美国安全推进中心（CASA）指法官克里斯托弗·库珀的妻子艾米·杰弗雷斯正在代表拜登参与针对特朗普的 ongoing 诉讼
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【福克斯新闻独家报道】 美国地区法官克里斯托弗·库珀正面临一个保守派监督团体提出的司法行为不当投诉，该团体认为他本应在涉及唐纳德·特朗普总统试图重新命名肯尼迪中心的诉讼中回避。
美国安全推进中心（CASA）指控库珀应当退出此案，因为他的妻子艾米·杰弗雷斯曾有代表该团体所称的“反特朗普”客户的历史。今年5月，俄亥俄州民主党众议员乔伊斯·比蒂提起诉讼后，库珀做出了不利于特朗普的裁决，永久禁止以特朗普之名重新命名肯尼迪中心。
美国安全推进中心于周三向美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院提起投诉，称库珀未披露或回避此案，尽管其妻子参与针对特朗普的诉讼带来了重大的经济和职业利益。
“美国安全推进中心正对奥巴马任命的哥伦比亚特区地区法院法官克里斯托弗·库珀提起司法投诉，因其在妻子通过诉讼反对特朗普总统议程以获取经济利益的情况下，未能回避针对特朗普总统的毫无意义的肯尼迪中心诉讼案，其行为可能存在违德之处。”美国安全推进中心研究与政策主任柯蒂斯·舒贝在一份声明中说道。
与民主党关键的俄罗斯骗局操盘者有密切关联的法官做出最新反特朗普裁决
一张合成照片显示了一名工人在约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心的升降机上工作，旁边是美国哥伦比亚特区地区法官克里斯托弗·库珀，他曾裁定移除唐纳德·特朗普总统在该建筑上的名字。（盖蒂图片社 / 美国哥伦比亚特区地区法院）
就在此次投诉提出的一周多前，特朗普指责库珀存在“利益冲突”，并指出库珀的妻子艾米·杰弗雷斯曾有代表特朗普最大对手的记录，包括前反特朗普联邦调查局律师丽莎·佩奇，目前她正代表前总统乔·拜登，后者就罗伯特·赫尔的采访录音公布一事起诉特朗普的司法部。
“库珀的妻子是长期活跃的民主党活动人士兼律师艾米·杰弗雷斯。杰弗雷斯曾担任1月6日委员会的前法律顾问，现任前总统拜登的私人律师，目前正在代表拜登参与针对特朗普总统的 ongoing 诉讼。”舒贝说道。“库珀显然有必要回避此案，或者至少披露这些利益冲突。但他两者都没做，这至少造成了不当行为的表象，这值得进行全面调查。”
该投诉并未对库珀的裁决本身提出质疑，但辩称他参与此案可能会引发合理质疑，即根据联邦司法行为准则，他是否有能力保持公正。
约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心的标识（盖蒂图片社）
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“我们深感担忧的是，一名现任联邦法官既未回避，又对一起他和配偶在经济上受益的案件做出了最终裁决。”投诉中写道。“事实上，他妻子的商业模式很大一部分似乎依赖于处理反特朗普性质的诉讼。”
美国安全推进中心认为，库珀可能违反了司法准则第1条，该条款要求法官维护司法机构的完整性和独立性。
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“准则第1条要求法官维护司法机构的完整性和独立性。”文件中写道。“库珀法官想必每晚回家后都会见到妻子，而她的职业生涯正是以起诉特朗普总统为基础的。”
美国安全推进中心辩称，库珀违反了准则第2条，该条款要求法官避免可能显得不当的情形，即使未发生实际不当行为。
2026年6月10日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿白宫椭圆形办公室发表讲话。（朱莉娅·德马雷·尼基森/美联社照片）
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“更具体地说，准则第2条列出了关系表象影响法官裁决案件能力的情形：1）损害公众信心；2）配偶关系影响司法行为。”投诉中称。“这两种问题在此案中都存在。”
投诉还称，库珀违反了准则第3条，该条款要求法官保持公正公平，当法官配偶的利益或潜在的党派影响可能合理引发对其公正性的质疑时，法官应当回避。
投诉最后敦促哥伦比亚特区巡回法院对库珀展开调查，并确定是否有必要采取纪律处分。
库珀由巴拉克·奥巴马总统任命，自2014年起一直在华盛顿特区的美国哥伦比亚特区地区法院任职。
长期以来，库珀一直是特朗普及其盟友指控其存在利益冲突的目标。在特别检察官约翰·达勒姆起诉前克林顿阵营关联律师迈克尔·萨斯曼的案件中，库珀受到了审查，这是达勒姆更广泛调查的一部分，该调查针对联邦调查局以现已被推翻的俄罗斯-特朗普勾结阴谋论为核心的“交叉火飓风”调查。
当时的批评者认为，库珀应当回避此案，因为他的妻子、律师艾米·杰弗雷斯代表了与联邦调查局“交叉火飓风”调查有关联的人物丽莎·佩奇。
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Obama-appointed judge with ties to anti-Trump conspiracy theory hit with misconduct complaint
CASA argues Judge Christopher Cooper’s wife Amy Jeffress represents Biden in ongoing litigation against Trump
June 10, 2026 4:13pm EDT / Fox News
By Elaine Mallon
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FIRST ON FOX: U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper is facing a judicial misconduct complaint from a conservative watchdog group, which argues he should have recused himself from a lawsuit involving President Donald Trump’s effort to rename the Kennedy Center.
