A federal judge ruled Monday that former Assistant United States Attorney Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was “unlawfully terminated” and ordered that she be reinstated to her job.
\n\nThe Justice Department’s abrupt firing of Maurene Comey in July 2025 violated the Constitution’s separation of powers and her Fifth Amendment due process and statutory rights, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman found. The Trump administration’s assertion that it can fire career prosecutors at will would “unsettle the very equilibrium established by this Nation’s constitutional system,” the judge wrote.
\n\nHe granted Comey “retroactive reinstatement and backpay effective from the date of her termination through December 20, 2025,” when she began a new job.
\n\nThe Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
\n\nComey had worked on a number of high-profile cases in the Southern District of New York, including the prosecutions of Sean “Diddy” Combs, former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.
\n\nMaurene Comey filed suit in September of 2025, alleging the Trump administration provided “no legitimate explanation” for firing her after almost 10 years of service, and that it had only done so because of President Donald Trump’s…
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