{"id":133364,"date":"2025-09-16T04:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/16\/maureen-comey-tries-to-86-47s-firing-her\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T04:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:59:55","slug":"maureen-comey-tries-to-86-47s-firing-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/16\/maureen-comey-tries-to-86-47s-firing-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Maureen Comey Tries To 86 47\u2019s Firing Her"},"content":{"rendered":"

Possibly the dumbest news cycle of the year involved former FBI Director James Comey being branded as a political terrorist for taking an Instagram shot of some goddamned seashells by the seashore<\/a>. In May, the longtime Republican had arranged the shells into \u201c8647,\u201d marrying \u201c86\u201d \u2014 the old-timey lingo for bouncing an unruly patron or the restaurant slang for canceling an order \u2014 with \u201c47,\u201d indicating the 47th president. The Secret Service interviewed Comey over the picture and then tracked him for some time<\/a>. Kash Patel followed up declaring that he diverted resources away from \u201cchasing down child sex predators, fentanyl traffickers, terrorists<\/a>\u201d to chase down people making funny social media posts.<\/p>\n

It was one of the earlier signs that the people running federal law enforcement right now are not the sharpest tools in the shed. Just tools.<\/p>\n

A knock-on effect of Comey\u2019s post, the administration fired his daughter Maureen, who had served for years in the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the SDNY. At the time, the younger Comey said, \u201cfear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought.\u201d Which is a more eloquent way of saying, \u201csuckas just messed with the wrong lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n

And so she has now sued<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Defendants have not provided any explanation whatsoever for terminating Ms. Comey. In truth, there is no legitimate explanation. Rather, Defendants fired Ms. Comey solely or substantially because her father is former FBI Director James B. Comey, or because of her perceived political affiliation and beliefs, or both.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She\u2019s probably right, but let\u2019s not sleep on her role as the Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell prosecutor, a case that Donald Trump seems to care a lot about for some<\/em> reason.<\/p>\n

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\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Maureen Comey Tries To 86 47\u2019s Firing Her<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Possibly the dumbest news cycle of the year involved former FBI Director James Comey being branded as a political terrorist for taking an Instagram shot of some goddamned seashells by the seashore<\/a>. In May, the longtime Republican had arranged the shells into \u201c8647,\u201d marrying \u201c86\u201d \u2014 the old-timey lingo for bouncing an unruly patron or the restaurant slang for canceling an order \u2014 with \u201c47,\u201d indicating the 47th president. The Secret Service interviewed Comey over the picture and then tracked him for some time<\/a>. Kash Patel followed up declaring that he diverted resources away from \u201cchasing down child sex predators, fentanyl traffickers, terrorists<\/a>\u201d to chase down people making funny social media posts.<\/p>\n

It was one of the earlier signs that the people running federal law enforcement right now are not the sharpest tools in the shed. Just tools.<\/p>\n

A knock-on effect of Comey\u2019s post, the administration fired his daughter Maureen, who had served for years in the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the SDNY. At the time, the younger Comey said, \u201cfear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought.\u201d Which is a more eloquent way of saying, \u201csuckas just messed with the wrong lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n

And so she has now sued<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

Defendants have not provided any explanation whatsoever for terminating Ms. Comey. In truth, there is no legitimate explanation. Rather, Defendants fired Ms. Comey solely or substantially because her father is former FBI Director James B. Comey, or because of her perceived political affiliation and beliefs, or both.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She\u2019s probably right, but let\u2019s not sleep on her role as the Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell prosecutor, a case that Donald Trump seems to care a lot about for some<\/em> reason.<\/p>\n

\n

\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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