福克斯新闻独家报道——福克斯新闻数字频道获悉，一位曾在拜登政府任职的前高级联邦检察官遭到刑事调查移送，要求司法部调查她是否在担任联邦探员期间就其在一项调查中的角色误导了联邦执法人员。
FIRST ON FOX — A former senior federal prosecutor who served in the Biden administration has been hit with a criminal investigation referral asking the Justice Department to look into whether she misled federal agents about her role in an investigation, Fox News Digital has learned.
吉娜·崔于2023年底加入美国加州北区联邦检察官办公室，不久后，拜登任命的联邦检察官伊斯梅尔·拉姆齐便任命她领导该办公室的企业与证券欺诈部门，该部门负责处理湾区乃至硅谷的重大企业和证券案件。
Jina Choi joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California in late 2023, shortly after which Biden-appointed U.S. Attorney Ismail Ramsey tapped her to lead its Corporate and Securities Fraud Section, which handles major corporate and securities cases across the Bay Area, including Silicon Valley.
然而，在加入该办公室之前，崔曾代表IRL——一家由亚伯拉罕·沙菲联合创办的社交媒体初创公司。该公司的主营业务是通过活动来组织和连接人群。IRL于2023年关闭，此前董事会指示的调查得出结论，认为其95%的用户很可能是机器人，沙菲对此结论提出异议。沙菲随后于2025年因联邦欺诈和妨碍指控被起诉。
Before joining the office, however, Choi had represented IRL, a social-media startup co-founded by Abraham Shafi. The company was built around organizing and connecting people through events. IRL shut down in 2023 after a board-directed investigation concluded that 95% of its users were likely bots, a finding Shafi disputed. Shafi was later indicted in 2025 on federal fraud and obstruction charges.
这份移送函代表了对一位涉及 broader 案件的前检察官行为的一次异常激进的挑战。
The referral represents an unusually aggressive challenge to the conduct of a former prosecutor involved in the broader matter.
联邦法官将费城地区检察官拉里·克拉斯纳移送司法部，建议可能进行刑事调查。传统基金会法律政策中心代理主任、本身也是前联邦检察官的卡利·斯廷森告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，虽然辩护团队攻击检察官很常见，但诉诸刑事调查移送则十分罕见。
FEDERAL JUDGE REFERS PHILADELPHIA DA LARRY KRASNER TO DOJ FOR POSSIBLE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION Cully Stimson, acting director of the Heritage Foundation’s Legal Policy Center and himself a former federal prosecutor, told Fox News Digital that, while it is common for defense teams to attack prosecutors, resorting to a criminal investigation referral is rare.
这份移送函于周二由沙菲单独聘请的、独立于其辩护团队的律师发出，核心问题是：崔在加入联邦检察官办公室后，尽管因先前代表该公司而被隔离于该案之外，她是否仍参与了IRL调查。司法部通常没有义务回应此类移送。
The referral, sent on Tuesday by a lawyer Shafi retained separately from his defense, turns on whether Choi remained involved in the IRL investigation after joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office despite being screened from the matter because of her prior representation of the company. The Justice Department generally has no obligation to respond to referrals like this.
检察官表示，崔被隔离在涉及IRL和沙菲的联邦调查之外。但沙菲的律师现在声称，内部通信和一份FBI面谈报告显示，她仍参与此事，并且后来向联邦探员淡化了这一参与程度。
Prosecutors said Choi was walled off from the federal investigation involving IRL and Shafi. But Shafi’s lawyer now alleges that internal communications and an FBI interview report show she remained involved in the matter and later understated that involvement to federal agents.
吉姆·乔丹称众议院正在权衡就杰克·史密斯涉嫌向国会撒谎一事提出刑事移送。福克斯新闻数字频道联系FBI时，FBI拒绝置评。
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在周二发送给司法部的刑事移送文件中，沙菲的律师请求联邦当局调查崔是否就其在对IRL调查中的角色作出虚假陈述。
In the criminal referral sent to the Justice Department on Tuesday, Shafi’s lawyer asked federal authorities to investigate whether Choi made false statements about her role in the investigation into IRL.
