Maurene Comey’s lawsuit over firing by Trump administration may proceed, judge rules

Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, may proceed with her lawsuit alleging the Trump administration fired her for political reasons, a judge ruled Tuesday.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman came over the Justice Department’s objection, and found that Maurene Comey’s lawsuit belongs in federal court instead of before an executive branch agency that presides over federal worker complaints.

The judge said her case “falls outside the universe” of cases Congress meant for the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to resolve.

“Maurene Comey was, by all accounts, an exemplary Assistant United States Attorney,” Furman wrote in a 27-page ruling, pointing to her accolades in contrast with President Trump’s disdain for her father.

“She was given one and only one reason for her removal: Article II of the........

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