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Judge blocks DHS from ending deportation protections for 350,000 Haitians one day before they were set to lapse

2026-02-02T20:45:00-0500 / CBS News

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Updated on: February 2, 2026 / 9:04 PM EST / CBS News

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from revoking legal protections for Haitians enrolled in the Temporary Protected Status program, granting a last-minute reprieve to 350,000 immigrants who were set to lose their deportation protections on Tuesday.

U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes indefinitely paused the planned termination of Haiti’s TPS program, explicitly barring the federal government from invalidating the legal status and work permits of active enrollees and from arresting and deporting them.

In an opinion accompanying her order, Reyes issued a forceful rebuke of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s decision to end the TPS policy for Haitians.

Reyes concluded Noem’s decision was “arbitrary and capricious” and in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act, writing that it failed to fully consider “overwhelming evidence of present danger” in crisis-stricken Haiti, which remains plagued by political instability, gang violence and widespread poverty.

Reyes also found Noem’s decision was “in part” rooted in “racial animus,” citing disparaging remarks that the secretary and President Trump have made about Haiti and immigrants.

“Kristi Noem has a First Amendment right to call immigrants killers, leeches, entitlement junkies, and any other inapt name she wants,” Reyes wrote. “Secretary Noem, however, is constrained by both our Constitution and the APA to apply faithfully the facts to the law in implementing the TPS program. The record to-date shows she has yet to do that.”

In a statement, Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin suggested the Trump administration would ask the Supreme Court to intervene in the case.

“Supreme Court, here we come,” she said. “This is lawless activism that we will be vindicated on.”

“Haiti’s TPS was granted following an earthquake that took place over 15 years ago, it was never intended to be a de facto amnesty program, yet that’s how previous administrations have used it for decades,” McLaughlin added.

TPS was created by Congress in 1990. Since then, Democratic and Republican administrations have used the policy to provide temporary legal refuge to foreigners from countries facing armed conflict, an environmental disaster or another emergency that makes their return unsafe.

The Trump administration has moved to dismantle most TPS programs, raising the specter of deportation for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Honduras, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Venezuela.

The Trump administration argues these programs attract illegal immigration and that they have been abused and extended for too long by Democratic administrations.

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美以海军在红海举行联合演习

发布时间：2026-02-03T02:22:45.000Z / 来源：联合早报

以色列国防军星期一（2月2日）发表声明说，一艘美国海军驱逐舰1日与以色列海军舰艇在红海海域举行了联合演习。

新华社报道，以色列国防军说，本次演习是以色列海军与美国海军第五舰队在该地区“持续合作的一部分”。美军驱逐舰靠泊属于“事先计划好的例行活动”，是以海军与美国海军第五舰队战略合作框架内开展的活动，凸显两国军队密切合作的关系。

美国海军中央司令部1日发表声明说，美国海军“阿利·伯克”级（The Arleigh Burke-class）导弹驱逐舰“德尔伯特·D·布莱克”号（USS Delbert D. Black）按计划访问以色列后，于当天离开以色列埃拉特港。声明未透露这艘驱逐舰前往以色列的具体任务。

埃拉特港是以色列直接通向红海的重要港口枢纽。《以色列时报》指出，美国军舰经常在红海航行，但很少抵达埃拉特港。

近期，美国不断向伊朗发出武力威胁，并一直在向中东地区调集军事力量。

Costa Rica swings right as voters embrace tough-on-crime leader amid surging violence

Fernández pledged increased DEA cooperation and tougher organized crime measures as murder rates surged 50%

By Emma Bussey
Fox News

Published February 2, 2026 5:50pm EST

Costa Ricans have elected conservative populist Laura Fernández as their next president, according to preliminary results, making her the latest right-leaning leader to win office in Latin America.

With results from 96.8% of polling places counted, Fernández of the Sovereign People’s Party won 48.3% of the vote, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal reported.

Her closest challenger, economist Álvaro Ramos of the National Liberation Party, trailed with 33.4%, the Associated Press reported.

