明尼苏达州民主党籍联邦众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔已聘请两位位于华盛顿特区的资深律师，他们此前曾代表美国政坛最高层级的民选官员。
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has tapped two high-powered Washington, D.C.-based attorneys who have previously represented elected officials at the highest echelon of American politics.
据哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）报道，在面临两项联邦调查——一项涉嫌移民欺诈，另一项涉嫌财务披露不实——之际，这位出生于索马里、深陷困境的议员聘请了艾米·杰弗雷斯和约书亚·马茨，两人均为Hecker Fink LLP律师事务所的合伙人。
Amid dueling federal investigations — one for immigration fraud and another for financial disclosure discrepancies — the embattled Somali-born lawmaker hired Amy Jeffress and Joshua Matz, according to a CBS report, both of whom are partners at Hecker Fink LLP.
这两位律师过去曾为民主党客户代理，并承接倾向左派的案件——尤其是那些针对唐纳德·特朗普总统、其政府及其支持者的案件。
The attorneys have in the past represented Democrat clients and taken on left-leaning cases — especially those taking aim at President Donald Trump, his administration and his supporters.
杰弗雷斯曾任联邦检察官，其简介称她在哥伦比亚特区美国检察官办公室任职十年间审理了40多起案件，曾任国家安全科科长。她还曾担任司法部（DOJ）专员。
Jeffress is a former federal prosecutor whose biography says she tried more than 40 cases during a decade in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia, where she was Chief of the National Security Section. She has also been a Department of Justice (DOJ) Attaché.
今年早些时候，她曾担任前总统乔·拜登在其起诉司法部一案中的代理律师。在该案中，拜登试图阻止公开他与其著作《Promise Me, Dad》（许诺我，爸爸）代笔作者马克·兹沃尼策之间的音频录音。这些录音制作于2016年和2017年，并于2024年成为遗产基金会根据《信息自由法》（FOIA）提出请求的对象。
She served as former President Joe Biden's attorney in his lawsuit against the DOJ earlier this year. In that case, Biden sought to halt the release of audio recordings between himself and his "Promise Me, Dad" book ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer. The audio was recorded in 2016 and 2017, and were subject to a FOIA request from the Heritage Foundation in 2024.
这些录音在特别检察官罗伯特·赫尔关于是否拜登非法保留其副总统任期内机密信息的调查中被引用，并引起了要求了解拜登精神敏锐度的保守派人士的兴趣。
They were cited during special counsel Robert Hur's investigation into whether Biden illegally retained classified information from his term as vice president, and piqued the interest of conservatives demanding answers about Biden's mental acuity.
法院拒绝阻止这些录音的公开，录音中拜登频繁出现记忆缺失，并于7月公之于众。
The court declined to block the release of the recordings where Biden ad frequent memory lapses, and they were made public in July.
在加入 Hecker Fink 之前，1992 年毕业于耶鲁法学院的 Jeffress 曾担任时任众议院议长南希·佩洛西（Nancy Pelosi）以及由民主党主导的众议院“1 月 6 日委员会”的法律顾问，该委员会花费两年时间调查 2021 年 1 月 6 日发生的美国国会大厦骚乱。当该委员会因传唤特朗普竞选团队发言人泰勒·布多维奇（Taylor Budowich）的银行记录而被其起诉时，Jeffress 代表委员会出庭应诉。
Before her time at Hecker Fink, Jeffress, a Yale Law graduate from 1992, served as counsel for then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat-led House January 6 committee, which spent two years investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. She represented the committee when it was sued by a Trump campaign spokesperson, Taylor Budowich, after the committee subpoenaed his bank records.
Jeffress 还曾代表特朗普的政敌、前联邦调查局律师丽莎·佩奇（Lisa Page）——她是左派“通俄门”阴谋论中的关键人物——在国会对联邦调查局处理该事务进行审查时出庭。佩奇后来起诉司法部，理由是司法部公开了她与时任联邦调查局同事兼情人彼得·斯特鲁克（Peter Strzok）的短信。
Jeffress also represented Trump foe and former FBI attorney Lisa Page — a key figure in the left's Russiagate conspiracy theory — during congressional scrutiny into the FBI's handling of the matter. Page later sued the DOJ for releasing her text messages with her then-FBI colleague and lover Peter Strzok.
