2026-08-07 14:41 美东时间 / CNN
作者：卡拉·斯坎内尔
一名前联邦检察官起诉美国司法部，指控他在一名网络评论者曝光其近十年前撰写的一篇批评唐纳德·特朗普总统的博客文章后数小时内被非法解雇。
曾在佛罗里达南区担任美国助理检察官五年的威尔·罗森茨威格于周五提起诉讼，此时作为诉讼被告之一的托德·布莱似乎已扫清障碍，即将获得确认成为特朗普提名的下一任司法部长。
罗森茨威格于9月犹太新年期间被解雇，此时距离他深度参与的一起复杂医疗保险欺诈案的陪审团遴选仅余两周。
“司法部将罗森茨威格先生作为现任政党眼中的政治敌人予以免职，既非孤立事件也非意外，而是一场更广泛的政治解雇行动的一部分，”诉讼书中指控道。罗森茨威格除要求追回欠薪和损害赔偿外，还要求恢复原职。
CNN已联系美国司法部征求置评。
此次诉讼是多名检察官和前联邦调查局特工提起的多起诉讼之一，他们均指控自己因政治原因被解雇。前检察官莫琳·科米也起诉司法部，指控她被解雇是因为其父是前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米，后者曾与特朗普发生争执。该案目前仍在审理中。罗森茨威格的代理律师正是科米案代理律师之一。
2025年9月，右翼评论员娜塔莉·温特在社交媒体上发布了罗森茨威格的领英账号截图，并写道他“多年来秘密运营反特朗普博客，攻击特朗普”。该帖文还称，“如今他正利用政府权力对MAGA爱国者发动法律战”。据诉讼书显示，她还@了时任司法部长帕姆·邦迪并写道“解雇他”。该帖文目前已被删除。
罗森茨威格称，不到三小时后，他就收到了解雇邮件。诉讼书显示，告知他被解雇的备忘录由邦迪签署。
诉讼书指控，针对三名被告马塞洛·科亨、迈克尔·科亨和桑德罗·赫雷克的医疗保险欺诈案此前并未引发广泛关注，并质疑温特是如何知晓该案的。
CNN已尝试联系温特征求置评。
“他突然被解雇让科亨被告方受益，因为这打乱了针对他们的政府诉讼进程，”诉讼书指控道。迈克尔·科亨和赫雷克后来被定罪并判刑。马塞洛·科亨的案件仍在审理中。
华盛顿特区司法部大楼的标识，摄于7月1日一场新闻发布会前。
格雷姆·斯隆 / 彭博社 / 盖蒂图片社
诉讼书称，一名主管告知罗森茨威格，布莱和佛罗里达南区美国检察官曾讨论过他过往的博客文章。据诉讼书显示，这位美国检察官从未就这些博客文章询问过罗森茨威格。
诉讼书显示，罗森茨威格于2016年1月开设该博客，当时特朗普还未成为共和党总统候选人，博客内容涵盖政治、大学篮球、旅游等多个话题。到2019年1月，该博客“实际上已停止更新”。
他的律师辩称，他在为司法部工作之前发表的言论受第一修正案保护，且符合司法部的相关政策。
“作为报复，司法部针对一名公民在受联邦雇佣数年前发表的、其本人不赞同的言论，违反了其自身关于政治言论的既定政策，”他的律师在诉讼书中写道。
据诉讼书中引用的一篇帖文显示，罗森茨威格得知自己被解雇数小时后，特朗普支持者劳拉·卢默在X平台上公开了他被解雇的消息。
据诉讼书显示，一小时后，温特据称在X平台上宣称对此次解雇负责，写道“把这家伙搞失业了”，并配上了戴墨镜的笑脸表情符号。
Lawsuit from ex-federal prosecutor details how a MAGA influencer’s social media post led to his Rosh Hashanah firing
2026-08-07 14:41 PM ET / CNN
By Kara Scannell
A former federal prosecutor sued the Justice Department alleging he was unlawfully fired hours after an online commentator surfaced a nearly decade-old blog post he authored that was critical of President Donald Trump.
Will Rosenzweig, who worked as an assistant US attorney in the Southern District of Florida for five years, filed the lawsuit Friday as Todd Blanche, who is a named defendant in the lawsuit, appeared to overcome hurdles in the way of his confirmation as Trump’s next Attorney General.
Rosenzweig was fired in September during Rosh Hashanah, two weeks before jury selection was scheduled to begin in a complex Medicare fraud case he was heavily involved in.
“DOJ’s removal of Mr. Rosenzweig as a perceived political enemy of the incumbent political party was neither isolated nor inadvertent, but rather part of a wider campaign to conduct political firings,” the lawsuit alleges. Rosenzweig is asking for his job back in addition to backpay and damages.
CNN has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.
The lawsuit is one of several that have been brought by prosecutors and former FBI agents who allege they were fired for political reasons. Former prosecutor Maurene Comey is suing DOJ alleging she was fired because her father is former FBI Director James Comey, who Trump has sparred with. That case is ongoing. Rosenzweig is represented by one of Comey’s attorneys.
In September 2025, right-wing commentator Natalie Winters posted on social media a photo of Rosenzweig’s LinkedIn account and wrote he “secretly ran anti-Trump blog for YEARS attacking Trump.” The post went on to say, “Now he’s using government power to wage LAWFARE against MAGA patriots.” She tagged then-Attorney General Pam Bondi and wrote, “Fire him,” according to the lawsuit. The post has since been deleted.
Rosenzweig says less than three hours later, he was fired by email. The memorandum informing him of his termination was signed by Bondi, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges the Medicare case against three defendants Marcelo Kochen, Michael Kochen and Sandro Herek, was under the radar and questions how Winters would have become aware of it.
CNN has attempted to reach Winters for comment.
“His sudden firing benefited the Kochen defendants because it disrupted the government’s case against them, “ the lawsuit alleges. Michael Kochen and Herek were later convicted and sentenced. Marcelo Kochen’s case is pending.
Signage at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, ahead of a news conference on July 1.
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A supervisor informed Rosenzweig that Blanche and the US attorney for the Southern District of Florida discussed his past blog posts, the lawsuit alleges. The US attorney never asked Rosenzweig about the posts, according to the lawsuit.
Rosenzweig started the blog in January 2016 before Trump was the Republican Party nominee to comment on a range of topics from politics to college basketball to travel, according to the lawsuit. By January 2019, it was “effectively defunct.”
His lawyers argued his past statements before he worked for DOJ are protected by the First Amendment and fall within DOJ policies.
“In retaliating against him, DOJ has violated its own stated policies on political speech by targeting speech it does not agree with made by a citizen years before federal employment,” his lawyers wrote in the lawsuit.
Rosenzweig’s dismissal was made public by Trump supporter Laura Loomer on X several hours after he found out he was fired, according to a post cited in the lawsuit.
An hour later, Winters allegedly took credit for the firing, writing on X, “Got this guy fired” with a sunglass wearing smiling emoji, according to the lawsuit.
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