Ramos conceded the race on election night, with Fernández, 39, to begin her four-year term in May.

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Costa Rica elected conservative populist Laura Fernández as president with 48.3% of the vote, making her the latest right-leaning leader in Latin America.(Carlos Borbon/AP Photo)

A former government minister, Fernández is the chosen successor of outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves, who is constitutionally prohibited from seeking re-election.

She campaigned on continuing Chaves’ populist agenda, which reshaped Costa Rican politics by arguing against traditional parties and promising tougher action on crime.

Fernández served as minister of national planning and later as minister of the presidency, giving her a central role in Chaves’ administration.

LATIN AMERICA FRACTURES OVER TRUMP’S MADURO CAPTURE AS REGIONAL ALLIES SHIFT RIGHT

Laura Fernández is the chosen successor of President Rodrigo Chaves and promises to continue his agenda.(Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

Crime had dominated the campaign in Costa Rica amid sharp rises in homicides, gang activity and drug trafficking by cartels.

The murder rate had increased by 50% over the last six years, according to reports.

Fernández pledged a hard-line security strategy, including increased cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and tougher measures against organized crime.

She has also floated controversial proposals inspired by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele.

This included construction of a special prison for gang leaders, the Associated Press reported.

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Costa Rica elects conservative populist Laura Fernández as president with 48.3% of the vote.(Carlos Borbon/AP Photo)

“My hand won’t shake when it comes to making the decisions we need to restore peace in Costa Rican homes,” Fernández said during the campaign.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated Fernández in a statement Monday.

“Under her leadership, we are confident Costa Rica will continue to advance shared priorities to include combating narco-trafficking, ending illegal immigration to the United States, promoting cybersecurity and secure telecommunications, and strengthening economic ties,” Rubio said.

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“I hope that we can immediately lower the flags of whichever political party and start working only in favor of the Costa Rican flag,” Fernández said after the result.

“I believe the Costa Rican people expect nothing less of us,” she added.

Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox, she worked at The Telegraph with the U.S. overnight team, across desks including foreign, politics, news, sport and culture.

Fox News Poll: Too Fast, Too Unchecked? Voters sound off on rapid AI use & government regulation

By Victoria Balara | Fox News
Published February 2, 2026 6:00pm EST

More than half of voters say artificial intelligence has not affected their lives in a meaningful way

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Published February 2, 2026 6:00pm EST

As the emphasis on implementing artificial intelligence across society grows, voters think the use of AI technology is happening too fast — and they have little confidence the federal government can regulate it properly.

The latest Fox News poll finds 6 in 10 registered voters feel the use of artificial intelligence is moving too quickly in the United States, while another 3 in 10 feels it’s progressing at the right pace. Just 6% say it’s moving too slowly.

Although most think the use of AI is going too fast, there are some differences along demographic lines: Women, White voters, those ages 65+, and Democrats are more likely to say things are moving too fast compared to men, nonwhite voters, those under age 30, and Republicans.

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In addition, 63% lack faith in the federal government’s ability to properly regulate AI, a view that has been largely consistent since 2023. Thirty-six percent have a great deal or some confidence in the government’s ability.

The main demographic groups where more than half are confident in the government regulating AI include MAGA supporters (57%), Republican men (55%), and very conservatives (52%).

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Despite all the hype, a slim majority of voters (53%) say artificial intelligence has not made much difference in their life, while the remaining half splits between saying AI has personally helped them (26%) vs. harmed them (20%).

Those most likely to feel artificial intelligence has helped them are subsets of men, including dads (46%) and men under age 45 (43%). Voters under age 30 also feel AI has more likely benefited them (45% helped, 28% harmed). Those most likely to feel harmed are nonwhite women (33%) and moms (29%).

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Conducted January 23-26, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,005 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (106) and cellphones (645) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (254). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.

