A U.S. attorney's office in Albany will defend the Trump administration in a lawsuit brought by fired prosecutor Maurene Comey, after her former office in Manhattan recused itself from the case.

Maurene Comey is suing the Justice Department, alleging that her sudden firing in July was illegal and "politically motivated" given her father James Comey's longstanding criticism of President Trump, who fired the older Comey as FBI director in 2017.

On Thursday, a lawyer from the U.S. attorney's office in the Northern District of New York informed a federal judge she would represent the Justice Department in the lawsuit, according to a court document — marking the first formal appearance by an attorney for the government since the case was filed in September.

The lawyer, Karen Folste

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