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Oct 26, 2026

Judge rules Trump DOJ illegally fired Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director

A federal judge ruled that the Justice Department unlawfully terminated Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, from her position as a federal prosecutor in New York. The judge ordered her reinstatement and back pay, rejecting the administration's broad Article II authority claims.

Oct 26, 20265 sources

Top claims

▪Prior to Maurene Comey's July 2025 termination, she received consistently outstanding performance reviews from supervisors and peers calling her a brilliant lawyer and gifted supervisor
▪Following Maurene Comey's termination from the Department of Justice, she joined the law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler as a partner in February 2026
▪U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ruled that the Department of Justice's July 2025 firing of Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey was unlawful

People involved

Pam Bondi Donald Trump

Subtopics

Article Four of the U.S. Constitution1 Executive power1 Federal agencies1 First Amendment1 Institutional independence1 Jeffrey Epstein1 Judiciary1 Trump administration1 Trump administration legal battles1 U.S. administrative law1 U.S. federal courts & judicial appointments1

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