英国前大使疑似曾向爱泼斯坦泄露政府敏感信息

发布时间 / 来源：2026年2月3日 08:09 / 联合早报

美国司法部上周对外公布最后一批与美国已故性罪犯爱泼斯坦相关的300多万份档案，其中一些文件显示，英国前驻美国大使曼德尔森在担任部长期间，疑似向声名狼藉的金融家爱泼斯坦泄露了敏感的政府信息。

彭博社报道，根据来自爱泼斯坦档案的一些文件，曼德尔森（Peter Mandelson）曾就欧盟为陷入困境的成员国提供的救助计划向爱泼斯坦发电邮，告诉他这项协议“今晚应该就会宣布”。

这些邮件的日期为2010年5月9日。欧洲决策者在2010年5月10日宣布一项5000亿欧元（约7502亿新元）的贷款计划，推动欧元创下过去两年的最大涨幅。

文件还显示，曼德尔森在2009年担任时任英国首相布朗内阁成员期间，曾将有关税收政策提案的首相府内部电邮转发给爱泼斯坦，并附上评论：“一份发给首相的有趣说明。”

这份内部备忘录由布朗办公室的一名高级顾问于当年6月13日起草，曼德尔森在同一天转发给爱泼斯坦。备忘录提议以税收优惠政策鼓励私营企业在金融危机后进行投资，并提议出售价值200亿英镑的资产以减少政府债务的可能性。

文件显示爱泼斯坦问曼德尔森“有什么可出售资产？”曼德尔森回复说：“可能是土地和房产。”四个月后，布朗宣布出售价值160亿英镑的国有资产，包括博彩公司Tote和学生贷款资产等。

在另一封电邮中，曼德尔森似乎在布朗正式宣布辞职的几个小时前就向爱泼斯坦透露布朗计划辞去工党党魁和首相职务。曼德尔森在2010年5月10日的邮件中写道：“他今天终于下台……”

这些最新披露的信息令人质疑曼德尔森在布朗政府任职期间的行为操守。

美国司法部1月30日对外公布最后一批爱泼斯坦档案，档案中除了大量电邮文件，还有2000多个视频和18万张照片，其中包括更多曼德尔森有损形象的照片。

去年9月，曼德尔森已因爱泼斯坦丑闻被英国工党政府解除了驻美国大使职务。曼德尔森在不雅照片被公开后，于2月1日晚致信工党总书记里德利表示决定退出工党。

曼德尔森是英国工党近30年来最具影响力的政治人物之一，曾在布莱尔和布朗两位前首相的内阁中先后担任不管部长、北爱尔兰事务部长、商务部长、首席国务部长。

现年72岁的曼德尔森目前仍是英国议会上院议员。

EXCLUSIVE: Nearly half of state attorneys general will demand the House Judiciary Committee expand its probe into climate policy-related influence on federal judges to include a gold-standard guide judges use to examine subjects they are not typically versed in.

The development comes after a Fox News Digital report highlighted criticisms of the latest edition of the Federal Judicial Center’s (FJC) 1,600-page “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.” Critics said the traditionally apolitical reference guide is now rife with climate change–related ideological bias, citing extensive footnotes drawn from left-leaning and climate-alarmist sources.

The Federal Judicial Center itself is the research and education agency of the federal judiciary, and its governing board is chaired by Chief Justice John Roberts.

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is leading the effort, writing to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, subcommittee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, urging them to expand their improper-influence probe to include what they call an “inappropriate attempt to rig case outcomes in favor of one side.”

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, listens during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 3, 2025.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The latest edition was published December 31 and includes a foreword by Justice Elena Kagan before delving into subject matter footnoted to environmental law expert Jessica Wentz, climatologist Michael Mann, and a slew of others involved in climate change research and advocacy.

“Those same improper influence concerns apply to the Federal Judicial Center and its new ‘Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence’”, the attorney generals wrote in part.

They noted that Kagan’s foreword said previous editions of the manual helped “bring about better and fairer legal decisions,” but argued her words would not echo the same in the latest edition.