在这些短信中，斯特鲁克安抚佩奇对特朗普当选总统的担忧，发誓联邦调查局会阻止此事，并提到针对其总统职位的“保险政策”。该案于 2024 年达成和解。
In the messages, Strzok assuaged Page's concerns that Trump would become president by vowing that the FBI would stop it, and referred to an "insurance policy" against his presidency. That case was settled in 2024.
Jeffress 的丈夫是华盛顿特区联邦地区法院法官克里斯托弗·库珀（Christopher Cooper），他在 5 月裁定约翰·肯尼迪表演艺术中心（John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center）加注特朗普名字的做法违法。特朗普公开批评库珀“利益冲突严重”，原因是他与 Jeffress 的关系。
Jeffress is married to U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper of the District of Washington, D.C., who in May ruled that it was illegal for the the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center to add Trump's name. Trump publicly criticized Cooper as "highly conflicted," due to his relationship with Jeffress.
Matz 也是 Hecker Fink 的合伙人。他毕业于哈佛法学院，曾担任前最高法院大法官安东尼·肯尼迪（Anthony Kennedy）的法律助理。
Matz is also a partner at Hecker Fink. He graduated from Harvard Law, and clerked for former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
他的个人简介页面写道：“Joshua 的执业长期专注于民主与选举领域。”
"Joshua’s practice has long included a focus on democracy and elections," his biography page says.
他曾代表宾夕法尼亚州为该州选举结果的认证进行辩护，包括在最高法院出庭辩论。
He represented the state of Pennsylvania in defending the certification of its election results, including arguing before the Supreme Court.
在特朗普首个任期内，他曾担任众议院民主党人的法律顾问，参与了两次针对特朗普的弹劾案（均以失败告终）。
He was counsel to House Democrats during both failed impeachment attempts against Trump during his first term in office.
马茨还曾在两起单独的民事诉讼中代表 E. 简·卡罗尔（E. Jean Carroll）对抗特朗普，这两起诉讼均与特朗普否认她对他的性侵指控有关。特朗普从未因刑事指控被起诉。2022年，卡罗尔指控特朗普在否认她关于1996年发生一起事件的陈述时对她进行了诽谤。纽约陪审团认定特朗普因诽谤和性侵犯承担责任。
Matz also represented E. Jean Carroll in two separate civil cases against Trump related to his denial of her of sexual assault claims against him. He was never criminally charged. In 2022, Carroll accused Trump of defaming her in his denial of her account of an incident she claims happened in 1996. A New York jury found Trump liable for defamation and for sexual assault.
在此之前，2019年，陪审团因特朗普发表的其他言论构成诽谤，判令赔偿卡罗尔8330万美元。
Prior to that case, in 2019, a jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million for defamation stemming from other comments made by Trump.
马茨曾代表学生、家长和教师反对佛罗里达州的《教育中的父母权利法案》，他的个人简介将该法案称为“不准说同性恋”法，该法案限制向学生教授性取向和性别认同相关内容。
Matz represented students, parents and teachers who opposed Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act, which his biography describes as the "Don't Say Gay" law, which restricted teaching students about sexual orientation and gender identity.
他还曾成功代表民主党籍肯塔基州州长安迪·贝希尔（Andy Beshear）应对针对其COVID-19封锁措施（包括关闭学校）的诉讼，以及代表2017年“团结右翼”集会在夏洛茨维尔的受害者。
He also successfully represented Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear when he was sued for COVID-19 lockdowns, including school closures, and victims of the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville.
如今，马茨和杰弗里斯（Jeffress）正代表奥马尔，协助她应对两项联邦调查。本月早些时候，这位议员在发布到社交媒体的一段视频中恳请支持者继续捐款，并指出她对抗调查的斗争将耗资巨大。
Now, Matz and Jeffress are representing Omar as she seeks to battle two federal probes. In a video message posted to her social media earlier this month, the lawmaker pleaded with her supporters to keep sending money, noting that her fight against the investigations would be costly.
奥马尔的律师未回应福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。白宫也未回应。
Omar's attorneys did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Neither did the White House.