Trump Administration Unlawfully Fired Maurene Comey, Judge Rules NYT - Home Page By: Santul Nerkar 26 October 2026 at 18:26 At the time of her firing, Ms. Comey was a highly regarded trial lawyer for the U.S. attorneyβs office in Manhattan, handling the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Combs. Β© Jefferson Siegel for The New York TimesMaurene Comey was an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan when the Trump administration fired her in July 2025.