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 a target of Trump’s ire.Published On 26 Oct 202626 Oct 2026A 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.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Why has search of Ilhan Omar’s home before US midterms caused controversy?list 2 of 3US Department of Justice defends prosecution of Comey over seashell postlist 3 of 3Trump calls for ‘incitement’ charges against top Democrat Hakeem Jeffriesend of listHe rejected the administration’s position that the president had the power to undertake such firings, regardless of the protections implemented by Congress.“To accept defendants’ argument would be to unsettle the very equilibrium established by this nation’s constitutional system,” Furman wrote.He also dismissed the idea that federal prosecutors like Comey are an extension of the president’s “conclusive and p...