2026年3月4日 / 美国东部时间上午10:18 / CBS新闻
据周三CBS新闻看到的一份备忘录显示，司法部长帕姆·邦迪已撤销一项政策，该政策禁止司法部的政治任命官员参加竞选活动或筹款活动。
这一举措推翻了前司法部长梅里克·加兰自2022年起实施的限制。
联邦雇员根据《哈奇法案》（一项旨在使政府免受党派影响的法律）已经受到政治活动限制。
然而，在加兰的政策之前，政治任命官员在获得部门批准后，可以外出身份参加某些党派活动。根据加兰2022年的修正案，政治任命官员被禁止以任何身份参加任何党派政治活动——即使是在选举日。
他的政策还禁止政治任命的部门官员参加涉及正在竞选公职的直系亲属的竞选活动。邦迪的新备忘录实际上将允许政治任命官员再次参加此类活动。
在美国特别顾问办公室（一个执行《哈奇法案》的政府机构）开始调查当时的马萨诸塞州美国检察官瑞秋·罗林斯是否因参加一场有第一夫人吉尔·拜登参加的民主党筹款活动而违反该法律后，加兰收紧了关于政治活动的政策。
罗林斯后来被迫辞职，司法部监察长和特别顾问办公室都对其行为展开了调查。监察长发现她从事了一系列不道德行为，不仅包括参加筹款活动，还在接受办公室采访时作虚假陈述，以及在其他多个方面滥用职权。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/bondi-refuses-to-apologize-for-doj-handling-of-epstein-files-during-heated-hearing/
Pam Bondi rescinds policy banning politically appointed DOJ employees from attending partisan events
March 4, 2026 / 10:18 AM EST / CBS News
Attorney General Pam Bondi has rescinded a policy that prohibited political appointees at the Justice Department from attending campaign events or fundraisers, according to a memo seen by CBS News on Wednesday.
The move undoes restrictions that were previously implemented by former Attorney General Merrick Garland starting in 2022.
Federal employees are already subject to restrictions on political activities under the Hatch Act, a law that aims to keep the government free from partisan influence.
Prior to Garland’s policy, however, political appointees were allowed to attend certain partisan events in their personal capacity with approval from the department. Under Garland’s 2022 amendments, political appointees were banned from participating in any partisan political event in any capacity — even on Election Day.
His policy also prohibited politically appointed department officials from attending campaign events involving close family members who are running for office. Bondi’s new memo will essentially allow political appointees to once again attend such events.
Garland tightened the policy surrounding political events after the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that enforces the Hatch Act, opened an investigation into whether then-Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins violated the law by attending a Democratic fundraiser featuring first lady Jill Biden.
Rollins was later forced to resign from her post amid investigations into her conduct by both the DOJ’s inspector general and the Office of Special Counsel. The inspector general found she had engaged in a wide range of unethical behavior that not only included attending the fundraiser but also making false statements in her interview with the office and misusing her position in multiple other ways.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/bondi-refuses-to-apologize-for-doj-handling-of-epstein-files-during-heated-hearing/
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