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Daughter of ex-FBI director Comey was unlawfully fired as federal prosecutor, judge rules
Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her job as a federal prosecutor in New York last year, a federal judge ruled on Monday. Judge Jesse M Furman said Comey, who was an assistant US attorney for a decade, was illegally fired in July 2025 despite h
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Both outlets lead on the judge’s ruling that Maurene Comey was unlawfully fired, and both identify her as James Comey’s daughter. CNBC’s headline adds that she was an Epstein prosecutor and says the judge ordered her retroactive reinstatement, while CBS News instead foregrounds that she was abruptly fired in July 2025 and notes only in the extract that she sued the DOJ over the firing.
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