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前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米面临即将被起诉，涉嫌虚假作证
摘要
詹姆斯·科米预计将在弗吉尼亚州因向国会撒谎授权媒体泄密而被起诉，此前新任美国检察官已被任命。
据MSNBC报道，前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米预计将在未来几天内在弗吉尼亚东区面临起诉。指控预计包括科米在2020年9月30日的证词中，就其授权媒体泄密向国会提供虚假证词的指控。
此事发生在弗吉尼亚东区美国检察官埃里克·西伯特近期辞职之后。据报道，西伯特因反对对科米提起指控而辞职。西伯特的离职导致前总统唐纳德·特朗普的私人律师林赛·哈利根被任命为临时美国检察官。哈利根的任命因其有限的检察经验引发了前联邦检察官的担忧。
调查的焦点是科米2020年的国会证词，他否认授权与联邦调查局调查2016年美国总统大选中俄罗斯干预相关的泄密行为。涉嫌犯罪的诉讼时效将于下周到期，增加了案件的紧迫性。
特朗普总统公开表达了对科米以及纽约州检察长莱蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯和参议员亚当·希夫等政治人物采取法律行动的愿望。在最近的一条社交媒体帖子中，特朗普表示：“我们不能再拖延了，这正在毁掉我们的声誉和公信力。”
司法部尚未对即将到来的起诉发表评论。科米的法律代表也未就此事发表声明。
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