Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor who worked on criminal cases involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, is contesting her July dismissal in a lawsuit that disputes President Donald Trump’s assertion of broad presidential authority.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in Manhattan federal court, states that Comey was given no reason for her termination. She argues that her dismissal can only be explained by either her family ties — she is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey — or her political affiliations.
James Comey responded to her firing by saying, “Trump and the hacks who lead the Department of Justice are hammering at the dam day after day, trying to turn it into just another gold-leaf-covered Trump subsidiary.”
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