仅事实
法官命令检察官在科米案中释放证据，因程序问题表示关切
摘要
一位联邦法官已要求检察官向辩护律师提供针对前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米的调查材料，理由是对司法部处理方式的担忧。
弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市——美国地方法官威廉·菲茨帕特里克已指示检察官在周四之前向辩护律师提供大陪审团材料及其他证据，涉及前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米的案件。法官表达了担忧，认为司法部的做法似乎是“先起诉，后调查”。
科米面临2020年向国会撒谎的指控，这发生在时任总统唐纳德·特朗普公开敦促司法部长起诉他之后不久。科米已表示不认罪，其辩护团队辩称起诉具有政治动机，应予以驳回。
菲茨帕特里克法官评论说：“本案的程序状态极为不寻常，”表明他担心起诉可能是在彻底调查之前提出的。
辩方已请求大陪审团程序的记录，称可能存在不规范行为，足以使案件被驳回。此外，法官下令释放从哥伦比亚大学法学教授、科米密友丹尼尔·里奇曼处获得的证据。检察官指控科米鼓励里奇曼与记者就联邦调查局相关事宜接触，这与科米此前向参议院司法委员会否认授权媒体泄密的陈述相矛盾。科米的律师则辩称，他的回答是针对含糊的问题，而非专门针对里奇曼。
起诉书是在特朗普总统社交媒体呼吁对科米采取行动后不久发布的。司法部坚持认为，总统的言论反映了合法的起诉动机，不应成为驳回起诉的理由。
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