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法官裁定：莫琳·科姆被司法部非法解雇
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周一，一名联邦法官裁定，司法部解雇莫琳·科姆的行为违宪。莫琳·科姆是前联邦检察官，曾负责多起备受关注的案件，包括杰弗里·爱泼斯坦与肖恩“吹牛老爹”库姆斯案。
科姆曾担任纽约南区联邦检察官近十年，2025年7月被解雇。她提起诉讼，称此次解雇是出于报复，原因是她的父亲是前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科姆，而后者是唐纳德·特朗普总统的公开反对者。
被解雇前，科姆一直获得上司的好评，且多次被指派负责该办公室的重大案件。司法部在辩护中承认，解雇科姆并非因为其行为不当或工作表现不佳。
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朱迪·弗曼法官表示，司法部的解雇行为违反了美国宪法的三权分立条款，该条款对某些联邦雇员的解雇方式作出了限制。他还裁定，这一行为违反了《文官制度改革法》，该法保障联邦雇员的免职程序合规。
“是的，法律授权司法部长罢免联邦助理检察官。但司法部长（以及任何获司法部长授权的人）同样受到法律约束，即根据《文官制度改革法》，只能以特定方式、基于特定理由作出此类决定。而科姆的免职行为无疑违反了该法案，”弗曼在裁决中写道。
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司法部此前辩称，司法部长行使总统权力，不受国会约束。
弗曼指出，司法部关于国会无权规定联邦雇员免职方式的主张，将颠覆两个世纪以来的最高法院裁决。他写道，若支持司法部的立场，“将导致美国重回19世纪以来国会一直试图终结的分赃制弊端”。
科姆目前是一名辩护律师。法官裁定其可获得工资补偿，补偿期限直至她任职该新职位之日。
“这一来之不易的胜利属于科姆女士、所有文官以及所有为法治而奋斗的人，”莫琳·科姆的法律团队在一份声明中表示。“正如法院正确裁决的那样，若接受政府关于行政权力不受限制的主张，‘将动摇本国宪法体系所确立的平衡状态’。”
司法部发言人称：“该部门不认同这一裁决，将在适当时候提出上诉。”
被解雇后，科姆在发给前同事的电子邮件中写道，此次突然解雇应“点燃他们反对权力滥用的斗争之火”。
她在向CNN获取的前同事发布的信息中写道：“若一名职业检察官可被无理由解雇，恐惧可能会渗透到其他在职人员的决策中。请不要让这种情况发生。”
她还表示：“恐惧是暴君的工具，被用来压制独立思想。与其陷入恐惧，不如让这一刻燃起本就深埋于这片土壤中的斗争之火——这是对权力滥用的正义愤慨之火，是致力于为受害者寻求公道之火，是始终以真相为先的奉献之火。”
曾任职前总统贝拉克·奥巴马政府的弗曼法官并未就科姆关于解雇行为违反第一修正案的主张作出裁决。他要求双方就该问题提交更多书面辩护材料。
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Judge: Maurene Comey was illegally fired from Justice Department
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A federal judge on Monday found the Justice Department’s firing of Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor who presided over several high-profile cases including those of Jeffrey Epstein and Sean “Diddy” Combs, was unconstitutional.
Comey, an assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York for nearly a decade, was fired in July 2025. She filed a lawsuit claiming the firing was in retaliation because her father is former FBI Director James Comey, a vocal opponent of President Donald Trump.
Until she was fired, Comey received accolades from her supervisors and was frequently tapped for some of the office’s biggest cases. DOJ, in its arguments, acknowledged Comey was not fired for cause or due to her performance.
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Judge Jesse Furman said the Justice Department’s firing violated the separation of powers clause of the US Constitution, which places limits on how certain federal employees can be fired. He also found it violated the Civil Service Reform Act, which guards the process by which federal employees can be removed.
“Yes, the Attorney General is authorized by law to remove an AUSA. But the Attorney General (and anyone to whom the Attorney General delegates that authority) is also limited by law, namely the CSRA, to do so only in a particular manner and only for certain reasons. And Comey’s removal indisputably violated the CSRA,” Furman wrote.
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The Justice Department had argued the attorney general exercises the president’s powers and could not be limited by Congress.
Furman said DOJ’s argument that Congress cannot dictate how federal employees are removed would upend two centuries of Supreme Court decisions. To agree with DOJ would “risk a return to the spoils system that Congress has sought to end since the nineteenth century,” he wrote.
Comey is currently working as a defense lawyer. The judge ordered her to receive backpay until the time she took on that position.
“This hard-earned victory belongs to Ms. Comey, to all civil servants, and to all fighting for the rule of law,” Maurene Comey’s legal team said in a statement. “As the Court correctly held, to accept the government’s argument about unlimited executive power ‘would be to unsettle the very equilibrium established by this Nation’s constitutional system.’”
A DOJ spokesperson said, “The department disagrees with this decision and will appeal in due course.”
After she was fired, Comey told her former colleagues in an email that her sudden dismissal should “fuel the fire” of their work fighting abuses of power.
“If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain,” she wrote in a message to her former colleagues, which was obtained by CNN. “Do not let that happen.”
She continued: “Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought. Instead of fear, let this moment fuel the fire that already burns at the heart of this place. A fire of righteous indignation at abuses of power. Of commitment to seek justice for victims. Of dedication to truth above all else.”
Furman, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, did not rule on Comey’s claim that her termination violated the First Amendment. He asked both sides for further briefings on that topic.
This story has been updated with additional details.
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