{"id":2245,"date":"2025-11-14T22:43:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:43:16","slug":"doj-looks-to-dismiss-lawsuit-filed-by-ex-prosecutor-maurene-comey-over-her-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=2245","title":{"rendered":"DOJ looks to dismiss lawsuit filed by ex-prosecutor Maurene Comey over her firing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Justice Department will seek to move or dismiss a lawsuit filed by former prosecutor Maurene Comey over her\u00a0“unlawful and unconstitutional” firing\u00a0from the office where she prosecuted Sean Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell and other high-profile defendants, according to a new court filing.<\/p>\n

The daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, Maurene Comey was considered a star trial lawyer in the Manhattan prosecutor’s office but was abruptly fired in July.\u00a0 Her lawsuit,\u00a0filed in September, said that “Defendants did not identify any cause or provide Ms. Comey any due process for her removal.”<\/p>\n

Former SDNY prosecutor Maurene Comey sues over her firing<\/p>\n

The DOJ’s filing said the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York recused itself from the case, which will now be 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 no prior experience as a prosecutor.<\/p>\n

The government was supposed to respond to Comey’s lawsuit by Nov. 21 but the new office assigned to the case asked for an extension “to familiarize ourselves with this matter.”<\/p>\n

The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of New York sought a response deadline of Dec. 15, by which time it would either answer the complaint or seek to dismiss it, the filing said.\u00a0 The filing also indicated that the office would try to move Comey’s suit out of Manhattan.<\/p>\n

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Alex Wong\/Getty Images – PHOTO: Daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, Maurene Comey, leaves the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse on November 13, 2025 in Alexandria, Virginia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Northern District office is led by John Sarcone, whose legitimacy to\u00a0serve as acting U.S. attorney\u00a0is being challenged by New York Attorney General Letitia James.\u00a0Sarcone is investigating James for allegedly violating President Trump’s civil rights after she successfully sued Trump over a decade’s worth of business fraud.<\/p>\n

Comey alleged she was fired with “no legitimate explanation” and “solely or substantially because her father is James Comey,” who himself is\u00a0being prosecuted\u00a0by a U.S. attorney’s office in Virginia on charges of lying to Congress. The elder Comey has denied all charges.<\/p>\n

“In addition to her fundamental constitutional rights, Ms. Comey had statutory protections under the Civil Service Reform Act that governed how and why she could be terminated, including specific prohibitions against termination for discriminatory reasons such as political affiliation. Her termination violated every one of those protections,” Maurene Comey’s lawsuit said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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