did not follow the law when she fired Comey, depriving Comey of her rights to due process.

 Congress granted the Attorney General power to remove Comey,  the judge wrote, but  Congress imposed limits on that power - limits that, even Defendants concede, were violated in Comey's case. 

The Trump administration has routinely fired career federal prosecutors along with FBI employees, particularly focusing on individuals involved in prior investigations of Trump or with the massive investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The administration is also continuing to push forward with a federal criminal case brought against James Comey over a photo of seashells that they contend amounted to a threat against Trump.

The seashells case has been delayed until at least early 2027 as a judge weighs whether to dismiss it. Comey's team has argued the case is a product of Trump's retribution campaign rather than a good faith application of federal law and that  dictionaries, context, precedent, and common sense  show the seashells photo was not a true threat.

Michael Kosnar contributed.