US court rules daughter of Trump critic James Comey was illegally fired
Maurene Comey had argued that she was fired because her father, former FBI chief James Comey, was target of Trump's ire.
A United States judge has ruled that former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was illegally fired by the administration of President Donald Trump.
US District Judge Jesse Furman said on Monday that the Trump administration had overstepped the boundaries of executive authority when it fired so-called “inferior officers” without cause.
He rejected the administration’s position that the president had the power to undertake such firings, regardless of the protections implemented by Congress.
She had brought cases against such high-profile figures as convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.