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莫琳·科米胜诉为遏制特朗普对法治的冲击带来希望Maurene Comey ruling offers hope of check on Trump’s assault on rule of law

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2019年,莫琳·科米在起诉杰弗里·爱泼斯坦一案时出庭的照片。摄影:彼得·福利/彭博社,经由盖蒂图片社Maurene Comey pictured in 2019 while prosecuting the case against Jeffrey Epstein. Photograph: Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images

法律专家欢迎法官驳回解雇詹姆斯·科米之女检察官的决定,但警告政府可能会上诉。

法律界资深人士表示,最近一项针对唐纳德·特朗普所针对的前联邦调查局局长之女、明星检察官的解雇行动作出的不利裁决,可能向外界发出关于政治化解雇的强烈信号,并影响其他正在审理类似案件的法官。

Legal experts welcome judge’s rejection of firing of James Comey’s daughter prosecutor but warn an appeal is likely A recent legal ruling against an effort to fire the star-prosecutor daughter of a former FBI chief targeted by Donald Trump could send a strong message about politicized firings – and influence other judges weighing similar cases, legal veterans said.

2021年,时任美国助理检察官的莫琳·科米在纽约麦克斯韦性贩运案庭审中代表控方作反驳陈述时,手指着最左侧的吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦。摄影:伊丽莎白·威廉姆斯/美联社Maurene Comey, then an assistant US attorney, points at Ghislaine Maxwell, far left, while she presents the rebuttal for the prosecution during Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial in New York in 2021. Photograph: Elizabeth Williams/AP

杰西·弗曼法官本周裁定,司法部无故解雇助理美国检察官莫琳·科米的行为违法。科米是前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米的女儿,在纽约南区任职期间成功办理了多起高调案件,包括让吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦和肖恩·“迪迪”·库姆斯被判有罪。

Judge Jesse Furman ruled this week that the Department of Justice’s firing of assistant US attorney Maurene Comey without cause was unlawful. Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, successfully litigated numerous high-profile cases during her tenure at the southern district of New York, including guilty verdicts against Ghislaine Maxwell and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

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