Judge rules Justice Department unlawfully fired prosecutor Maurene Comey without cause
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Judge Jesse Furman held this week that the Department of Justice unlawfully fired assistant US attorney Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director James Comey, without cause. At the Southern District of New York she secured guilty verdicts in cases including Ghislaine Maxwell and Sean Combs. DOJ invoked Article II presidential power; Furman rejected that and found the firing violated civil service law. Legal experts welcomed the ruling as a check on politicized firings but said an appeal is likely.
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