Daughter of ex-FBI director Comey was unlawfully fired as federal prosecutor, judge rules

South China Morning Post26 October 2026, 17:58 UTCUnited States of America

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 on Monday. Judge Jesse M Furman said Comey, who was an assistant US 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”. After her firing, Comey sued the Justice Department and...

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