Maurene Comey, the Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor fired by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department — who went further than any of her peers in holding notorious sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted madame Ghislaine Maxwell to account — warned her longtime colleagues Thursday of a dark new era in which “fear is the tool of a tyrant.

Maurene Comey, who was fired from the U.S. attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, recently prosecuted Sean “Diddy” Combs for prostitution-related offenses. He was

According to sources, President Donald Trump privately vented about having a Comey work in his administration.

The decision to dismiss Comey was delivered as the Justice Department faces renewed scrutiny over its handling of the sex offender's case.