The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) alleged that Cooper should have bowed out of the case because his wife, Amy Jeffress, has a history of representing what the group described as “anti-Trump” clients. In May, Cooper ruled against Trump by permanently blocking the renaming of the Kennedy Center after Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, filed a lawsuit.
CASA filed a complaint with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday, alleging Cooper failed to disclose or recuse himself despite what it called significant financial and professional interests stemming from his wife’s involvement in litigation against Trump.
“CASA is filing a judicial complaint against Obama-appointed DC District Court Judge Christopher Cooper for his potentially unethical behavior after his failure to recuse himself from the frivolous Kennedy Center lawsuit filed against President Trump, given his wife’s financial interests in opposing President Trump’s agenda through litigation,” CASA Director of Research and Policy Curtis Schube said in a statement.
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A composite photo shows a worker on a lift at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, alongside U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, who ruled that President Donald Trump’s name be removed from the building.(Getty / and the U.S. District Court of D.C.)
The complaint comes more than a week after Trump slammed Cooper for having a “conflict of interest,” pointing to Cooper’s wife, Amy Jeffress’, track record of representing Trump’s biggest foes, including former anti-Trump FBI lawyer Lisa Page, and currently representing former President Joe Biden, who is suing Trump’s Justice Department over the release of Robert Hur’s interview recordings.
“Cooper’s wife is longtime Democrat activist and attorney Amy Jeffress. Jeffress is the former counsel to the January 6th committee, works as former President Biden’s personal lawyer, and currently represents Biden in ongoing litigation against President Trump,” Schube said. “There was a clear need for Cooper to recuse himself from this matter, or at the very least disclose these conflicts. By doing neither, Cooper caused — at the very least — an appearance of impropriety, which warrants a full investigation.”
The complaint does not challenge Cooper’s ruling itself, but it argues that his involvement in the case could raise reasonable questions about his ability to be impartial under the federal judiciary’s Code of Conduct.
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“We are deeply concerned with the fact that a sitting federal judge did not recuse himself, and adjudicated to disposition, a case from which he and his spouse financially benefit,” the complaint states. “Indeed, a large portion of his wife’s business model appears to rely on handling litigation that is anti-Trump in nature.”
CASA argues that Cooper may have violated Canon 1, which requires judges to uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary.
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“Canon 1 requires that a judge uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary,” the filing states. “Judge Cooper, presumably, goes home every night to his wife whose career is predicated on suing President Trump.”
CASA argued Cooper is in violation of Canon 2, which requires judges to avoid situations that could appear improper, even when no actual misconduct has occurred.
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on June 10, 2026.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
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“More specifically, Canon 2 lists occasions when the appearance of a relationship affects a judge’s ability to adjudicate a case: 1) when public confidence is hampered; and 2) when spousal relationships influence judicial conduct,” the complaint stated. “Both problems are present here.”
The complaint also argues that Cooper violated Canon 3, which requires judges to remain fair and impartial and that recusal may be warranted when a judge’s spouse’s interests or potential partisan influences could reasonably raise questions about that impartiality.
The complaint concludes by urging the D.C. Circuit to investigate Cooper and determine whether disciplinary action is warranted.
Appointed by President Barack Obama, Cooper has served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C., since 2014.
Cooper has long been the target of conflict of interest allegations from Trump and his allies. The judge drew scrutiny during Special Counsel John Durham’s prosecution of former Clinton campaign-linked attorney Michael Sussmann, which was a part of Durham’s broader probe into the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation centered on the now-debunked Russian-Trump collusion theory.
Critics argued then that he should have recused himself because his wife, attorney Amy Jeffress, represented former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, a figure tied to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
Fox News Digital reached out to Cooper and Jeffress for comment.
Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.
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