By Editor,Stephen M. Lepore

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Former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey sued the Trump administration Monday to get her job back, saying her firing was for political reasons and was unconstitutional.

Comey was infamously fired in July without warning after she somehow bungled the case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.

Her lawsuit in Manhattan federal court blamed the firing on the fact that her father is James Comey, the former FBI director who Trump fired in 2017, ‘or because of her perceived political affiliation and beliefs, or both.’

Comey is seeking to be reinstated and a declaration that her firing was unlawful and a violation of the Constitution’s ‘Separation of Powers’ clause.

‘Defendants have not provided any explanation whatsoever for terminating Ms. Comey. In truth, there is no legitimate explanation,’ the lawsuit said.

On her way out, she infamously sent one final staff-wide email to her colleagues in the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office, urging them to stay strong in the face of a ‘tyrant.’

‘If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain,’ she wrote. ‘Do not let that happen.

‘Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought.

‘Instead of fear, let this moment fuel the fire that already burns in the heart of this place. A fire of righteous indignation at abuses of power. Of commitment to seek justice for victims.’

Comey, who successfully prosecuted hundreds of cases since becoming an assistant U.S. attorney in 2015, was notified of her dismissal in an email with an attachment saying she was being fired ‘(p)ursuant to Article II of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States,’ the lawsuit said.

James Comey was fired as FBI director by President Donald Trump in 2017. The lawsuit noted he has since written a memoir critical of Trump and has publicly criticized Trump and his administration, including a May social media post that Trump and others perceived as threatening.

The lawsuit said Maurene Comey’s July firing came the day after her supervisors asked her to lead a major public corruption case and three months after she’d received her latest ‘Outstanding’ review.

It also followed a several-week-long campaign by right-wing internet personality Laura Loomer to get Comey fired.

‘The politically motivated termination of Ms. Comey – ostensibly under `Article II of the Constitution´ – upends bedrock principles of our democracy and justice system,’ the lawsuit said.

‘Assistant United States Attorneys like Ms. Comey must do their jobs without fearing or favoring any political party or perspective, guided solely by the law, the facts, and the pursuit of justice.’

Named as defendants in the lawsuit were, among others, the Justice Department, the Executive Office of the President, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi, the Office of Personnel Management and the United States.

The Justice Department declined through a spokesperson to comment.

Comey’s July 16 firing came amid a spate of dismissals of prosecutors by the Justice Department without explanation, raising alarm that civil service protections meant to prevent terminations for political reasons were being overlooked.

Her lawsuit noted that the Civil Service Reform Act provides protections governing how and why she could be terminated, including specific prohibitions against termination for discriminatory reasons such as political affiliation.

‘Her termination violated every one of those protections,’ the lawsuit said.

It said she had suffered adverse harmful effects, including lost or jeopardized employment and financial opportunities, along with reputational harm.

If Comey applies for jobs, even the most rudimentary background check may come across inaccurate and false information from the defendants ‘that will adversely impact her reputation and chances for additional employment opportunities,’ the lawsuit said.

Comey said in her email to staff that she was not given a reason for her termination.

It is understood in the letter she received on Wednesday, she was told she was being fired under Article II of the Constitution, which cites powers granted to the president.

Comey worked on the cases against both Epstein and Maxwell, helping to send Maxwell to prison for 20 years after the billionaire financier killed himself in his cell while awaiting trial.

However, more recently, she suffered a catastrophic loss in the trial of the sex-crazed music mogul.

She had been leading the violent and organized crime unit in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), the same position her father once held.

Comey’s name was referenced in every US attorney pronouncement about the Combs’s trial.

Legal experts questioned whether he was ‘overcharged’ and how the case went so wrong for Comey and her team.

Trump has long disliked Comey’s father James, but tensions reached a fever pitch in May when he shared a picture to Instagram of seashells spelling out 86 47.

Donald Trump Jr. claimed was the former FBI director ‘casually calling for my dad to be murdered.’ James Comey said they were just seashells.

Many other Trump administration officials soon also asserted that James Comey was advocating for the 47th president’s assassination.

James Comey has since denied that he ever intended to harm Trump, and even told Secret Service officials that when they questioned him over the phone that night.

The Secret Service had James followed by law enforcement authorities in unmarked cars and street clothes as he and his wife traveled from North Carolina, through Virginia and to their home in the Washington DC area

James has been the subject of Trump’s ire since he began the FBI’s probe into claims that the president’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russian authorities to influence.

Trump fired him in 2017 after the then-FBI director confirmed Trump was under investigation.