Comey had served as a US Assistant DA in Manhattan for a decade, working on high-profile prosecutions including those of MAGA pedo-rapist pimps Ghislaine Maxwell and Sean “Diddy” Combs. She argued that she was fired because of her relationship to her father, who attempted many times to hold Don Trump accountable for crimes — or because White House / Heritage Foundation insiders perceived her as politically opposed to the administration. The judge did not need to resolve that allegation to find the termination unlawful. https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-administrations-firing-prosecutor-maurene-comey-was-unlawful-judge-rules-2026-10-26/