首都的一名法官周四裁定，司法部对前奥运会皮划艇运动员大卫·赫恩（David Hearn）的起诉被永久驳回，这对特朗普政府来说是一次挫折。
Justice Department’s indictment against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn is dismissed permanently, a judge in the nation’s capital ruled Thursday in a defeat for the Trump administration.
在发布这一永久性救济措施时，高等法院法官托德·埃德尔曼（Todd Edelman）提到了赫恩可能面临该司法部“毫无根据、出于政治动机的起诉”这一“不寻常的可能性”。
Issuing that permanent relief, Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman cited the“extraordinary possibility” that Hearn could otherwise “face a meritless, politically motivated prosecution” from this DOJ.
作为美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的盟友，哥伦比亚特区美国联邦检察官珍妮·皮罗（Jeanine Pirro）曾在7月的一次新闻发布会上大肆宣扬对赫恩的指控，但在当月晚些时候却又采取行动撤销该案。皮罗办公室表示，最初指控赫恩刑事破坏林肯纪念堂倒影池的说法，因检察官后来发现破坏是由一次拙劣的安装造成的而受到损害。
District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro an ally of President Donald Trump, had touted Hearn’s charges at a press conference in July, only to move to drop the case later that month. Pirro’s office said the initial allegation that Hearn criminally vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was marred by prosecutors’ subsequent discovery that the damage was due to a botched installation.
埃德尔曼于8月批准了驳回请求。但他没有回答这究竟是“无偏见驳回”（正如司法部所要求的）还是“有偏见驳回”（正如赫恩所要求的）的问题。前者将为将来重新审理此案留下可能，而后者则不会。
Edelman granted the dismissal request in August. But he left unanswered the question of whether it would be “without prejudice” (as the DOJ requested ) or “with prejudice” (as Hearn requested). The former would leave open the possibility of reviving the case in the future, while the latter would not.
赫恩的律师辩称，他的起诉从一开始就“出于政治考量，且缺乏充分的事实支持”，需要永久驳回以防止政府带来“骚扰和恶意的”风险。本文由MS NOW发布
Hearn’s lawyers argued that his indictment was “motivated by political considerations and devoid of adequate factual support” from the very start, and that a permanent dismissal is needed to prevent the risk of “harassment and bad faith” by the government. The post Judge permanently dismisses David Hearn Reflecting Pool indictment MS NOW