高级司法部官员叫停针对Meta涉非法药品销售的刑事调查司法部高层官员已指示弗吉尼亚州西区的职业检察官暂停对Meta平台的陪审团刑事调查，该调查涉及其 allegedly 促进非法药品销售。
Senior Justice Department Officials Halt Criminal Probe into Meta Over Illicit Drug Sales Top Justice Department officials have directed career prosecutors in the Western District of Virginia to halt a grand jury criminal investigation into Meta Platforms regarding the facilitation of illicit pharmaceutical sales.
此次干预发生在Meta高管收到传票要求出庭作证之后。
The intervention occurred after Meta executives received subpoenas to testify.
司法部总部领导层，包括代理副司法部长特伦特·麦科特尔，正在考虑改为处以民事罚款或达成不起诉协议。
Leadership at DOJ headquarters, including acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter, is instead considering civil penalties or a non-prosecution agreement.
Meta的法律辩护团队在传票发出后与司法部高层官员接触，主张该公司已配合执法部门并采取措施遏制非法药品推广。
Meta's legal defense team engaged top DOJ officials after the subpoenas were issued, arguing the company cooperated with law enforcement and took steps to curb illicit drug promotions.
Meta拒绝置评，而司法部发言人表示，该部门正在结束对企业的强硬打击，转而采取精准手段惩治不法行为。
Meta declined to comment, while a DOJ spokesperson stated the department is ending aggressive targeting of corporations in favor of addressing wrongdoing surgically.