一名联邦法官严厉斥责埃隆·马斯克转发一名前联邦紧急事务管理署（FEMA）官员的照片，并指控她有“犯罪”行为。“马斯克先生向其数百万粉丝发布康斯女士的照片，并虚假地将其政府服务描述为‘犯罪行为’，这显然是为了让她感到恐惧，”联邦治安法官威廉·菲茨帕特里克在周二发布的裁决书中写道。
A federal judge tore into Elon Musk for reposting a photo of a former Federal Emergency Management Agency official and accusing her of "criminal" conduct. "The fact that Mr. Musk posted a picture of Ms. Comans to his millions of followers while falsely characterizing her government service as a 'criminal action' was clearly intended to make her afraid," Federal Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick wrote in a ruling published on Tuesday.
在这份措辞尖锐的八页裁决书中，菲茨帕特里克回应了他所描述的对玛丽·康斯名誉造成的损害。康斯是一名长期联邦政府雇员，于2025年2月被解除联邦紧急事务管理署首席财务官职务。菲茨帕特里克写道，马斯克于2025年2月11日发布的帖子——当时他担任白宫政府效率部（DOGE）实际负责人——“不服务于任何合法的政府利益，只不过是国家授权的恐吓”。
In a blistering eight-page ruling, Fitzpatrick addressed what he described as the reputational damage to Mary Comans, a longtime federal government employee who was fired from her post as chief financial officer of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in February 2025. Musk's February 11, 2025, post, which was made when he was de facto leader of the White House DOGE Office, "served no legitimate governmental interest and was little more than state sanctioned intimidation," Fitzpatrick wrote.
菲茨帕特里克写道，联邦官员当时明知指控康斯试图规避唐纳德·特朗普总统暂停向协助移民的非政府组织提供联邦资金的行政命令是虚假的。尽管如此，马斯克和时任国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆等人仍发表了菲茨帕特里克认为“损害康斯女士个人和职业声誉”的言论。
Fitzpatrick wrote that federal officials knew at the time that it was false to accuse Comans of trying to circumvent President Donald Trump's executive order that paused federal funding to non-governmental organizations assisting migrants. Nonetheless, Musk and then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, among others, made statements that Fitzpatrick wrote impugned "the personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans," Fitzpatrick wrote.
“出于本法院无法理解的原因，官员们选择动用联邦政府的权力，针对一名拥有无可挑剔公共服务记录的单个雇员，”菲茨帕特里克写道。“简而言之，康斯女士在没有任何正当理由的情况下，遭到政府官员的职业针对和人身攻击。”
"For reasons unfathomable to this Court, officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service," Fitzpatrick wrote. "In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason."
马斯克在X上的帖子是菲茨帕特里克在裁决中提到的七项言论之一。马斯克引用转发了一条帖子，该帖子配有一张康斯与特朗普的照片，文字称：“联邦紧急事务管理署首席财务官玛丽·康斯刚刚因向曼哈顿非法移民酒店输送5800万美元而被解雇。”
Musk's post on X was one of seven statements Fitzpatrick addressed in the ruling. Musk quote-tweeted a post that posted a picture of Comans and Trump with the text, "FEMA CFO Mary Comans was just fired for funneling $58M to illegal migrant hotels in Manhattan.
FA，FO.” 在他的帖子中，马斯克补充道：“这是刑事犯罪行为。”菲茨帕特里克写道，其他联邦官员很清楚科曼斯没有权力停止特定的拨款，其他人也决定继续资助州和地方项目，就像马斯克所反对的那些项目一样。马斯克和诺姆随后离开了特朗普政府。白宫没有立即回应《商业内幕》的置评请求。菲茨帕特里克写道，联邦政府没有对案件事实清单提出异议，其中包括DHS和FEMA的联邦官员在科曼斯被解雇的声明发表时就知道这些声明是虚假的。
FA, FO." In his post, Musk added, "A criminal action." Fitzpatrick wrote that it was clear to other federal officials that Comans had no authority to stop specific grants, and that others had decided to continue funding state and local programs like the ones Musk took issue with. Musk and Noem have since left the Trump administration. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider. Fitzpatrick wrote that the federal government did not dispute a list of facts about the case, including that federal officials at DHS and FEMA knew that statements about Comans' firing were false when they were made.
周二的裁决只是围绕科曼斯被解雇的更广泛法律斗争的一部分。7月，美国地方法院法官迈克尔·纳赫曼诺夫裁定科曼斯被非法解雇。特朗普政府正在上诉该裁决。
Tuesday's ruling is just one part of the broader legal fight over Comans' firing. In July, US District Judge Michael Nachmanoff ruled that Comans was unlawfully fired. The Trump administration is appealing that ruling.