Federal Prosecutor Maurene Comey Removed: DOJ Email Cites Article II, Gives No Reason
On July 16, 2025, federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was removed from her position in Manhattan, New York City, New York. She had served for nearly ten years, since November 2015, as an Assistant United States Attorney in the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. That day she received an email from Department of Justice officials in Washington summarily terminating her employment pursuant to Article II of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States. The email gave no reason for the removal.
Court filings show the removal was directed and authorized by then-Attorney General Pamela J. Bondi, and that the termination memorandum was signed by Francey Hakes, Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, at the direction of the Office of the Attorney General, and was sent to Comey by email the same day.
During her tenure in the Southern District, Comey worked on major cases including those of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and the case of Sean Combs, in which she served as a lead prosecutor in the two-month trial. Court filings also record that the day before her termination, she had been asked to take the lead on a major public corruption case.
Comey is the eldest daughter of former FBI Director James B. Comey. This report covers only the facts as of the July 16, 2025 removal; her subsequent lawsuit over the removal and the court's ruling are covered in the related GSM report linked below.
Related: Judge Rules Firing of Prosecutor Maurene Comey Unlawful in Blow to Trump Administration
(Source: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York)
Source: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
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