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People walk past the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 9, 2026.(REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

“Like [the] [Climate Judiciary Project that] the Committee is investigating, the new chapter presents a highly biased, agenda-driven view favoring radical interests pursuing lawsuits against producers and users of traditional forms of fossil fuel energy,” the attorneys general argued, citing the inclusion of findings from Jessica Wentz, a climate change advocate at Columbia University, among other names.

They cited a court brief crafted by Wentz in opposition to the Willow drilling project in Alaska, where she was quoted as saying “the world needs to phase out fossil fuels as rapidly as possible in order to avert potentially catastrophic levels of global warming and climate change.”

The prosecutors also pointed to the inclusion of work from an attorney who represented the city of Honolulu in cases against traditional energy firms.

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“Not surprisingly, given the strong biases of its authors, reviewers, and sources, the climate change chapter presents as settled the very methodologies that plaintiffs rely on to impose liability on fossil-fuel defendants,” the letter reads.

“The chapter presents this science as authoritative without acknowledging contrary views or disclosing the many conflicts of the authors, reviewers, and sources. Ethics experts have noted that these issues raise serious ethics concerns.”

In comments to Fox News Digital, Hilgers said the FJC’s new science manual should present complex evidence impartially, but instead “appears to embed the views of climate activists and diversity, equity, and inclusion ideologues into what is presented as neutral guidance.”

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“When the same advocates and experts who are actively litigating climate cases help write and review a chapter that will be used by federal judges behind the scenes, it raises obvious and serious concerns about the impartiality of the judicial system,” Hilgers said.

“[Nebraskans, and all Americans], deserve courts that are neutral and fair.”

The letter was also signed by Alaska Attorney General Stephen Cox, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and their fellow state prosecutors in Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Wyoming.

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“We’ve seen ridiculous legal warfare grow across the country — politically motivated groups, using our courts and liberal justices to push their climate agenda. That’s bad enough,” McCuskey told Fox News Digital, saying it is time to prevent the influence of ‘junk science.’”

“We… must protect our judicial system and its impartiality,” he said.

McCuskey also fired off a missive to the FJC itself, co-signed by Marshall, Uthmeier, Cox and others.

He told the center’s director — Obama-appointed federal judge Robin Rosenberg of Florida — that the manual’s ubiquity must remain trusted.

“At least up to this point, [FJC] has been careful to stress that the Manual merely “describes basic principles of major scientific fields… Instead, the Fourth Edition places the judiciary firmly on one side of some of the most hotly disputed questions in current litigation: climate-related science and ‘attribution’.

李强：中国各地编制十五五规划勿贪大求全

2026年2月3日 08:37 / 联合早报

中国国务院总理李强星期一（2月2日）在经济大省山东调研，强调地方政府编制“十五五”（2026年至2030年）规划要坚持实事求是，注重系统集成，特别是基层的专项规划编制要坚持少而精，不要贪大求全。

李强并要求各地坚持远近结合，抓好开局起步，靠前发力实施各项政策，坚决把中共中央各项决策部署落实到位，更加扎实有效地促发展惠民生增后劲。

据新华社报道，李强星期一先到济南二机床集团公司，察看灯塔工厂生产线，询问减材制造、增材制造等工艺以及新材料应用情况，对企业通过数智化转型持续提升竞争力表示赞许。

李强指出，智能制造是推动产业技术变革和优化升级的主攻方向，要积极利用人工智能技术对生产制造全链条全周期进行重塑。在保持规模优势基础上更加注重科技创新，推动技术产品迭代升级，提高自主可控能力。

李强并要根据相关产业特别是新兴产业、未来产业发展需求，持续加大研发投入，强化软硬件协同，不断增加优质供给。他还听取了山东省能源建设和核电发展情况汇报，要求统筹抓好清洁能源项目建设和运行安全，提升技术水平和监管能力，更好助力构建新型能源体系。

调研期间，李强主持召开省市县乡四级政府负责人代表座谈会，听取对《政府工作报告》和《“十五五”规划纲要（草案）》两个征求意见稿及政府工作的意见建议。

李强强调，去年中国经济在应对冲击中实现新的发展，展现出强大韧性和活力，今年要继续坚定信心、克难奋进，确保“十五五”开好局、起好步。各级政府要按照中共中央决策部署，狠抓落实、主动作为，发挥各地特色优势，培育新的增长点，推动各项工作尽快落地见效。

