JP·库尼称，他“因起诉唐纳德·特朗普的工作而被特朗普政府司法部解雇”
作者：亚历克斯·尼茨伯格
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月12日 美国东部时间上午8:53 | 更新时间：2026年2月12日 美国东部时间下午12:22
曾参与前特别检察官杰克·史密斯对总统唐纳德·特朗普刑事起诉工作的JP·库尼，以民主党人身份在弗吉尼亚州发起国会竞选。
“我因起诉唐纳德·特朗普的工作而被特朗普政府司法部解雇。但我不会让特朗普——或任何人——阻止我为公众服务。我是J.P.库尼，我将竞选弗吉尼亚州第7国会选区议员。”他在周三的X平台（原推特）帖子中写道。
共和党全国委员会（RNC）在提供给福克斯新闻数字版的声明中对这一宣布做出回应。
“JP·库尼试图让弗吉尼亚州民众相信，将法律武器化以针对总统特朗普和共和党人，并发起浪费数百万纳税人资金的虚假政治动机调查，是担任公职的资格。”RNC女发言人艾玛·霍尔表示，“事实是，他只是又一个激进的民主党人，其唯一目标是弹劾总统特朗普并阻挠‘美国优先’议程，尽管该议程已为弗吉尼亚州带来历史性成果。”
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库尼的领英（LinkedIn）资料显示，“作为特别检察官杰克·史密斯的首席副手，库尼是起诉总统特朗普妨碍司法公正和共谋罪的主要检察官之一。”
《纽约时报》报道称，史密斯在一份声明中称赞了库尼。
杰克·史密斯称特朗普“故意”违法，抨击司法部在其第二任期内的“报复行为”
“我认识J.P.很久了，无论是作为个人还是公职人员，我都对他评价极高。”史密斯对该媒体表示，“他是个正直的人，毕生致力于维护法治，是我们国家公职人员应有的榜样。”
《纽约时报》指出，库尼计划竞选的选区目前并不存在，弗吉尼亚州第7国会选区将在民主党推动的重新划分选区计划中调整。该计划需克服法律挑战并通过投票公投。
杰克·史密斯国会山作证的五大关键时刻
“从未有过一届国会对总统滥用权力的行为进行如此软弱无力的制衡。”库尼对《纽约时报》表示，“我每晚都睡不着，担心唐纳德·特朗普心中没有我们国家的最佳利益，这是美国领导地位和政治的重大转变。”
亚历克斯·尼茨伯格是福克斯新闻数字版的撰稿人。
Former Jack Smith deputy involved in prosecuting Trump announces run for office
JP Cooney said he ‘was fired by Donald Trump’s Department of Justice because of my work to prosecute him’
By Alex Nitzberg
Fox News
Published February 12, 2026 8:53am EST | Updated February 12, 2026 12:22pm EST
JP Cooney, who worked on the criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump with former special counsel Jack Smith, has mounted a congressional bid in Virginia as a Democrat.
“I was fired by Donald Trump’s Department of Justice because of my work to prosecute him. But I won’t let Trump – or anyone – stop me from serving. I’m J.P. Cooney, and I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District,” he wrote in a Wednesday post on X.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) reacted to the announcement in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
“JP Cooney wants Virginians to believe that weaponizing the law to target President Trump and Republicans and launching sham, politically-motivated investigations that wasted millions of taxpayer dollars is a qualification for public office,” RNC spokeswoman Emma Hall said. “The reality is he’s just another radical Democrat whose only goal is to impeach President Trump and obstruct the America First agenda, even as it delivers historic results for Virginia.”
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Cooney’s LinkedIn profile states, “As Principal Deputy to Special Counsel Jack Smith, Cooney was a lead prosecutor in both criminal prosecutions of President Trump for obstruction of justice and conspiracy.”
Smith praised Cooney in a statement reported by The New York Times.
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“I’ve known J.P. for a long time and I think the world of him as a person and as a public servant,” Smith noted, according to the outlet. “He’s a man of integrity who has committed his career to upholding the rule of law, and he’s the model of who our country needs in public service.”
Cooney aims to run in a district that does not actually exist yet, the Times noted, explaining that Virginia’s 7th Congressional District would be altered under a redistricting push by Democrats. The plan would need to surmount legal challenges and clear a ballot referendum.
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“Never has there been a Congress that has been such a weak and ineffective check on a president’s abuses of power,” Cooney said, according to the Times. “I lie awake every night worrying that Donald Trump does not have the best interests of our country in mind, and that’s a seismic shift in American leadership and politics.”
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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