美国司法部在共和党在中期选举中失利后经历了一次重大领导层变动。自中期选举以来，三名高级官员已在两天内辞职。
The US Justice Department has undergone a major leadership shake-up following the Republican Party’s losses in the midterm elections. Since the midterms, three senior officials have resigned within two days.
司法部长托德·布兰奇宣布，民权部助理部长哈米特·迪隆、国家安全部助理部长约翰·艾森伯格以及佛罗里达州南区联邦检察官杰森·雷丁·基诺内斯已离职。
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the departures of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Eisenberg and US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quinones.
这些辞职发生在民主党在中期选举中赢得美国众议院控制权几天之后，这给唐纳德·特朗普总统和共和党造成了重大政治挫折。这些离职引发了关于政府在特朗普剩余任期内的法律和政治策略的疑问。迪隆、艾森伯格和基诺内斯在离职官员之列司法部长托德·布兰奇周四表示，他已接受担任民权部助理部长的哈米特·迪隆的辞职。
The resignations come days after Democrats won control of the US House in the midterm elections, dealing a significant political setback to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. The departures have fueled questions about the administration’s legal and political strategy heading into the remainder of Trump’s term. Dhillon, Eisenberg and Quinones among departing officialsAttorney General Todd Blanche said on Thursday that he had accepted the resignation of Harmeet Dhillon, who served as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.
据路透社引用的辞职信显示，迪隆于10月提交了辞职，但同意留任至中期选举后。
Dhillon submitted her resignation in October but agreed to remain in office until after the midterm elections, according to her resignation letter cited by Reuters.
作为民权部负责人，迪隆在司法部中期选举前向约30个州索取选民登记名单的努力中发挥了核心作用。这些请求引发了法律和政治审查，并未达到政府预期的结果。
As head of the Civil Rights Division, Dhillon played a central role in the Justice Department’s efforts to obtain voter registration lists from about 30 states before the midterm elections. The requests drew legal and political scrutiny and did not achieve the administration’s desired outcome.
周五，布兰奇宣布了另外两人离职。约翰·艾森伯格辞去国家安全部助理部长职务，杰森·雷丁·基诺内斯辞去佛罗里达州南区联邦检察官职务。基诺内斯在X上发布的声明中确认了他的离职。
他写道：“我已向总统提交辞呈，辞去佛罗里达州南区联邦检察官职务，即日生效。”
On Friday, Blanche announced two additional departures. John Eisenberg resigned as Assistant Attorney General for National Security, while Jason Reding Quinones stepped down as US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Quinones confirmed his departure in a statement posted on X.“I submitted my resignation to the President as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, effective today,” he wrote.
他感谢了特朗普总统、司法部同事和执法人员的服务，并将领导该办公室描述为“一生的荣幸”。重组紧随政治色彩浓厚的司法部任期之后基诺内斯监督了涉及前情报官员的调查，特朗普指责这些人试图破坏其总统职位。他的办公室在任期间处理了几起政治敏感案件。政府针对古巴和委内瑞拉的施压行动也由基诺内斯的办公室主导，该办公室还对古巴前总统劳尔·卡斯特罗提出了刑事指控。
He thanked President Trump, Justice Department colleagues and law enforcement officers for their service and described leading the office as “the privilege of a lifetime.”Reshuffle follows politically charged Justice Department tenureQuinones oversaw investigations involving former intelligence officials whom Trump accused of attempting to undermine his presidency. His office handled several politically sensitive matters during his tenure. The administration's pressure campaigns against Cuba and Venezuela were also led by Quiñones' office, which also filed criminal charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro.
与委内瑞拉总统马杜罗关系密切的商人亚历克斯·萨阿布于5月被驱逐出境，目前正由基诺内斯的办公室起诉。艾森伯格领导的国家安全司也参与了司法部一些颇具争议的行动，例如作为泄密调查的一部分，对《华盛顿邮报》一名记者的住宅进行了非同寻常的突击搜查，尽管艾森伯格通常保持低调。在一个1996年设立、专门处理被指控“外国恐怖分子”的秘密法庭上，该司协助提起了首宗案件，旨在驱逐一名来自阿富汗的合法永久居民，而该居民并未被指控任何罪名。
Alex Saab, a businessman close to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who was deported in May, is being prosecuted by Quiñones' administration. Eisenberg's National Security Division was also involved in some of DOJ's more controversial acts, such as an extraordinary raid on a Washington Post reporter's house as part of a leak probe, despite Eisenberg's generally low profile. In a secret court established in 1996 to deal with accused "alien terrorists," the division assisted in bringing the first-ever case to deport a lawful permanent resident from Afghanistan who had not been charged with any crime.
布兰奇和司法部均未表示这些辞职与共和党在中期选举中的失利直接相关。然而，这些宣布是在中期选举结果出炉几天内发布的
Neither Blanche nor the Justice Department indicated that the resignations were directly tied to the Republican election losses. However, the announcements came within days of the midterm results