2026-05-07 22:52:34 EDT / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
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莎拉·N·林奇 高级司法部记者
莎拉·N·林奇是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻驻华盛顿特区的高级司法部记者。
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莎拉·N·林奇、乔·沃尔什
乔·沃尔什 政治高级编辑
乔·沃尔什是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻数字政治板块的高级编辑。此前他曾为《福布斯》报道突发新闻，并在波士顿地方新闻机构任职。
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乔·沃尔什
被控白宫记者晚宴枪击案的枪手科尔·艾伦的律师周四晚间向法官提出申请，请求取消华盛顿特区联邦检察官珍妮·皮罗以及其他司法部高级官员的办案资格，理由是他们曾在案发当晚出席该活动。
在这份动议中，律师们首先引用了联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔的话。帕特尔在枪击事件发生两天后出席了新闻发布会，与代理司法部长托德·布兰奇和皮罗一同讨论了这起案件。
动议中援引帕特尔的话说：“这起案件有点不一样。我们当时都在场。”
艾伦被控企图暗杀特朗普总统、使用致命武器袭击联邦官员以及两项枪支罪名。目前他尚未作出认罪答辩。
艾伦的法律团队周四辩称，皮罗和布兰奇应当被取消办案资格，因为他们是“本案据称的受害者和证人”。
律师们指出，联邦检察官指控艾伦企图杀害“高级政府官员”——这一表述可能指向布兰奇和皮罗。他们还提到，皮罗是特朗普的多年好友，并表示皮罗在媒体采访中“提及自己属于潜在受害者”，包括她在接受美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）采访时称自己当时“身处战斗区域”。
这份文件援引了司法部内部规定，该规定要求员工在可能存在利益冲突或与案件相关人员存在私人关系的刑事案件中回避。
“随着本案接近庭审，美国乃至全世界都会不禁发问——美国司法系统怎能允许一名受害者在涉及自身的案件中起诉刑事被告？”他们写道，“甚至会问——受害者最亲密的好友之一，怎能起诉这起案件的 alleged 肇事者？”
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检察官指控31岁的艾伦携手枪、霰弹枪和多把刀具，闯过记者晚宴所在楼层上方一层的安检口。当局称，他朝一名身穿防弹背心的警员开枪，警员还击五枪但未击中他，随后艾伦被警方拘留。
据称艾伦在晚宴当晚向家人发送了一封电子邮件，称他计划针对特朗普政府官员下手，“按职级从高到低排序”。包括特朗普本人、其大部分内阁成员以及其他高级联邦官员在内的多名政府高官都出席了这场年度活动。
Accused correspondents’ dinner shooter seeks to disqualify Pirro and Blanche because they attended press gala
2026-05-07 22:52:34 EDT / CBS News
By Sarah N. Lynch
Sarah N. Lynch Senior Justice Department Reporter
Sarah N. Lynch is the senior Justice Department reporter for CBS News, based in Washington, D.C.
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Joe Walsh Senior Editor, Politics
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Attorneys for accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter Cole Allen asked a judge Thursday night to disqualify U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro and other senior Justice Department leaders from the case because they were present during the incident.
In the motion, his lawyers led with a quote from FBI Director Kash Patel, who appeared at a press conference two days after the shooting to discuss the case alongside acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Pirro.
“This one hits a little differently. We were all there,” the motion quotes Patel as saying.
Allen has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump, assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and two gun counts. He has not yet entered a plea.
Allen’s legal team argued Thursday that Pirro and Blanche should be disqualified due to their status as “purported victims and witnesses in this case.”
His lawyers noted that federal prosecutors have accused Allen of trying to kill “high-ranking government officials” — a term that could refer to Blanche and Pirro. They also pointed out that Pirro is a longtime friend of Mr. Trump’s, and said she has “referenced her status as a potential victim” in media appearances where she discussed her experience in the ballroom, including one CNN interview in which Pirro said she was “in that combat zone.”
The filing cited internal Justice Department rules that direct employees to recuse themselves from any criminal investigations where they may have a conflict of interest or a personal relationship with people involved in a case.
“As this case proceeds closer to trial, the country and the world will continue to wonder—how can the American justice system permit a victim to prosecute a criminal defendant in a case involving them?” they wrote. “Or even—how can one of the victim’s closest friends prosecute the alleged perpetrator of the offense?”
CBS News has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.
Prosecutors have accused Allen, 31, of sprinting through a security checkpoint one floor above the correspondents’ dinner while armed with a handgun, a shotgun and several knives. Authorities say he fired his shotgun at an officer who was hit in his protective vest, and the officer fired back five times but didn’t hit him, before Allen was taken into custody.
Allen allegedly sent an email to family members on the night of the dinner claiming he planned to target Trump administration officials aside from Patel, “prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.” A range of administration figures were present at the annual event, including Mr. Trump, much of his Cabinet and other high-level federal officials.
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