Maurene Comey, Assistant U.S. Attorney and secutor on Combs' case, arrives at the Federal courthouse during the Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial at U.S.
court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2025.Brendan McDermid | ReutersMaurene Comey, a federal secutor involved in criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, sued the Department of Justice on Monday to get her job back after she was fired from the Trump administration in July.Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, received no explanation for her "unlawful and unconstitutional" termination, her attorneys wrote in the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan."In truth, there is no legitimate explanation," they wrote."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."The lawsuit names the Department of Justice, the Executive Office of the President and their respective leaders as defendants, along with the Office of Personnel Management and the Executive Office for U.S.
Attorneys.The Justice Department and Comey's lawyers did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for on the suit.After Comey was abruptly fired in mid-July, Comey warned that she was being made an example of in order to quell potential dissent within the DOJ."If a career secutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain," Comey wrote in a farewell note to staff at the Manhattan U.S.
Attorney's Office."Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought. Instead of fear, let this moment fuel the fire that already burns in the heart of this place," she wrote.
"A fire of righteous indignation at abuses of power. Of commitment to seek justice for victims."This is news. Please refresh for .— CNBC's Jim Forkin contributed to this report.