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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Prosecutor Maurene Comey who was fired after fumbling Diddy case sues Trump to get her job back
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey
…daughter of James Comey, who now will not follow in her Daddy’s footsteps to the top…
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.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/16/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1795 views] Top|| File under:

#1  She left some evidence behind that she needs to go back to destroy.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/16/2025 7:09 Comments || Top||

#2  Note from TW's "Related" links that she also worked that oh-so-successful Epstein case
Posted by: Frank G || 09/16/2025 7:22 Comments || Top||

#3  I am so grateful to Fred for adding the Related function! It’s saved me loads of time — before that I was constantly doing full archive searches to nail down partial memories, and those links probably slowed down Rantburg ever after.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/16/2025 9:02 Comments || Top||

#4  #3

Thanks to both Fred and TW. This is the first site I read every morning. You're doing great work in providing exceptional content curation.

I may be old and forgetful but the Burg and Internet is neither. God bless you and the USA.

We are living in troubled time but have true patriots and God on our side - or should I say we are on God's side.

I feel - like many of you I suspect - a Rubicon has been crossed and Yamamoto's quote regarding Pearl Harbor is relevant again.

For those of you not familiar...

"I feel all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve"
Posted by: Warthog || 09/16/2025 9:44 Comments || Top||

#5  "Do you know who my daddy is?!"
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/16/2025 13:25 Comments || Top||

#6  *blush* Rantburg is a big team project, Warthog.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/16/2025 16:19 Comments || Top||

#7  She was also involved in the Epstein and Maxwell cases. IF I were to believe in conspiracy theories, I might find that interesting.
Posted by: Chantry || 09/16/2025 18:18 Comments || Top||

#8  Oops, did not mean to capitalize IF in my prior post
Posted by: Chantry || 09/16/2025 18:19 Comments || Top||

#9  It works....
Posted by: Frank G || 09/16/2025 20:06 Comments || Top||


Economy
Senate approves White House economist to serve on Fed board
[SDUT] Watch the markets today
The vote to confirm Stephen Miran
…he’s been chair of the Council of Economic Advisers since January 2025, and was a Treasury Department economic advisor for the first Trump administration during Covid. Before and after that he worked in the private sector as an analyst and strategist…
was largely along party lines, 48-47.
Posted by: Frank G || 09/16/2025 06:03 || Comments || Link || [1758 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  A Divided Appeals Court Blocks Trump From Removing Fed Governor
Posted by: Frank G || 09/16/2025 6:43 Comments || Top||

#2  I guess he can hang out in the guest cubicle until this all gets sorted out.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/16/2025 7:13 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Georgia Supreme Court rejects Fani Willis' bid to prosecute Trump
[JTN] "Sit yo lying Ho ass down"
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' (D) bid to prosecute President Trump over the 2020 presidential election.

The court's 4-3 decision upholds a lower court ruling disqualifying Willis over a “significant appearance of impropriety” because of her romantic relationship with a top prosecutor in the case, The Hill news outlet reported.

Willis had attempted to prosecute Trump and his allies in the state on racketeering charges for allegedly attempting to overthrow the 2020 election.

While the Georgia’s Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council could appoint a new prosecutor to take the case, that could be a months-long process, leaving the case in limbo.
Posted by: Frank G || 09/16/2025 11:37 || Comments || Link || [1758 views] Top|| File under: Lawfare


Home Front: Politix
Nearly 200 House Dems vote against hiking criminal penalties for illegal immigrant felons
[FoxNews] Nearly 200 House Democrats opposed legislation that will target criminal penalties for illegal immigrants.

A bill called the "Stop Illegal Entry Act," led by Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., is aimed at hiking penalties for both people who enter the U.S. illegally and those who commit felonies after that illegal entry. It passed the House in a 226-197 vote on Thursday, just before lawmakers left Washington for the weekend.

All 197 "no" votes were Democrats, while 11 Democrats voted with Republicans to pass the bill.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/16/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1828 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  American Globalist Party.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/16/2025 3:21 Comments || Top||

#2  There ought to be sentence multipliers based on how many times you have been previously been deported or ordered to leave.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/16/2025 7:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Every one of them is set for retirement or re-election 3 Nov 2026.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 09/16/2025 9:31 Comments || Top||

#4 
It is clear 197 Liberal Democrats actively seek to
to place more US Citizens in the unemployment lines.
Thus allowing MILLIONS of non-US Citizens to hold jobs under the table, pay no wage related taxes and funnel $$ Billions out of the US economy each year.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/16/2025 11:53 Comments || Top||

#5  BTW HOW ABOUT.

1st arrest for just illegal entry, 16+ y/o 90 days community clean up services and kicked out of the country.

2nd Offense, (just illegal entry), 366 days 1yr 1 day in prison with mandatory (basic felony) 180 days of community clean up services.

3rd Offense or Felony related crimes while illegally here, minimum 10 years. With Chain Gang duties.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/16/2025 12:00 Comments || Top||

#6  ^How about signs in Spanish & Cantonese: "By entering US illegally, you volunteer as an organ donor."?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/16/2025 12:14 Comments || Top||

#7  @6, read some Larry Niven, The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton or Flatlander to see why going down the criminals and organ donors path is a very bad idea.
Posted by: Chantry || 09/16/2025 18:24 Comments || Top||

#8  ^You're just a little bit late, bonbon.

p.s. Anyways, re Niven, I like Protector best.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/16/2025 20:55 Comments || Top||



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