2026-05-08T13:34:48.156Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：卡尼塔·艾尔
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发布于2026年5月8日美国东部时间上午9:34
犯罪 枪支暴力
2026年4月27日，美国代理司法部长托德·布兰查德和哥伦比亚特区联邦检察官珍妮·皮罗在华盛顿特区司法部总部举行新闻发布会。
上月被控在白宫记者协会晚宴上开枪的男子的法律团队已向法院申请取消多名司法部高级官员的办案资格，理由是二人曾出席事发活动，存在利益冲突。
科尔·托马斯·艾伦的律师特别指出，哥伦比亚特区联邦检察官珍妮·皮罗和代理司法部长托德·布兰查德曾出席该晚宴，称此举造成“偏袒表象”。
“为防范个人和机构不可避免的滥用风险，检察官必须尽力对所监督案件的结果保持‘中立’，”这份提交法庭的文件写道，并补充道，“司法部员工若曾参与起诉书中指控的事件，尤其是曾被指为该事件受害者的，必须回避。”
艾伦的律师团队指出，皮罗和布兰查德既是这起枪击事件的目击者，也可能是艾伦的袭击目标或受害者。艾伦向法官提交的申请显示，如今这位联邦检察官和代理司法部长将有权批准对艾伦案件的多项重大进展，包括艾伦最终面临的指控、可能达成的认罪协议，以及若艾伦被判有罪司法部请求的量刑建议。
这份动议还引用了枪击事件发生两天后，联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔与布兰查德和皮罗一同出席新闻发布会时的发言：“这次事件让人感受格外不同。我们当时都在场。”
4月26日，艾伦涉嫌携带霰弹枪冲过安检关卡，当时总统和高级政府官员正在另一楼层出席晚宴。他面临多项指控，包括试图暗杀特朗普。
自那以后，皮罗和布兰查德就这起案件发表了公开评论，艾伦的律师在申请取消二人资格时援引了这些言论。
上周在联邦法院进行的艾伦首次传讯中，他首次正式得知对自己的指控，当时皮罗坐在法庭第一排专为安保人员和涉案律师预留的区域。
本周早些时候，当被美国有线电视新闻网主持人杰克·塔珀问及，鉴于她曾是目击者和潜在目标，是否有人建议她回避这起案件时，皮罗回应称：“事实上当时在场的有2500人，我能否起诉这起案件与我是否在场毫无关系。”
动议还援引官员们的说法称总统唐纳德·特朗普是疑似袭击目标，并进一步指出：“鉴于联邦检察官皮罗与总统的交情，以及她和代理司法部长布兰查德出席本次起诉核心活动的经历，法律要求他们回避此案。”
美国有线电视新闻网已联系司法部征求置评。本案检察官将有机会在法庭上回应回避申请，随后由法官决定是否批准该申请。
艾伦的传讯听证会定于周一举行。
美国有线电视新闻网的霍姆斯·莱布兰德和凯特琳·波兰茨对本文亦有贡献。
Lawyers for press dinner gunman seek to disqualify Pirro and Blanche from case citing their presence at event
2026-05-08T13:34:48.156Z / CNN
By Kaanita Iyer
1 hr 55 min ago
PUBLISHED May 8, 2026, 9:34 AM ET
Crime Gun violence
US Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and and US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro hold a news conference at Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 27, 2026.
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The legal team of the man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last month has asked the court to disqualify top Department of Justice officials from being involved in his case, arguing there is a conflict of interest because they were present during the incident.
Lawyers for Cole Tomas Allen pointed specifically to US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s attendance at the dinner, saying there is an “appearance of partiality.”
“To guard against the unavoidable potential for individual and institutional abuse, prosecutors must endeavor to be ‘disinterested’ in the outcomes of the cases they oversee,” the filing says, adding, “A DOJ employee must recuse where he or she is a participant in the events alleged in the indictment, particularly where they are an alleged victim of said events.”
Allen’s attorneys point out that Pirro and Blanche appear to be both witnesses to the shooting and possible targets, or victims, of Allen. And the US Attorney and acting Attorney General now may approve significant developments in the case against Allen, like the charges he ultimately faces, any plea deals he may be offered, and potentially sentences the Justice Department could request if Allen is convicted, Allen’s request to the judge said.
The motion also features a quote from FBI Director Kash Patel at a news conference alongside Blanche and Pirro two days after the shooting, in which he says, “This one hits a little differently. We were all there.”
On April 26, Allen allegedly rushed through a security checkpoint armed with a shotgun while the president and top administration officials were attending the dinner on a different floor.. He faces several charges, including attempting to assassinate Trump.
Since then, Pirro and Blanche have made public comments about the case, which Allen’s lawyers point to in arguing for their disqualification.
At Allen’s initial appearance in federal court last week, when he first formally heard his charges, Pirro sat in the first row of seats in the courtroom in a section reserved for security and attorneys involved in the case.
Earlier this week, when asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper if it has been suggested to her that she should recuse herself from the case, given that she was a witness and potential target, Pirro said, “The truth is that there were 2,500 of us who were there and my ability to prosecute this case has nothing to do with my being there.”
Also citing officials’ assessment that President Donald Trump was the suspected target, the motion goes on to say: “Given U.S. Attorney Pirro’s friendship with the President and her and Acting A.G. Blanche’s attendance at the event at the center of this prosecution, the law necessitates their disqualification.”
CNN has reached out to the Justice Department for comment. Prosecutors in the case will have the ability to respond in court to the recusal request, before a judge decides if it’s necessary.
Cole is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday.
CNN’s Holmes Lybrand and Katelyn Polantz contributed to this report.
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