It is not clear why Maurene Comey was removed from her job, but in a message to her former colleagues she notes "fear is the tool of a tyrant".

The U.S. Justice Department is recommending an ex-Kentucky police officer convicted of using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid should serve no prison time, an abrupt about-face after spending years prosecuting the former detective.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint in federal court Tuesday against three former members of the Corporation for Public

A group of Democratic-led states urged a federal judge in Boston on Friday to deal another blow to President Donald Trump's attempts to limit birthright citizenship, even though a U.S. Supreme Court decision last month made it more difficult for lower courts to block White House directives.

The Trump administration fires Maurene Comey from her job with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

What to know about DOJ firings More than 20 Justice Department employees who participated in investigations of President Trump and his allies were fired over the last week.

In court filings and dismissal letters, the Justice Department’s political leadership claims sweeping authority to fire career law enforcement officials without cause.

Comey is the daughter of James Comey, the former director of the FBI. She joined the Justice Department office in Manhattan in 2015 as a trial lawyer. Two years after her joining, her father, James Comey, was fired (in 2017) by Donald Trump.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday fired several more Justice Department employees who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith to investigate President Donald Trump's retention of classified records and efforts to overturn the 2020 election,