联邦检察官拒绝起诉纽约总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯,尽管总统施压
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联邦检察官拒绝起诉纽约总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯,尽管总统施压

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弗吉尼亚联邦检察官伊丽莎白·于斯抵制特朗普总统对纽约总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯提起刑事指控的推动,理由是缺乏合理根据。

弗吉尼亚联邦检察官伊丽莎白·于斯正抵制总统唐纳德·特朗普对纽约总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯提出刑事起诉的压力。据报道,于斯主管弗吉尼亚东区诺福克办公室的重大刑事起诉工作,她已告知同事,认为没有合理根据相信詹姆斯涉及抵押贷款欺诈。她计划在未来几周内将她的结论提交给临时美国检察官林赛·哈利根。

哈利根由特朗普总统任命,此前她的前任埃里克·西伯特因反对对前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米提起指控而在压力下辞职。随后,哈利根于2020年9月30日成功促成大陪审团对科米提起指控,指控其在参议院司法委员会作证时撒谎。科米否认这些指控。

特朗普总统公开批评总检察长詹姆斯,最近在社交媒体上称她为“渣滓”,并呼吁将其免职。在9月20日的另一篇帖子中,特朗普敦促美国司法部长潘姆·邦迪起诉詹姆斯、科米和参议员亚当·希夫。

由特朗普任命负责联邦住房金融局的比尔·普尔特曾暗示詹姆斯涉及与其侄女居住的弗吉尼亚诺福克一处房产相关的抵押贷款欺诈。詹姆斯的律师阿比·洛威尔否认了这些指控,称虽然一份授权书错误地将该房屋列为主要住所,但詹姆斯本人在贷款申请中表明这并非她的主要住所。洛威尔还指出,詹姆斯曾通过电子邮件向她的抵押贷款经纪人澄清,该房屋“不会成为我的主要住所”。

今年九月初,詹姆斯对一项上诉法院推翻对特朗普及其公司因商业欺诈而处以5亿美元罚款的裁决提出上诉。上诉法院裁定该罚款违反了美国宪法中禁止过度罚款的规定,但维持了初审法院认定特朗普及其他人实施商业欺诈的判决。特朗普否认詹姆斯提起的诉讼中所指控的任何不当行为。

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