李强并要进一步强化服务意识，持续提升政务效能，落实各项惠企政策，解决好企业关切和诉求。要围绕推动高质量发展，结合“十五五”规划的编制和实施，深入谋划一批重大举措、重大项目，在因地制宜发展新质生产力、做强国内大循环、促进居民就业增收等重点领域取得更大进展，为未来发展夯实基础、积聚动能。

Dr. Peter Attia, longevity expert, apologizes for “indefensible” emails to Jeffrey Epstein

February 2, 2026 / 6:39 PM EST / CBS News

Peter Attia, a doctor and author well known for his research on longevity, is apologizing for what he calls “embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible” emails he exchanged with Jeffrey Epstein, after the messages came to light in the Justice Department’s latest release of files related to the Epstein case.

He has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing. But Attia’s name appears in the records released by the Justice Department hundreds of times and his communications with Epstein are more extensive than previously known.

Attia was recently named as a contributor to CBS News. CBS’ parent company, Paramount Skydance, had no comment.

Among the messages, in 2016, Attia wrote to Epstein, “P***y is, indeed, low carb. Still awaiting results on gluten content, though.”

After news reports about the emails, Attia posted on X a long apology and account of his relationship with Epstein. He denied any involvement in criminal activity, said he never flew on Epstein’s plane, never visited his island and never attended “any sex parties.”

The last correspondence between Attia and Epstein appears to have occurred in the spring of 2019, shortly before Epstein’s arrest in July and death on Aug. 10.

He said he regretted “putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public,” and went on to say, “I accept that reality and the humiliation that comes with it.”

Attia said in his post that between 2014 and 2019, he met with Epstein “on approximately seven or eight occasions at his New York City home.” He said they met “regarding research studies and to meet others.”

Peter Attia speaks at the SXSW Conference & Festivals on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Renee Dominguez/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images

Included in the documents released Friday was an exchange from 2015 in which Attia had written a note — redacted by the Justice Department — that bore the subject line, “Got a fresh shipment.” Epstein responded, “me too,” with a photo that was also redacted. Attia responded, “Please tell (me) you found that picture on line … bastard.”

“fraid not,” Epstein said.

Attia wrote back that “the biggest problem with becoming friends with you” is that “[t]he life you lead is so outrageous, and yet I can’t tell a soul.”

Attia claimed in his social media post that the “fresh shipment” referred to a redacted photograph of metformin, “a medication I had just received from the pharmacy for my own use.” (Attia used to take the drug for anti-aging reasons but said he stopped in 2018 because it had negative effects around exercise.)

Epstein’s “me too” response included “a photograph of an adult woman,” Attia said.

“I responded with crude, tasteless banter. Reading that exchange now is very embarrassing, and I will not defend it. I’m ashamed of myself for everything about this,” Attia said. “At the time, I understood this exchange as juvenile, not a reference to anything dark or harmful.”

Epstein at that point had a record as a sex offender from a case in Florida where he’d accepted a 2008 plea deal to avoid federal charges. In 2019, he was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges. His death in his jail cell in August 2019 was ruled a suicide.

Attia said he asked Epstein about his 2008 conviction in Florida and said Epstein “characterized it as prostitution-related charges.”

“In 2018, I came to learn this was grossly minimized,” Attia said. But he also maintained, “I never witnessed illegal behavior and never saw anyone who appeared underage in his presence.”

Attia is the founder of Outlive, an app that translates longevity science into personalized daily practice, and Early Medical, a medical practice that aims to help patients lengthen their healthy lifespan. He is the host of the podcast “The Peter Attia Drive” and author of “Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.”

Judge wipes away order requiring feds to preserve evidence gathered at Alex Pretti shooting scene

By Devan Cole | 3 hr ago | PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2026, 4:55 PM ET

A Minnesota judge has wiped away an order he issued last month that required federal investigators to preserve evidence gathered at the scene of Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting by immigration officers.

