Maurene Comey on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging her July dismissal from her job as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), tying it to President Trump’s long-standing feud with her father, former FBI Director James Comey.

Maurene Comey, who worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, said in the lawsuit that her employment was terminated without cause, without notice and without an opportunity to contest it.

“Defendants have not provided any explanation whatsoever for terminating Ms. Comey. In truth, there is no legitimate explanation,” the complaint reads. “Rather, Defendants fired Ms. Comey solely or substantially because her father is former FBI Director James B. Comey, or because of her perceived political affiliation and beliefs, or both."

A career federal prosecutor, Comey worked at the U.S. attorney’s office for nearly a decade before she was abruptly let go in July.

In that time, she personally handled 11 criminal trials, secured more than 200 convictions, argued multiple appeals and supervised “numerous”........

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