DOJ looks to dismiss lawsuit filed by ex-prosecutor Maurene Comey over her firing

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Maurene Comey, the girl of erstwhile FBI caput James Comey, was fired successful July.

November 14, 2025, 1:26 PM

The Justice Department volition question to determination oregon disregard a suit filed by erstwhile authoritative Maurene Comey implicit her "unlawful and unconstitutional" firing from the bureau wherever she prosecuted Sean Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell and different high-profile defendants, according to a caller tribunal filing.

The girl of erstwhile FBI Director James Comey, Maurene Comey was considered a prima proceedings lawyer successful the Manhattan prosecutor's bureau but was abruptly fired successful July. Her lawsuit, filed successful September, said that "Defendants did not place immoderate origin oregon supply Ms. Comey immoderate owed process for her removal."

The DOJ's filing said the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York recused itself from the case, which volition present beryllium handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York, which is led by a loyalist of President Donald Trump with nary anterior acquisition arsenic a prosecutor.

The authorities was expected to respond to Comey's suit by Nov. 21 but the caller bureau assigned to the lawsuit asked for an hold "to familiarize ourselves with this matter."

The U.S. Attorney's bureau for the Northern District of New York sought a effect deadline of Dec. 15, by which clip it would either reply the ailment oregon question to disregard it, the filing said. The filing besides indicated that the bureau would effort to determination Comey's suit retired of Manhattan.

The Northern District bureau is led by John Sarcone, whose legitimacy to serve arsenic acting U.S. attorney is being challenged by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Sarcone is investigating James for allegedly violating President Trump's civilian rights aft she successfully sued Trump implicit a decade's worthy of concern fraud.

Comey alleged she was fired with "no morganatic explanation" and "solely oregon substantially due to the fact that her begetter is James Comey," who himself is being prosecuted by a U.S. attorney's bureau successful Virginia connected charges of lying to Congress. The elder Comey has denied each charges.

"In summation to her cardinal law rights, Ms. Comey had statutory protections nether the Civil Service Reform Act that governed however and wherefore she could beryllium terminated, including circumstantial prohibitions against termination for discriminatory reasons specified arsenic governmental affiliation. Her termination violated each 1 of those protections," Maurene Comey's suit said.