Maurene Comey, Assistant US Attorney, exits the Federal courthouse during the Sean Combs sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial at the US court in Manhattan, New York, on May 19, 2025. Brendan McDermid/Reuters/File
Maurene Comey , a federal prosecutor involved in the Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Sean Combs cases, has sued the Trump administration over her firing this summer, levying another legal challenge to the Justice Department’s treatment of career officials.
Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan that she was not given any explanation for her termination and says it was done in retaliation for being her father’s daughter.
“Ms. Comey’s termination – without cause, without adva