JUDGE RULES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ILLEGALLY FIRED MAURENE COMEY

A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Trump administration unlawfully fired Maurene Comey from her job as a federal prosecutor in New York. Judge Jesse M. Furman found that officials dismissed her in July 2025 in breach of constitutional protections and federal law. Comey had worked as an assistant US attorney for 10 years at the Manhattan US Attorney’s office. She brought criminal cases against Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein, and Sean “Diddy” Combs. Furman said Comey had received “the highest accolades from supervisors and peers alike”.

Comey sued the Justice Department and other officials after her dismissal. She alleged violations of the First Amendment, Fifth Amendment due process and the constitutional separation of powers. Furman noted her claim that officials targeted her because she is the daughter of former FBI director James Comey or because of her perceived political views. President Donald Trump has long regarded James Comey as an adversary. The government argued that federal prosecutors exercise the president’s “conclusive and preclusive” authority and can therefore be removed at will.

Furman rejected that argument, saying it “flies in the face of nearly two centuries of Supreme Court precedent”. He ruled that the dismissal violated the separation of powers, statutory protections, Fifth Amendment due process and the Administrative Procedure Act. He granted Comey retroactive reinstatement and back pay from her dismissal through 20 December. Furman reserved judgment on her First Amendment claim pending further submissions; Comey now works in private practice and no longer seeks active reinstatement. Comey’s lawyers, Ellen Blain, Nicole Gueron, Deepa Vanamali and Margaret Donovan, called the ruling a “hard-earned victory” for civil servants and supporters of the rule of law.