唐纳德·特朗普正准备提名一名美国司法部关键部门负责人，填补德克萨斯州的一处联邦法官空缺。该部门曾多次为其政府的行动合法性背书。
Donald Trump is moving to fill a judicial vacancy in Texas with the head of a key US Department of Justice unit that has frequently signed off on the legality of his administration's actions.
据一名参议院助手透露，由共和党主导的美国参议院司法委员会周日收到文书，显示特朗普正准备提名司法部法律顾问办公室主任 T·埃利奥特·盖泽，出任美国德克萨斯州北区联邦地区法院终身法官一职。该法院是保守派诉讼当事人青睐的审理场所。
The Republican-led US Senate Judiciary Committee on Sunday received paperwork indicating Trump is gearing up to nominate T. Elliot Gaiser, the head of the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel, to a life-tenured seat on the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, a venue favored by conservative litigants, according to a Senate aide.
提交文书表明，白宫希望在参议院“跛脚鸭”会期内，推动盖泽与其他待定司法提名人的确认工作同步完成。
The decision to submit the paperwork indicates that the White House is hoping to secure Gaiser's confirmation along with that of other pending judicial nominees during the Senate's lame-duck session.
一名白宫官员表示，目前没有新的司法提名要宣布，但埃利奥特·盖泽正在“积极考虑”之中。司法部未回应置评请求。
A White House official said it had no new judicial nominations to announce at this time but that Elliot Gaiser is being "actively considered." The Justice Department did not respond to requests for comment.
现年 37 岁的盖泽曾任俄亥俄州检察长，与德克萨斯州鲜有公开关联。他在发给委员会的问卷中表示，关于潜在司法提名的讨论始于 11 月 3 日中期选举次日，当时民主党大胜共和党，夺得参议院控制权。
Gaiser, a former Ohio solicitor general with minimal public ties to Texas, in a questionnaire sent to the panel said discussions about a potential judicial nomination began the day after Democrats trounced Republicans in the November 3 midterm elections, handing them control of the Senate.
盖泽称，共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹的办公室于周三就该空缺联系他，次日他与即将卸任的共和党参议员约翰·科宁的工作人员通话，此时白宫法律顾问办公室告知他正被考虑提名。
Gaiser said that Republican Senator Ted Cruz's office contacted him on Wednesday about the vacancy and that he talked to outgoing Republican Senator John Cornyn's staff the next day, at which point the White House Counsel's Office told Gaiser he was under consideration.
若获确认，他将在达拉斯履职。另一名大选后提名人、即将卸任的共和党德克萨斯州最高法院大法官詹姆斯·沙利文，若参议院批准其提名，也将在该地任职。
If confirmed, he would fill a seat in Dallas, where another post-election nominee, outgoing Republican Texas Supreme Court Justice James Sullivan, would also serve if the Senate approves his nomination.
盖泽曾担任美国联邦最高法院保守派大法官塞缪尔·阿利托的书记员，先后在琼斯·戴律师事务所、博伊登·格雷律师事务所和吉布森·邓恩·克拉彻律师事务所任职，2023 年加入俄亥俄州检察长办公室。
Gaiser, 37, clerked for conservative US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and worked as an associate at the law firms Jones Day, Boyden Gray and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher before joining the Ohio attorney general's office in 2023.
参议院于2025年7月以53票对45票确认他出任法律顾问办公室助理司法部长，该办公室负责就行政部门面临的法律问题起草法律意见。
The Senate confirmed him by a 53-45 vote in July 2025 to serve as assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, which drafts legal opinions on legal issues facing the executive branch.
这些意见很可能在盖泽目前面临的司法确认过程中成为焦点，因为许多意见支持了特朗普第二任期议程中一些最具争议的方面。
Those opinions are likely to play center stage in the judicial confirmation process now facing Gaiser, as many endorsed some of the most controversial aspects of Trump's second-term agenda.
4月，法律顾问办公室发布一份意见，称总统无需遵守《总统档案法》，该法要求保存与总统公务相关的材料。
In April, OLC issued an opinion stating that the president did not need to comply with the Presidential Records Act, which requires preservation of materials tied to a president’s official duties.
5月，法律顾问办公室发布一份意见，称司法部有权寻求全州选民名单，并将其与美国国土安全部共享，以识别不具备投票资格的个人。
In May, OLC issued an opinion stating that the DOJ had the authority to seek statewide voter lists and share them with the US Department of Homeland Security to identify individuals who are ineligible to vote.
该办公室还提供了一项法律理由，明确指出参与打击加勒比海和拉美太平洋沿岸涉嫌贩毒船只行动的美军人员享有免于起诉的豁免权。
The office also provided a legal justification that made clear that US military personnel involved in strikes against suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and off the Pacific coast of Latin America are immune from prosecution.
盖泽还撰写了一份于1月发布的意见，为扣押委内瑞拉前总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的行动提供正当性依据，马杜罗目前正在纽约等待受审。
Gaiser also authored an opinion that was released in January that justified the operation to seize former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is now awaiting trial in New York.