美国司法部官员萨尔马德·霍贾斯特（Sarmad Khojasteh）因其工作包括在芝加哥移民打击行动中为对所谓暴力抗议者使用武力进行辩护而离职，并加入博伊斯·席勒·弗莱克斯纳律所（Boies Schiller Flexner），该律所周三表示。
A US Justice Department official whose work included defending the use of force against allegedly violent protesters during a Chicago immigration crackdown has left to join Boies Schiller Flexner, the law firm said Wednesday.
霍贾斯特于2025年4月从金杜律师事务所（King & Spalding）加入司法部，该律所称他将在纽约和华盛顿担任合伙人，负责白领犯罪辩护、调查和商业诉讼。
Sarmad Khojasteh, who joined the Justice Department in April 2025 from King & Spalding, will be a partner handling white-collar defense, investigations and commercial litigation in New York and Washington, the firm said.
他最近的职务是司法部特别诉讼与执行及积极诉讼部门的副助理司法部长。
He was most recently deputy assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's special litigation and enforcement and affirmative litigation branches.
博伊斯·席勒律所引用了霍贾斯特的工作，即他在7月为中国科技和电商巨头阿里巴巴（9988.HK）及其美国境内的支付处理商争取到6亿美元和解金，以解决其未能阻止非法毒品销售的指控。
Boies Schiller cited Khojasteh's work securing a $600 million settlement in July from Chinese technology and e-commerce giant Alibaba (9988.HK) and its US-based payment processor to resolve allegations that they failed to prevent illegal drug sales.
“萨尔马德对政府如何构建和推进案件有深刻理解，并掌握当前执法优先事项的重要知识，”律所董事长马修·施瓦茨（Matthew Schwartz）在一份声明中表示。
"Sarmad brings a deep understanding of how the government builds and pursues cases and strong knowledge of current enforcement priorities," firm chairman Matthew Schwartz said in a statement.
霍贾斯特在一份声明中说，该律所的“身份建立在精英审判工作、危机管理和高风险诉讼之上。”博伊斯·席勒律所的一位发言人表示，霍贾斯特暂无进一步评论。
Khojasteh in a statement said the firm's "identity is built on elite trial work, crisis management and high-stakes litigation." A Boies Schiller spokesperson said Khojasteh had no further comment.
霍贾斯特曾代表特朗普政府应对抗议者、记者和神职人员提起的诉讼，这些人起诉以限制移民与海关执法局（ICE）特工在芝加哥针对移民执法行动的抗议者身上使用催泪瓦斯和其他防暴武器。
Khojasteh represented the Trump administration in a lawsuit brought by protesters, journalists and clergy members who sued to curb ICE agents' use of tear gas and other anti-riot weapons on people protesting an immigration enforcement push in Chicago.
该移民打击行动代号为“中途岛闪电行动”（Operation Midway Blitz），自2025年9月持续至12月，联邦特工与抗议者发生冲突，导致数千人被捕。特工开枪击中两人，其中一人当场身亡，并威胁要射击其他人，这一点由执法记录仪录像所示。
The immigration crackdown, dubbed Operation Midway Blitz, led to thousands of arrests as federal agents clashed with protesters from September until December 2025. Agents shot two people, including one person fatally, and threatened to shoot others, body-cam footage showed.
美国地方法院法官萨拉·埃利斯于2025年11月批准了原告方寻求的禁令，驳回了霍贾斯泰赫的论点，即移民特工仅在必要时才使用武力。法官表示，移民官员关于暴力、骚乱抗议者的指控被随身摄像头录像和其他录像所反驳。
US District Judge Sara Ellis granted an injunction sought by the plaintiffs in November 2025, rejecting arguments by Khojasteh that immigration agents only used force when necessary. The judge said immigration officials' allegations about violent, rioting protesters were contradicted by body camera video and other recordings.
上诉法院随后暂停了该命令，理由是该命令不恰当地对城市的联邦执法进行了微观管理。
An appeals court later paused the order, finding it impermissibly micromanaged federal law enforcement in the city.
根据美国人事管理局8月的数据，司法部自2025年以来已裁减超过8000名员工。其中包括自2025年1月共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普第二个任期开始以来，已有超过4000名律师离职；在此期间，政府还聘用了超过1700名律师。
The Justice Department has shrunk by more than 8,000 employees since 2025, according to August data from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. That includes more than 4,000 lawyers who have left since the start of Republican President Donald Trump's second term in January 2025; the government has also hired more than 1,700 lawyers in that time.
博伊斯席勒上个月聘请了斯图尔特·麦科马斯为合伙人，他曾是司法部长办公室主任，也是特朗普第二个任期期间的前白宫副顾问。该所其他前司法部官员还包括2023年加入的艾莉森·安德森和2019年加入的杰西·帕努西奥。
Boies Schiller last month hired Stuart McCommas, former DOJ chief of staff and former deputy White House counsel to Trump during his second term, as a partner. Other former DOJ officials at the firm include Alison Anderson, who joined in 2023, and Jesse Panuccio, who joined in 2019.