美国司法部批评那位因“恶意”行为惩罚唐纳德·特朗普总统及其律师的法官，称她在特朗普针对美国国税局（IRS）及其有争议的和解协议提起的100亿美元诉讼中的裁决“充满”了错误。
The US Justice Department criticized the judge who penalized President Donald Trump and his lawyers for “bad faith” conduct in his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and its controversial settlement, arguing that her ruling was “riddled” with errors.
司法部周三深夜向亚特兰大联邦上诉法院提交文件，升级了对迈阿密联邦地区法官凯瑟琳·威廉姆斯的攻击。威廉姆斯于7月裁定，特朗普针对国税局提起的前所未有的诉讼是试图操纵司法程序。司法部指责威廉姆斯搞政治，并敦促上诉法院将她从案件中移除。
In a filing late Wednesday with the federal appeals court in Atlanta, the DOJ escalated its attack on US District Judge Kathleen Williams, the Miami judge who ruled in July that Trump’s unprecedented lawsuit against the IRS was an attempt to manipulate the judicial process. The department accused Williams of playing politics and urged the appeals court to take her off the case.
该和解协议在未向特朗普支付任何款项的情况下结束了诉讼，但授予他及其公司针对过去纳税申报的广泛免审权。和解协议还包含一个现已取消的18亿美元“反武器化”基金，该基金在两党强烈抗议声中被取消。
The settlement ended the suit without a payment to Trump but granted him and his company sweeping immunity from audits for past tax filings. The settlement also included a now-scrapped $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, which was dropped amid a bipartisan outcry.
威廉姆斯的裁决禁止特朗普及其政府在任何未来的监管或司法程序中引用该所谓的和解协议，称该协议“在法律或事实上均无可行依据”。她还因律师提起此案而对其进行制裁。
Williams’ ruling barred Trump and his administration from citing its supposed settlement in any future regulatory or judicial proceedings, saying the deal had “no viable basis in law or fact.”She also sanctioned his lawyers for bringing the case.
代理副司法部长特伦特·麦科特在长达43页的文件中表示，威廉姆斯通过认定该和解协议不当而越权。麦科特还辩称特朗普并未从协议中获得经济利益。
Acting Deputy Attorney General R. Trent McCotter said in the 43-page filing that Williams overstepped her authority by concluding that the settlement was improper. McCotter also argued Trump did not benefit financially from the accord.
麦科特说：“原告在本案中寻求至少100亿美元赔偿，但和解时未收到任何款项。奇怪的是，地区法院反复将双方协议描述为给原告‘数十亿美元纳税人钱’——尽管协议明确禁止原告获得任何资金。”民主党人辩称，该反武器化基金本将用于惠及特朗普的盟友和支持者，包括2021年1月6日袭击美国国会大厦的人员。
“Plaintiffs sought at least $10 billion in this lawsuit but settled without receiving any money,” McCotter said. “Oddly, the district court repeatedly characterized the parties’ agreement as awarding plaintiffs ‘billions of taxpayer dollars’ — even though the agreement expressly barred plaintiffs from receiving any funds.”Democrats argued the anti-weaponization fund would have been used to benefit Trump’s allies and supporters, including people who attacked the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
上诉旨在推翻威廉姆斯的命令以及制裁措施。这是特朗普于1月提起的一起诉讼的最新进展，该诉讼针对的是2019年其税务信息泄露给媒体一事，使他成为首位起诉自己政府的总统。代表美国国税局（IRS）且通常会在法庭上大力为政府辩护的司法部，从未对该诉讼作出回应。
The appeal seeks to overturn Williams’ order as well as the sanctions. It’s the latest twist in a suit Trump filed in January over the 2019 leak of his tax information to the press, making him the first president to sue his own government. The Justice Department, which represents the IRS and typically vigorously defends claims against the government, never responded to the suit in court.
法官表示，很明显特朗普及其政府一直打算达成和解，认定“提起此案的目的不当——旨在为一个在法律和事实上均无可行依据的‘和解’获取司法合法性的背书。”
The judge said it was clear that Trump and his administration intended to settle all along, finding that the “matter was brought for an improper purpose — to gain the imprimatur of judicial legitimacy for a ‘settlement’ that had no viable basis in law or fact.”
在上诉法院的文件中，司法部称威廉姆斯“抓住稻草寻找根本不存在的串通证据”。文件称：“地区法院在法律上犯了错，未能认识到司法部拥有广泛且不可审查的和解权力，这从根本上动摇了法院关于串通的整个理论。”
In the appeals court filing, the Justice Department said Williams was “grasping at straws to find evidence of the non-existent collusion.”“The District Court legally erred when it failed to appreciate the Department of Justice’s broad and unreviewable settlement authority, which undercut the court’s entire theory of collusion,” according to the filing.