Maurene Comey was illegally fired as federal prosecutor, judge rules
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- Daughter of ex-FBI director James Comey, a Trump foe, was dismissed in 2025 despite her work being widely praised Maurene Comey, the daughter of the former FBI director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her job as a federal prosecutor in New York last year, a federal judge ruled on Monday.…
- Maurene Comey served as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan for around a decade. A judicial ruling finding her dismissal unlawful adds to concerns of politically motivated firings at the DOJ.
- Maurene Comey believes she was let go from her job as a federal prosecutor because her father is the former FBI director.
- Comey, an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, accused of leaking information related to US national defense The justice department charged former FBI director James Comey on Monday with two counts of leaking information related to national defense, the third time the Trump administration has filed…
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- Maurene Comey had argued that she was fired because her father, former FBI chief James Comey, was target of Trump's ire.
- Comey, who was fired during Trump's first term, has been accused of unlawfully divulging national security information