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美国司法部放宽了针对司法部长及其他高级政治任命官员的准则，允许他们参与政治活动。
本周由助理司法部长乔琳·安·劳里签发的一份备忘录放松了对经参议院确认的总统任命官员的道德限制，允许他们以个人身份发表集会演讲、挨家挨户拉票，甚至担任全国性政党的代表或官员。
该指导方针适用于司法部长、副司法部长、助理司法部长、联邦调查局局长、美国检察官等人员。
前司法部长帕姆·邦迪在任期间曾略微放宽相关规定，允许政治任命官员参加集会和筹款活动。新备忘录则更进一步。
它明确指出，经总统任命、参议院确认的司法部员工，不受针对其他部分司法部员工的更严格准则约束，比如行政法法官以及刑事司工作人员。
司法部长托德·布兰奇曾在9月出席共和党中期代表大会，并到场为北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员候选人造势，此举招致批评，称其违反了长期以来旨在保持政治与司法独立的司法部惯例。
“我绝对没有违反任何规定或法律，”布兰奇在谈及自己出席这些活动时表示，并补充说这些行为都是以个人身份进行的。
这些举措出台之际，正值拜登政府时期的司法部收紧了对任命官员政治活动的限制。
2024年的一份备忘录称：“非职业任命官员不得参加任何党派政治活动，即便以个人身份也不行”，该政策延续了两年前开始实施的规定。
2024年的备忘录还要求任命官员“在尽可能可行的情况下，避免在该州初选或大选前不久在该州公开露面”。
美国公共电视网率先报道了新指导方针。
AG Blanche, other high-level DOJ appointees can take part in political campaigns, memo says
October 10, 2026 12:57 AM EDT / CBS News
By Arden Farhi Washington bureau managing editor
Arden Farhi is the managing editor for CBS News’ Washington bureau. He has covered several presidential campaigns and the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. His executive producer credits include “The Takeout with Major Garrett” and the CBS News original podcast “Agent of Betrayal,” and his work has been recognized with two Emmy Awards, a DuPont Award and a NY Festivals gold medal.
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The Justice Department has loosened the guidelines for the attorney general and other senior political appointees, allowing them to participate in political activities.
A memo sent this week by Assistant Attorney General Jolene Ann Laurie relaxes ethics restrictions on Senate-confirmed presidential appointees such that they can speak at rallies, canvass for votes and even serve as delegates or officers of a national political party as long as those activities are conducted in their personal capacities.
The guidance applies to the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, assistant attorneys general, the FBI director, U.S. attorneys and others.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi had loosened the regulations somewhat during her tenure by allowing political appointees to attend rallies and fundraisers. The new memo goes a step further.
It specifically states that presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed Justice Department employees are exempt from the more stringent guidelines imposed on some other DOJ employees, such as administrative law judges and those in the Criminal Division.
Attorney General Todd Blanche addressed the Republican midterm convention in September and attended a rally for a North Carolina Republican Senate candidate, drawing criticism that he violated long-standing Justice Department norms intended to keep politics independent from the law.
“I am not in any way violating any rule or law,” Blanche said about his appearances at these events, adding they were done in his personal capacity.
These moves come after the Biden-era Justice Department clamped down on appointees’ political activities.
“Non-career appointees may not attend any partisan political events, even in their personal capacities,” a 2024 memo said, continuing a policy instituted two years earlier.
The 2024 memo also said that appointees should “avoid making public appearances in any state shortly before a primary or general election in that state, to the greatest extent practicable.”
PBS News was first to report on the new guidelines.
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