一名联邦法官下令特朗普政府不得以刑事起诉相威胁，针对的是加州选举官员在处理被指控非公民投票者所投选票时的做法。
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to not threaten California election officials with criminal prosecution over the handling of election ballots cast by people swept up in a crackdown on alleged noncitizen voting.
旧金山联邦地区法官特里娜·汤普森周五批准了劳工和民权团体的请求，责令联邦政府暂时停止警告加州选举官员：如果不配合政府的行动，他们可能面临刑事指控。
US District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco on Friday granted a request from labor and civil rights groups to make the federal government temporarily stop warning California election officials they can be charged with crimes for not cooperating with the administration’s effort.
她还禁止司法部要求选举官员从全州选民登记名单中删除特定已登记选民，以及搁置已为11月3日大选投出的选票。
She also barred DOJ from demanding that election officials remove specific registered voters from their statewide voter registration lists and set aside ballots already cast for the Nov. 3 election.
法官写道：“虽然司法部和国土安全部声称其行动旨在阻止非公民非法投票，但其行动很可能会干扰选举管理，并剥夺合法选民的投票权。”司法部和国土安全部官员未立即回应置评请求。
While the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security “claim that their actions are designed to halt unlawful voting by noncitizens, their actions are likely to have the effect of interfering with election administration and disenfranchising lawful voters,” the judge wrote. DOJ and DHS officials didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
彭博法律周四报道，司法部领导层指示加州顶级联邦检察官对州和地方官员发出刑事传票，涉及他们在管理涉嫌非法投票中的角色。
Justice Department leadership directed top federal prosecutors in California to pursue criminal subpoenas of state and local officials regarding their roles administering allegedly illegal voting, Bloomberg Law reported Thursday.
洛杉矶一名联邦法官周三驳回了该部门试图强制加州搁置多达2万张选票的做法——该法官称此举威胁民主。联邦上诉法院周五维持了该法官的命令。《政治报》较早报道了汤普森法官的命令。
A federal judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday rejected the department’s attempt to force California to set aside up to 20,000 ballots — a move the judge called a threat to democracy. The judge’s order was upheld Friday by a federal appeals court. Thompson’s order was reported earlier by Politico.