安德鲁·魏斯曼曾任司法部官员，目前是MS NOW法律分析师。他指责司法部长托德·布兰奇在司法和法律职业道德方面表现出赤裸裸的虚伪。
Andrew Weissmann a former Justice Department official and current MS NOW legal analyst, called out Attorney General Todd Blanche for what he described as blatant hypocrisy on judicial and legal ethics.
“必须看清对司法系统发动的攻击究竟是什么：这是对法治和《第一修正案》的攻击。”魏斯曼在一段网络视频中表示。布兰奇周三宣布，司法部已向美国第八巡回上诉法院提交司法不当行为投诉，针对明尼苏达州的七名联邦法官。这些法官曾就特朗普总统在明尼阿波利斯开展的移民执法行动接受记者采访。其中一名法官表示，政府拒不执行法院命令“对法治造成了严重威胁”。
“What is going on in the attack on the judiciary needs to be viewed for what it is: an attack on the rule of law and the First Amendment,”Weissmann said in an online video Blanche announced Wednesday that the Justice Department had filed a judicial misconduct complaint with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals against seven federal judges in Minnesota after they spoke with a reporter about President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. One of the judges said the administration’s refusal to comply with court orders “created a grave threat to the rule of law.”
“明尼苏达州地区的七名联邦法官就若干案件接受了《纽约时报》采访，其中一些案件仍在审理中，而司法部认为这种行为明显违反了司法人员应履行的伦理义务。”布兰奇在一份声明中表示：“他们的行为损害了公众对明尼苏达州司法系统公正性的信心。”魏斯曼说，司法部长根本没有资格指责别人违反职业道德，因为他多次参加竞选活动，并于上个月在得克萨斯州举行的共和党全国委员会中期选举大会上发表了演讲。
“Seven federal judges in the District of Minnesota talked to the New York Times about cases, some of which are on-going, in a manner that the Department of Justice views as a clear violation of their ethical duties,”Blanche said in a statement“Their conduct has undermined public confidence in an impartial judiciary in Minnesota.”Weissmann said the attorney general was hardly in a position to accuse anyone of ethical violations referring to his repeated participation at campaign events and his speech at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Texas last month.
“来自托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）——你在开玩笑吧？”韦斯man说，“这是一个曾发表过公开政治演讲的人，无论是在所谓的共和党全国代表大会上还是为共和党候选人助阵，然后却辩称，‘哦，不，不，不！我当时戴的是个人帽子。’”“就好像总检察长这顶帽子可以随时摘掉一样，特别是当他在谈论司法部的时候，”他补充道，“所以我们真的没必要听信他的这套说辞。”
“From Todd Blanche — are you kidding me?”Weissman said. “This is somebody who has made overt political speeches, whether at the so-called Republican convention or for Republican candidates, and then claims, ‘Oh no, no, no! I was putting on my personal hat.’”“As if the attorney general hat could ever be removed, especially when he’s talking about the Department of Justice,” he added. “So we really don’t have to take it from him.”
这位前司法部官员表示，他认为法官们的言论并不构成违反职业道德的行为，并称甚至连保守派人物（如首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨）也曾捍卫过法院的独立性，并批评民选官员忽视法院命令的做法。
The former DOJ official said he didn’t think that the judges’ comments constituted an ethical violation and said even conservative figures, such as Chief Justice John Roberts have defended the independence of the courts and criticized elected officials for disregarding court orders.
“这并无不妥，而且这件事的方方面面在我看来也都并无不妥，”他说。
“That wasn’t improper, and nothing about this seems improper to me either,” he said.
韦斯曼表示，“在当今这个时代，在现任政府的领导下”，人们大声疾呼反对“违法、不正当或不道德的行为”是“有必要的”，他还表示，布兰奇“对司法机构的攻击必须被正确看待：这是对法治和美国宪法第一修正案的攻击。”
Weissmann said that “in this day and age, with this administration,” it’s “necessary” for people to speak up about “illegal, improper or unethical conduct,” and he said that Blanche’s “attack on the judiciary needs to be viewed for what it is: an attack on the rule of law and the First Amendment.”
前司法部官员痛斥托德·布兰奇对明尼苏达州法官的攻击：“你在开玩笑吧？”MS NOW
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