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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister

Judge rules Maurene Comey, daughter of ex-FBI director, was unlawfully fired by Trump administration

Justice Department Maurene Comey - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her job as a federal prosecutor in New York last year, a federal judge ruled Monday.

Judge Jesse M. Furman said that Comey, who was an assistant U.S. attorney for a decade, was illegally fired in July 2025 despite her work on some of the nation's highest-profile cases and consistently receiving “the highest accolades from supervisors and peers alike.”

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