联邦法官裁定解雇检察官Maurene Comey违法：特朗普政府2025年突然免职被判不合法
据路透社报道，美国一名联邦法官10月26日（周一）裁定，特朗普政府突然解雇前联邦检察官 Maurene Comey 的做法违法。Maurene Comey 是前联邦调查局 FBI 局长 James Comey 的长女；James Comey 长期是总统特朗普的批评者，特朗普在第一任期内已将其解职。
Maurene Comey 在位于 Manhattan 的美国联邦检察官办公室任职近十年，2025年7月被司法部解雇。她经手过爱泼斯坦同伙 Ghislaine Maxwell 的刑事案件，也经手过音乐大亨 Sean "Diddy" Combs 的案件。她随后起诉特朗普政府，指控自己是因为父亲的身份才被解雇，违反了禁止以政治理由解雇公务员的联邦法律，也违反了保障联邦雇员在人事争议中正当程序的法律。
本案被视为一项检验：特朗普政府能否迅速解雇像 Maurene Comey 这样并无政治任命身份的一线检察官——这类检察官的职业生涯通常跨越共和与民主两党政府。司法部在法庭文件中主张，这类检察官因在刑事案件中代表联邦政府出庭、被授予高度行政权力，总统或司法部长可以无须说明理由将其免职。
负责此案的是位于 Manhattan 的美国联邦地区法官 Jesse Furman。Maurene Comey 在诉状中请求法官裁令其追溯复职至2025年12月，以便她能取得欠薪并符合退休福利资格。今年2月，她已加入 Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler 律师事务所，担任合伙人。
报道还提到，司法部去年曾起诉 James Comey，指控他就授权向媒体泄密一事向国会撒谎；他否认有罪，该案后来因法官认定取得起诉的联邦检察官任命不合法而被撤销。James Comey 此后又在另一宗联邦案件中被指控威胁特朗普，他同样否认有罪。
Judge Rules Firing of Prosecutor Maurene Comey Unlawful in Blow to Trump Administration
A U.S. federal judge ruled on Monday, October 26, that the Trump administration's abrupt firing of former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was unlawful, according to Reuters. Maurene Comey is the eldest daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, a longtime adversary of President Donald Trump, who fired him during his first term.
Maurene Comey was fired by the Justice Department in July 2025 after nearly a decade at the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office, where she brought criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs. In her lawsuit, she alleged she was fired because of who her father was, in violation of federal laws prohibiting the firing of civil servants for political reasons and guaranteeing federal employees due process in employment disputes.
The case was seen as a test of whether the Trump administration can swiftly fire line prosecutors like Comey, who are not politically appointed and whose careers tend to span both Republican and Democratic administrations. In court papers, the Justice Department argued that prosecutors like Comey are subject to removal without cause by the president or the attorney general because they are delegated a high degree of executive authority when they represent the federal government in court in criminal cases.
The case is before Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman. In her lawsuit, Maurene Comey asked the judge to retroactively reinstate her as a prosecutor through December 2025 so she could receive back pay and qualify for retirement benefits. In February, she was hired as a partner at the law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.
Reuters also noted that the Justice Department last year charged James Comey with lying to Congress about authorizing leaks to the news media; he pleaded not guilty and the case was dismissed after a judge found the U.S. attorney who secured the charges was not lawfully appointed. James Comey has since been charged in a separate federal case with threatening Trump, and has pleaded not guilty.
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