacharoff [1] |
| Father | James Comey |
Maurene Ryan Comey (born August 1988) is an American attorney who served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) from 2016 to 2025.
Maurene Ryan Comey [2] was born in August 1988. [3] She is the first daughter of James Comey and Patrice Failor. [4] [a] James is a former prosecutor who served as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2013 until his dismissal in 2017. [4] She graduated from the College of William & Mary, where she performed in the Sinfonicron Light Opera Company, [5] in 2010 and from Harvard Law School in 2013. [6]
After graduating from Harvard Law School, Comey worked as an associate for Debevoise & Plimpton. She was a law clerk to judge Loretta Preska. [6]
Comey began working for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York in 2014, [7] began serving as a prosecutor the following year, [8] and became an assistant United States attorney by May 2016. [9] In July 2019, she began handling the criminal case filed against the financier Jeffrey Epstein. [10] By December 2021, Comey had become a chief of Violent and Organized Crime Unit. [7] She was later involved in the prosecution of the gynecologist Robert Hadden, [11] of Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, [12] and of Sean Combs, leading the latter. [13]
In May 2025, Laura Loomer publicly called for the dismissal of Comey and her husband Lucas Issacharoff, citing their proximity to James Comey. [14]
On July 16, 2025, the United States Department of Justice dismissed Comey [15] as a senior trial counsel. [16] According to The New York Times , a letter informing her of her termination and signed by Francey Hakes, the director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, [17] cited Article Two of the United States Constitution. [18] CNN later reported that an official described her connection to her father, James Comey, as untenable; [19] according to ABC News, president Donald Trump was reportedly furious that a relative of the elder Comey worked in his administration. [15]
In September 2025, Comey sued the Department of Justice over her firing. [20] [21]
She is married to Lucas Issacharoff, who has served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from September 2019 until his voluntary resignation on May 9, 2025. [1] Lucas is son of Samuel Issacharoff and Cynthia Estlund. [22] [23]
The protagonist in James Comey's Central Park West (2023), Nora Carleton, includes aspects of Maurene Comey, including her profession, her height, and her approximate age. [24]