A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration fired New York prosecutor Maurene Comey unlawfully, and ordered that she be treated as holding her job through December 2025.
Comey was a veteran prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. She prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls, and she is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, whom President Donald Trump fired in 2017 during his first term.
The Justice Department fired Maurene Comey in July 2025 without giving her a reason. She sued the administration, arguing that the firing was unlawful.
On Monday, the judge agreed with her. The court ruled the firing unlawful and ordered her reinstated retroactively — in law, she is to be treated as having held her prosecutor's job through December 2025.
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