US District Judge Alex Tostrud said he was lifting the emergency order he issued the day of Pretti’s shooting that barred various federal investigatory offices from destroying or altering any evidence related to the incident because he had gotten assurances from federal officials that evidence would be properly maintained.

The judge, an appointee of President Donald Trump, had imposed the requirement at the behest of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office after they raised concerns in court that their own investigative efforts into the incident could be undermined absent his intervention.

“Though the record is not one-sided, the greater weight of the evidence shows Defendants are not likely to destroy or improperly alter evidence related to Mr. Pretti’s shooting during the life of this case, and other relevant considerations do not on balance favor a continuing preservation order,” Tostrud wrote in an 18-page decision.

“The temporary restraining order’s terms are not meaningfully different from defendants’ preservation policies,” the judge wrote. “An ongoing preservation order – and the contempt power that accompanies it – would overlay, not just defendants’ preservation polices, but any investigative measures that might alter evidence.”

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension told CNN that talks with federal investigators on sharing evidence in the case are ongoing, adding that they are “hopeful” an agreement can be reached. Thus far, however, the FBI and Homeland Security Invesdtigations have not shared information with local investigators.

In his ruling, Tostrud went on to say that “examination and testing often leave evidence in a different condition after testing than it was before” and that such potential changes occurring under his now-dissolved order would have forced him to play what he described as an improper role in the government’s investigation into the shooting.

“Legitimate concerns over whether those types of investigative measures comply with a preservation order might reasonably prompt defendants to seek judicial direction,” Tostrud wrote. “That, in turn, would inject the court into Defendants’ investigation, not just their evidence preservation.”

The BCA had been iced out of an earlier federal probe into a different fatal shooting of a US citizen, Renee Good, by federal agents in Minnesota and the lawsuit before Tostrud represented a frenzied effort by the state investigators to ensure they’d later have access to the evidence for their own inspection.

An FBI official swore in court papers last month that “evidence was packaged by trained evidence collectors” who wore the correct personal equipment and packaged the evidence in tamper-proof evidence tape. The evidence the FBI collected is in a secure evidence room with controlled access in the FBI’s Minneapolis Field Office.

CNN’s Holmes Lybrand and Katelyn Polantz contributed to this report.

英国首相下令紧急调查前大使与爱泼斯坦关系

发布时间 / 来源：2026年2月3日 08:38 / 联合早报

英国首相斯塔默下令紧急调查英国前驻美国大使曼德尔森担任内阁职位期间，与已故美国性罪犯爱泼斯坦之间的关系。

法新社报道，英国首相府发言人星期一（2月2日）发表声明说，此次调查将由内阁秘书沃默尔德（Chris Wormald）领导。沃默尔德将审查“所有关于曼德尔森在担任部长期间与爱泼斯坦接触的现有信息”。

首相府发言人还说，斯塔默认为曼德尔森应被褫夺上议院议员资格。英国上议员为终身制，主要由首相推荐、君主册封，属于世袭贵族之外的终身非选举议员。

美国司法部上周对外公布最后一批与美国已故性罪犯爱泼斯坦相关的300多万份档案，其中一些文件显示，曼德尔森在英国内阁任职期间，疑似向声名狼藉的金融家爱泼斯坦泄露了敏感的政府信息，引发关注。

去年9月，曼德尔森已因爱泼斯坦丑闻被工党政府解除了驻美国大使职务。

美国司法部1月30日对外公布最后一批爱泼斯坦档案，档案中除了大量电邮文件，还有2000多个视频和18万张照片，其中包括更多曼德尔森有损形象的照片。

曼德尔森在这些照片被公开后，于2月1日晚致信工党总书记里德利表示决定退出工党。

现年72岁的曼德尔森是英国工党近30年来最具影响力的政治人物之一，曾在布莱尔和布朗两位前首相的内阁中先后担任不管部长、北爱尔兰事务部长、商务部长、首席国务部长。