| Maurene Comey Sued DOJ on
Retaliatory Firing Discovery
Stayed Now Motion to Dismiss Filed
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 15 – Maurene Comey has
sued the DOJ for being fired,
saying that "the politically
motivated termination of Ms.
Comey—ostensibly under
“Article II of the
Constitution”—upends bedrock
principles of our democracy
and justice system. Assistant
United States Attorneys like
Ms. Comey must do their jobs
without fearing or favoring
any political party or
perspective, guided solely by
the law, the facts, and the
pursuit of
justice."
Complaint on Patreon here
The firing took
place soon after the mix
verdict in US v. Sean Combs in
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York, and amid since-denied
requests for unsealing of
Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
grand jury transcripts.
The discovery in
this case, and any trial,
could get into both issues.
Docketed on
November 4, "the initial
pretrial conference in this
matter is hereby ADJOURNED to
December 4."
Inner City Press
live tweeted it, here
Judge Furman: I'm
inclined to stay discovery
pending inquiry into my
jurisdiction. I note this case
might involve requests for
deposition of high
Administration officials, who
made the decisions. But first
let's see the defendants'
motion to dismiss, I think
Maurene Comey's
lawyer Nicole Gueron: We'd
like to change your mind. We'd
like discovery into who made
the decision. A search of her
name in the files of decision
making officials. The White
House stated that the decision
was not made by the President
but by DOJ
AUSA Lesperance:
I disagree that the Government
has conceded that the
discovery that will be sought
is appropriate. We said the
mechanisms also exist in the
MSPB. Even this limited
discovery is not as simple as
to search - whose file?
Executive privilege
Furman:
I'm not going
to actually
rule now but
I'm inclined
to stay with
my initial
position, and
stay
discovery.
On
December 15
the US
Attorney's
Office filed a
motion to
dismiss for lack
of
jurisdiction,
arguing
that the Civil
Service
Reform Act
framework must
be followed.
Inner City
Press is covering it.
The case is Comey
v. US Department of Justice,
et al., 1:25-cv-7625 (Furman)
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