2026年2月12日 美国东部时间凌晨4:51 / 路透社
作者：卡尼什卡·辛格 (Kanishka Singh)
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华盛顿，2月11日（路透社）- 美国司法部周三试图解雇纽约北部地区的新任联邦检察官，而就在同一天，联邦法官刚刚任命他接替一名与总统唐纳德·特朗普政府结盟的检察官。
特朗普政府因被指责针对政治对手而受到人权和政治专家的批评，相关行动已面临法律挑战和抗议。
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周三，纽约北部地区法官委员会举行仪式，任命唐纳德·金塞拉（Donald Kinsella）接替约翰·萨尔科内（John Sarcone）。萨尔科内此前一直代理该职位，后被法院取消资格。
“你被解雇了，唐纳德·金塞拉，”司法部副部长托德·布兰奇在社交平台X上写道，“是总统而非法官‘任命’美国检察官。”
截至发稿前，金塞拉未立即回应置评请求。他拥有数十年刑事和民事诉讼经验，曾担任美国助理检察官和司法部刑事部门负责人。
上个月，一名联邦法官裁定萨尔科内非法担任纽约州首府奥尔巴尼的最高联邦检察官，并阻止其参与对州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯（Letitia James）的调查。
周三，司法部网站仍将他列为“第一助理美国检察官”（新标签页打开）。
在联邦法院拒绝延长其120天临时任命后，司法部通过一系列程序性操作试图留任萨尔科内担任北部地区代理检察官。
这些举动被法院裁定为非法，类似加州、内华达州和新泽西州此前法院对特朗普政府任命的裁决。
特朗普政府尤其针对詹姆斯——这位民选民主党人，也是共和党总统的主要政治对手之一。詹姆斯曾表示，针对她的调查是对她起诉特朗普家族企业的报复。
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Trump administration moves to fire new US attorney appointed by judges
February 12, 2026 4:51 AM UTC / Reuters
By Kanishka Singh
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WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – The Justice Department moved to fire the new U.S. attorney for the northern district of New York on Wednesday, the same day that federal judges unveiled his appointment to replace a prosecutor allied with President Donald Trump’s administration.
Trump has drawn criticism from rights and political experts for what they call his administration’s targeting of political opponents in efforts that have faced legal challenges and protests.
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In a ceremony on Wednesday, the Northern District of New York Board of Judges appointed Donald Kinsella to replace John Sarcone, who had been serving on an acting basis and was disqualified by a court.
“You are fired, Donald Kinsella,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote on X. “Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, @POTUS does.”
Kinsella, who could not immediately be reached for comment, has decades of experience in criminal and civil litigation and was previously an assistant U.S. attorney and the criminal chief of the Justice Department.
Last month a federal judge ruled that Sarcone was unlawfully serving as the top federal prosecutor in the state’s capital of Albany, and blocked his involvement in an investigation of state Attorney General Letitia James.
On Wednesday, the department’s website, opens new tab showed him listed as the “first assistant U.S. attorney”.
The DOJ used a series of procedural maneuvers to retain Sarcone as acting U.S. attorney for the northern district after a federal court declined to extend his 120-day interim appointment.
Those moves were found to be unlawful in court, similar to other court rulings that rejected appointments in California, Nevada and New Jersey.
The Trump administration has particularly targeted James, an elected Democrat and one of the Republican president’s top political antagonists, who has said investigations against her are payback for suing Trump’s family business.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Clarence Fernandez
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