对IRL的联邦调查早于崔抵达美国检察官办公室。检察官表示，由于她此前曾代表该公司，因此被隔离在此事之外。沙菲的辩护团队声称已获取崔发送的内部电子邮件，以及记录她与检方联邦探员一次谈话的FBI面谈备忘录。沙菲的律师主张，这些文件与崔向探员所作的陈述相矛盾。
The federal investigation into IRL predated Choi’s arrival at the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors have said she was screened from the matter because of her prior representation of the company. Shafi’s defense claims to have obtained internal emails sent by Choi as well as FBI interview memoranda recounting a conversation she had with federal agents from the prosecution. Shafi’s lawyer argues the documents contradict Choi’s account to agents.
消息人士称，在泄密调查中，前詹姆斯·科米顾问收到新的联邦大陪审团传票。虽然崔的通信内容在公开法庭文件中被引用或描述，但政府将作为依据的电子邮件证据以密封方式或密封证据附页形式提交。因此，公众无法独立查阅原始文件或评估其完整背景。
NEW FEDERAL GRAND JURY SUBPOENA ISSUED TO FORMER JAMES COMEY ADVISOR IN LEAK INVESTIGATION: SOURCES While Choi’s communications are quoted or described in public court filings, the government filed the underlying email exhibits under seal or as sealed exhibit slipsheets. As a result, the public cannot independently inspect the original documents or assess their full context.
法庭文件显示，崔在加入美国检察官办公室之前曾作为外部法律顾问为IRL工作。在此期间，沙菲的辩护团队在其要求驳回针对沙菲案件的动议中声称，崔试图让联邦当局将目标对准沙菲，以保护该公司的其他利益相关者。政府否认这一说法，承认她主张该公司本身不应成为目标，但 disputing 她希望政府追究沙菲。
Choi worked for IRL as outside counsel before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, according to court filings. During this time, Shafi’s defense alleged in its motion to dismiss the case against him that Choi attempted to get federal authorities to target Shafi to shield other stakeholders at the firm. The government denied this characterization, acknowledging that she advocated that the firm itself not be targeted, but disputing that she wanted the government to go after Shafi.
这位科技公司的创始人的辩护理由是：Choi此前在现实生活中的某些行为导致了利益冲突。检方表示，正是由于这种先前的关系，她被排除在调查之外。截至本文发布时，尚未有任何裁决认定Choi的行为构成了需要将其排除在调查之外的利益冲突。Shafi的律师则认为，他们获得的文件揭示了不同的情况。
The tech founder’s defense argues that Choi’s prior representation of IRL created a conflict of interest. Prosecutors have said she was walled off from the investigation because of that prior relationship. As of publishing, no ruling has been made finding that Choi operated under a conflict of interest that warrants dismissal. Shafi’s lawyer argues that documents they obtained tell a different story.
根据相关文件，美国国家安全局（ODNI）已将这起案件的刑事调查线索移送给了司法部（DOJ）。负责调查Shafi案件的联邦调查局（FBI）曾在7月对Choi进行了询问，询问她在该案件中的角色。Choi声称自己“并未参与任何调查工作”。然而，据辩护方获得的内部消息显示，她曾表示：“我与[她的前任]谈过，想看看是否可以将[他]纳入现实生活中的调查团队以推动案件的进展。”
ODNI SENDS CRIMINAL REFERRALS TO DOJ FOR EX-IG, WHISTLEBLOWER TIED TO TRUMP IMPEACHMENT The FBI, which was investigating the Shafi case, interviewed Choi in July and questioned her about her role in the IRL investigation, according to the referral. Choi allegedly told agents that she did "not have any kind of role in the investigation." An internal message purportedly obtained by the defense, however, quotes her as saying, "I talked to [her predecessor]] and I wanted to see if it would be ok to add [him] to the IRL team to help move it along."
此外，辩护方获得的文件还显示，她曾询问过负责该案件的FBI特工的姓名，并将有关Shafi案件的媒体报道发送给了其他检察官。
In other instances, documents obtained by the defense allegedly show that she inquired about the name of the FBI agent working on the IRL case and that she sent press coverage of the case against Shafi to other prosecutors.
