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A federal judge ruled that the Department of Justice unlawfully terminated former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, in July 2025. The judge ordered the administration to retroactively reinstate her with back pay. Comey had previously worked on high-profile cases involving Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Combs.
Reports across the political spectrum agree that a federal judge ruled Maurene Comey's firing by the Trump administration to be unlawful and ordered her reinstatement with back pay.
Left-leaning outlets like The New Republic and The Guardian emphasized that the ruling represents a significant loss for the Trump administration and noted Comey's high-profile casework and her father's status as a Trump critic. Center and right-leaning outlets, such as RedState and Blaze Media, frequently noted that the ruling was issued by an Obama-appointed judge, with some right-leaning reports framing the decision as an overreach by an unelected judge into executive branch authority.
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Judge rules James Comey’s daughter unlawfully fired as federal prosecutor
A federal judge ruled Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) unlawfully fired and must provide back pay to Maurene Comey, former FBI Director James Comey’s daughter who was terminated as a prosecutor last year. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman rejected the Trump administration’s arguments that it had constitutional authority to fire her. “Defendants’…
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Source context: Maurene Comey was abruptly fired in July 2025 from her job as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. She sued the DOJ over her firing, claiming it was unlawful.
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A judge ruled Monday that Maurene Comey was wrongfully terminated from her position as the former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, ordering the Justice Department to reinstate her with backpay.Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was fired in July 2025. The DOJ did not provide a rationale for her ousting at…
Daughter of ex-FBI director James Comey, a Trump foe, was dismissed in 2025 despite her work being widely praisedMaurene 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.Judge Jesse Furman said that Comey, who was an assistant US…
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.
Judge Jesse Furman said centuries of legal precedent applied to his decision.
Former FBI director James Comey is facing new federal charges, according to a charging document made public on Monday.Why it matters: The charges mark the third time the Trump administration has charged Comey. He has been a subject of the president's ire since his dismissal from the first Trump administration in 2017. Driving the news: Prosecutors allege…
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A federal judge ruled Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) unlawfully fired and must provide back pay to Maurene Comey, former FBI Director James Comey’s daughter who was terminated as a prosecutor last year. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman rejected the Trump administration’s arguments that it had constitutional authority to fire her. “Defendants’…
Maurene Comey was abruptly fired in July 2025 from her job as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. She sued the DOJ over her firing, claiming it was unlawful.
The judge ordered that Comey, the daughter of ex-FBI director James Comey, be retroactively reinstated to her job as an assistant United States attorney.
The judge noted that Comey had worked on some of the nation's highest-profile cases and consistently received stellar reviews.
The daughter of ex-FBI director and Trump critic James Comey accused the administration of improperly targeting her.
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.
The US Justice Department accused former FBI Director James Comey of illegally directing the sharing of secret national defense information 10 years ago, according to a court filing unsealed on Monday.
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI honcho James Comey, after determining that her firing last year was unlawful.
A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration’s firing of Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor and daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawful. Maurene Comey was abruptly fired from the Justice Department in July 2025, which she claimed came without any notice or explanation and was due to a vendetta against…
Comey was abruptly fired last year after roughly a decade at DOJ, where she oversaw some of the nation's most high-profile prosecutions - including against Jeffrey Epstein and Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
The Trump Justice Department fired Maurene Comey without cause, but a federal judge ruled it violated the Civil Service Reform Act and ordered backpay.
Ordered the administration to reinstate Comey
An Obama-appointed federal judge ruled on Monday that while Trump's attorney general and those with the delegated responsibility are "authorized by law" to fire a federal prosecutor, the way in which the daughter of disgraced ex-FBI Director James Comey was fired last year was unlawful.Maurene Comey served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S.…
'Unelected activist judges now claim the president of the United States doesn't even have the constitutional authority to fire federal prosecutors inside his own executive branch!'
