
十五家知名新闻机构周四向联邦法院提出请求,要求公开联邦特工在本周早些时候对美国众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔位于华盛顿特区住所进行突袭时所使用的搜查令文件及其支持的宣誓书。
Fifteen prominent news organizations asked a federal court Thursday to unseal search warrant documents and supporting affidavits federal agents used during a raid on the Washington, DC home of US Rep. Ilhan Omar earlier this week.
新闻机构告诉法院,美国人拥有宪法赋予的基本权利,以了解执法人员为何进入民选官员的私人住所,并主张调查材料在执行并正式归还后应被推定为公开信息。
News organizations told the court that Americans possess a fundamental constitutional entitlement to review why law enforcement entered an elected official's private residence, asserting that investigative materials become presumptively public after being executed and formally returned.
路透社、美联社、《华盛顿邮报》、CNN 等十四家媒体机构向哥伦比亚特区美国地方法院提交了动议。《纽约时报》则正在单独提起法律诉讼,以寻求信息披露。
Fourteen media organizations, including Reuters, The Associated Press, The Washington Post, and CNN, filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The New York Times is pursuing a separate legal challenge seeking disclosure.
这些动议旨在公开司法记录,包括搜查令及其所有附件;基础的搜查令申请;联邦调查人员提交的可能原因宣誓书;封存动议;法院的封存命令;10 月 12 日行动的财产清单归还文件;以及任何相关的案卷条目。《纽约时报》还要求公开有关搜查令的法庭程序记录。
The motions seek public disclosure of judicial records, including the search warrant and all attachments; the underlying warrant application; probable cause affidavits submitted by federal investigators; motions to seal; court sealing orders; the property inventory return from the Oct. 12 operation; and any related docket entries. The New York Times also requested any transcripts of court proceedings regarding the warrant.
这些媒体机构认为,政府官员之前的公开承认在很大程度上削弱了政府对保密的正当理由。
The outlets argued that prior public acknowledgments by administration officials substantially undermine the government's justification for secrecy.
各机构主张,有针对性的删减可以应对合法的运营敏感性或个人隐私保护需求,而不必采取全面封存司法记录的方式。
Organizations contended that targeted redactions can address legitimate operational sensitivities or individual privacy protections rather than blanket withholding of judicial records.
该组织援引“经验与逻辑”法律原则,强调公开访问有助于遏制潜在的调查滥用,确保司法公正,并在选举前几周进行的高调调查中维护对法律程序的信心。美国将于 11 月 3 日举行中期选举。
Citing the "experience and logic" legal doctrine, the group stressed that open access curbs potential investigative abuse, ensures judicial fairness and maintains confidence in legal procedures during a high-profile inquiry conducted weeks before an election. The US will hold midterm elections on Nov. 3.
联邦特工在周一当地时间上午6点(格林威治标准时间1000)对奥马尔的住所执行了一项经法院批准的搜查令。司法部证实,国土安全部调查局执行了这一司法授权的搜查令,作为对她童年时期完成的移民文件进行的正在进行中的联邦调查的一部分,福克斯新闻报道如上。
Federal agents executed a court-approved search warrant at Omar's residence at 6 am local time (1000GMT) Monday. The Justice Department confirmed that Homeland Security Investigations carried out the judicially authorized warrant as part of an active federal inquiry into immigration documents completed during her childhood, according to Fox News.
奥马尔批评了此次搜查,称该行动是特朗普政府试图恐吓政治对手的努力。
Omar criticized the search, describing the operation as an effort by the Trump administration to intimidate political opponents.
奥马尔与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普之间的紧张关系因地区执法问题而升级,包括在她的家乡明尼苏达州开展的移民和海关执法局(ICE)倡议。特朗普多次将这些措施与该州索马里社区涉及的欺诈指控联系起来,同时针对奥马尔的背景和公民身份。奥马尔出生于索马里。
Tensions have escalated between Omar and US President Donald Trump about regional law enforcement, including an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) initiative in her home state of Minnesota. Trump has repeatedly linked the measures to fraud accusations involving the state's Somali community while targeting Omar's background and citizenship. Omar was born in Somalia.
奥马尔的家人于1995年在她还是青少年时,在获得庇护后来到美国。
Omar’s family came to the US in 1995, when she was a teen, after securing asylum.