Justice Department charges former FBI Director James Comey for third time

CNN · NPR, NPR and Fox News report on two legal developments touching the Comey family, both made public Monday. In Manhattan, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman, an Obama nominee, concluded that Maurene Comey was removed from her post as a federal prosecutor without legal authority.

Fox News says the department conceded her dismissal had nothing to do with her performance or with cause, relying instead on Article II of the Constitution. Furman pointed to the Civil Service Reform Act, which Congress used to restrict such removals. NPR adds that he accused the department of having "invented a new and expansive theory of executive power." Back pay is ordered, running to December 20, 2025 per Fox News, and NPR notes she may go back to the Southern District of New York. The department plans to appeal.

CNN · NPR reports that her father, former FBI Director James Comey, now faces a third criminal charge, filed October 5 in Washington, over allegedly leaking a national security document in October 2016. He still faces the North Carolina threat case; an earlier prosecution was dismissed.

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