2026-04-24T14:55:10.809Z / 路透社
作者：露西·科恩
2026年4月24日 美国东部时间下午2:55 更新于54分钟前
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纽约布鲁克林联邦法院大楼资料图，2016年1月7日摄于纽约布鲁克林区。路透社/卡洛·阿莱格里
纽约，4月24日（路透社）——法庭记录显示，一名曾帮助因税务欺诈定罪的养老院所有者获得唐纳德·特朗普总统赦免的说客，因敲诈指控被起诉。
布鲁克林联邦法院周四晚间公开的起诉书显示，游说公司默卡瓦战略公司创始人约书亚·纳斯面临六项刑事指控，罪名是试图向三人勒索钱财。
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- 纳斯于3月被捕，罪名是雇凶恐吓一名前客户及其儿子，索要50万美元。法庭文件未指明这名前客户身份，但两名知情人士透露，此人正是去年获得赦免的养老院所有者约瑟夫·施瓦茨。
- 法庭记录此前显示，纳斯正与联邦检察官进行认罪协商。此次起诉意味着案件将继续推进至审判环节，表明双方未能达成认罪协议。
- 纳斯尚未认罪。他的律师亨利·马泽克表示，纳斯从未骚扰、威胁或使用暴力对待任何人，此案是“政府和线人炮制出来的”。
- “约书亚从未上政府的当。此次起诉是为了羞辱约书亚，因为他为那些长期服刑人员争取赦免，”马泽克在一份声明中说道。
- 布鲁克林联邦检察官办公室发言人拒绝置评。
- 国会游说记录显示，纳斯曾受雇代表施瓦茨申请赦免。特朗普于11月14日赦免了施瓦茨，当时距离他开始服刑三年仅过了三个月。
- 特朗普在第二任白宫任期内，比前任更早、更频繁地动用总统不受约束的特赦权力。
本报记者露西·科恩纽约报道，富兰克林·保罗编辑
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Lobbyist for man pardoned by Trump indicted on extortion charges
2026-04-24T14:55:10.809Z / Reuters
By Luc Cohen
April 24, 2026 2:55 PM UTC Updated 54 mins ago
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The Brooklyn Federal Court building is pictured in the Brooklyn borough of New York, January 7, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) – A lobbyist who helped a nursing home owner convicted of tax fraud secure a pardon from President Donald Trump has been indicted on extortion charges, court records showed.
Attorney Joshua Nass, founder of lobbying firm Merkava Strategies, faces six criminal counts stemming from an attempt to extort money from three people, according to an indictment in Brooklyn federal court made public on Thursday evening.
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- Nass was arrested in March on charges of hiring someone to intimidate a former client and his son into paying him $500,000. Court papers did not identify the former client, but two people familiar with the matter said it was Joseph Schwartz, the nursing home owner who received a pardon last year.
- Court records had previously indicated that Nass was in plea talks with federal prosecutors. The indictment, which paves the way for Nass’ case to continue toward trial, signals that those talks have not resulted in an agreement.
- Nass has not entered a plea. His lawyer, Henry Mazurek, said Nass had never harassed, threatened or committed violence against anyone, and that the case was “created” by the government and an informant.
- “Josh never took the government’s bait. This indictment is an attempt to humiliate Josh for doing the work of obtaining pardons for those serving long prison sentences,” Mazurek said in a statement.
- A spokesperson for the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s office declined to comment.
- Congressional lobbying records show Nass agreed to represent Schwartz in connection with petitioning for a pardon. Trump pardoned Schwartz on November 14, three months after he began serving a three-year prison sentence.
- Trump, during his second term in the White House, has made far earlier and more frequent use of the president’s unchecked clemency powers than his predecessors.
Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York, Editing by Franklin Paul
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