Maurene Comey, a federal attorney who successfully prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, is challenging her abrupt July firing in a lawsuit filed Monday, putting President Donald Trump’s sweeping claims of presidential authority to the test.

Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey—who was fired by Trump in 2017 for investigating his alleged ties to Russian election interference—was among several high-profile federal officials dismissed without explanation.

In her suit, she suggests that her termination may have been politically motivated—possibly linked to her father’s public criticism of Trump.

“All I can say is it came from Washington. I can’t tell you anything else,” U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton reportedly told her, according to the lawsuit.

Comey’s att

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