发布时间：美国东部时间2026年10月26日下午5:33 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
前FBI局长詹姆斯·科米于2017年6月8日抵达华盛顿国会山，出席美国参议院情报特别委员会听证会并作证。
Brendan Smialowski/法新社/盖蒂图片社/资料图
美国司法部对詹姆斯·科米提起刑事诉讼，指控他十年前下令其团队向一名记者泄露机密信息，这是检方第三次对这名前FBI局长提出刑事指控。
根据周一公开的法院文件，科米面临的指控源于2016年10月他担任FBI局长期间涉嫌泄露一份敏感国家安全文件。他的律师表示，这些指控此前已接受调查，未导致任何起诉。
“这简直荒谬，要不是这是对司法部令人发指的滥用，我们绝不能对此麻木不仁，”科米在社交媒体发布的视频中表示。
司法部第三次起诉詹姆斯·科米
0分35秒 · 消息来源：CNN
然而，一名司法部官员在声明中表示，载有两项指控的文件——即所谓的“刑事起诉书”——不具有可执行性，且他们尚未正式对科米提起诉讼。该官员称，此举实际是为了将根据《反间谍法》对前FBI局长提起诉讼的十年期限延长，该期限已于本月初到期。
“提交刑事起诉书以中止诉讼时效是联邦法院普遍认可的做法，并已得到多个巡回上诉法院的批准，”司法部官员表示。“这是一项正在进行的刑事调查，我们不会进一步置评。”
最终，法官将决定司法部在诉讼时效到期后起诉科米的行为是否合法。本月早些时候，科米提议驳回此案，称必须在十年内提起正式起诉，而司法部的文件不符合要求。
该案于周一公开，但文件中几乎没有检方具体指控的相关细节。
针对向《纽约时报》泄露信息的争议始于特朗普第一任期初期。特朗普总统解除科米FBI局长职务后，科米向其团队分享了至少一份描述他与总统谈话的备忘录。相关信息随后被转交给《纽约时报》记者。
针对科米行为的指控是多项调查的核心，其中包括司法部监察长以及特别检察官约翰·达勒姆主导的调查。达勒姆被指派审查联邦调查俄罗斯干预2016年选举案的起源。
https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/gettyimages-2246539844.jpg 莫里恩·科米于11月13日在弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市的影像。Alex Wong/盖蒂图片社/资料图 法官裁定：莫里恩·科米被非法免除司法部职务 3分钟阅读时长
达勒姆已对与该调查相关的三人提起诉讼，尽管他批评了科米及其他政府高级官员的部分决定，但并未找到对他们提起刑事诉讼的证据。
科米在北卡罗来纳州仍面临一项单独的刑事指控，指控他去年春季在社交媒体发布沙滩贝壳照片并排列成“8647”字样威胁特朗普。去年，一名法官驳回了针对科米就其向国会作证时泄露信息的案件。
“使用刑事‘起诉书’来规避诉讼时效是一种怪异且可能不当的做法，”前联邦检察官、CNN高级法律分析师埃利·霍尼格周一表示。“通常情况下，起诉书必须得到被告同意——而科米并未在此同意。因此，它可能无法延长诉讼时效，而时效本应在2026年10月5日到期。”
本文已更新，补充了更多信息。CNN记者阿利娜·法耶兹对本文亦有贡献。
Justice Department charges former FBI Director James Comey for third time
PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2026, 5:33 PM ET / CNN
Former FBI Director James Comey arrives to testify during a US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC, June 8, 2017.
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images/File
The Justice Department criminally charged James Comey over a decade-old allegation that he ordered his staff to leak classified information to a reporter, the third time that prosecutors have levied criminal allegations against the former FBI director.
Comey is charged over allegedly leaking a sensitive national security document when he was FBI director in October 2016, according to court records made public Monday, allegations that his attorneys said were investigated previously without resulting in charges.
“It would almost be funny if it weren’t such an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice, one that we cannot become numb to,” Comey said in a video he posted on social media.
Justice Dept Charges James Comey for a Third Time
0:35 • Source: CNN
The Justice Department, however, says the document that the two charges are outlined in — called an information — is not enforceable and that they have yet to file their official charges against Comey. The move is instead an attempt to push back the 10-year deadline on bringing charges under the Espionage Act against the former FBI director, which expired earlier this month, a department official said in a statement.
“Filing a criminal information to toll the statute of limitations is a widely recognized practice in federal court and has been approved by multiple Circuit Courts of Appeals,” the DOJ official said. “This is an ongoing criminal investigation, and we will not comment further.”
Ultimately, a judge will decide whether the Justice Department’s move to prosecute Comey after the statute of limitations expired is valid. Comey moved earlier this month to dismiss the case, saying that there needs to be an indictment within 10 years and that the DOJ filing does not suffice.
The case was unsealed on Monday, but documents include scant details about what prosecutors are specifically alleging.
The controversy over the alleged leaks to The New York Times began in the early days of Trump’s first administration. After he was fired as FBI director by President Donald Trump, Comey shared with his team at least one memo describing his conversations with the president. The information was then shared with a New York Times reporter.
The allegations into Comey’s conduct have been at the center of multiple investigations, including by the Justice Department’s inspector general and by Special Counsel John Durham, who was brought in to examine the origins of the federal investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/gettyimages-2246539844.jpg Maurene Comey is seen in Alexandria, Virginia, on November 13. Alex Wong/Getty Images/FILE Judge: Maurene Comey was illegally fired from Justice Department 3 min read
Durham brought charges against three people associated with the probe and while he criticized some of the decisions made by Comey and other top government officials, Durham didn’t find evidence to support criminal prosecutions against them.
Comey faces a separate criminal charge still in North Carolina where he is accused of threatening Trump by posting last spring on social media a photo of seashells in the sand arranged to say “8647.” A previous case against Comey over his Congressional testimony about leaks to the media was dismissed by a judge last year.
“This is a bizarre, and likely improper, use of a criminal ‘information’ ’to end-run the statute of limitations,” Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor and CNN’s senior legal analyst said Monday. “Typically an information must be agreed to by a defendant — and Comey did not consent here. It therefore likely cannot extend the statute of limitations, which would have expired on October 5, 2026.”
This story was updated with additional information. CNN’s Aleena Fayez contributed to this report.
发表回复