在联邦调查局的询问过程中，沙菲的律师声称，崔某表示自己并不知道“谁被分配到了这个案件小组中”。
At one point during her FBI interview, Shafi's lawyer claims Choi said that she was not aware "who was assigned to the case team."
由于被指控与一名非法移民性犯罪嫌疑人有不当关系，该检察官被撤职；检方称其存在“行为不当”的问题。
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根据刑事调查的记录，崔某承认自己保存了一份书面案件跟踪记录，其中列出了沙菲案件的详细信息。辩护方指出，美国检察官办公室以该文件属于“机密的内部工作资料”为由，拒绝交出这份记录。在崔某离开美国检察官办公室几个月后，沙菲被指控犯有电信欺诈、证券欺诈以及妨碍司法公正等罪名。这些指控源于他通过虚假陈述来误导投资者（谎报其平台的用户增长情况）。
According to the criminal investigation referral, Choi "admitted keeping a written case tracker on which ‘the SHAFI investigation was listed.’" The defense claims that the U.S. Attorney’s Office refused to turn over the case tracker by describing it as a "privileged and internal work product." Shafi was charged with wire fraud, securities fraud and obstruction a few months after Choi left the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The charges stem from allegations that he misled investors by misrepresenting user growth on his platform.
检方还称，沙菲利用付费广告吸引用户，将实际的用户增长结果伪装成“自然增长”，从而从投资者那里骗取了约1.7亿美元。
Prosecutors allege that he used paid advertising to attract people to IRL, then passed off the resulting growth as organic while raising about $170 million from investors.
沙菲还被指控滥用投资者资金用于购买服装、家居用品、支付旅行费用以及婚礼相关开支。沙菲的律师认为，崔某对联邦调查人员的虚假陈述，加上她此前为沙菲提供的法律代理服务，严重影响了针对沙菲的指控的合法性。
He also stands accused of misusing investors’ funds for clothing, home furnishings, travel, hotels and wedding-related costs. The founder’s lawyer argues that Choi’s alleged false statements to federal agents, coupled with her prior representation of IRL, taint the charges against Shafi.
杰克·史密斯再次否认自己曾在宣誓作证时撒谎。沙菲的辩护团队有强烈的动机证明崔某的行为确实不当——因为如果这一事实得到证实，将会对他们的客户（沙菲）的诉讼进程造成严重阻碍。
JACK SMITH DOUBLES DOWN AGAINST GOP ACCUSATIONS HE LIED UNDER OATH Shafi’s defense has a strong incentive to prove that Choi acted improperly, as doing so could seriously derail the prosecution of their client.
“如果辩护方的指控属实，那确实是个令人担忧的问题，”斯蒂姆森对福克斯新闻数字频道（Fox News Digital）表示。“因为如果这些指控被证实，那就意味着该办公室的其他成员也存在利益冲突；如果法官认定这种腐败行为的影响非常严重、已经渗透到了整个办公室，那么整个办公室都可能被视为有利益冲突的机构。”斯蒂姆森还指出，根据他的经验，美国的各个检察官办公室在处理案件时通常具有相当大的独立性，因此他建议不要将崔（Choi）的所谓不当行为简单地归咎于拜登政府。
"Here, the defense's allegations are troubling if true, because if their allegations end up being true, there was spillage," Stimson told Fox News Digital. "And that would mean some other members of that office are therefore conflicted, and it could result in the entire office being conflicted if a judge found that the taint was so bad that it permeated the whole office." Stimson also said that, in his experience, individual U.S. Attorneys’ Offices generally operate with significant independence on casework, cautioning against attributing Choi’s alleged conduct to the Biden administration more broadly.
截至本文发布时，崔（Choi）尚未因与沙菲（Shafi）案件相关的任何违法行为或职业不当行为而被起诉或受到纪律处分。
As of publishing, Choi has not been charged with any crime or disciplined for any professional misconduct in connection with the Shafi prosecution.
当福克斯新闻数字频道试图联系崔（Choi）请求其置评时，崔并未予以回应。
Choi did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital.