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詹姆斯对前幕僚长易卜拉欣·汗的不当行为指控的处理方式再次引发关注
作者：伊莱恩·马伦 福克斯新闻
一位前检察官详解了詹姆斯在任命前的表态，以及外界对其前助手相关指控的审查，如何可能让这起备受瞩目的调查复杂化。
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纽约州总检察长莉蒂夏·詹姆斯已承诺将对康奈尔大学7人团伙强奸指控展开全面公正的调查。而数年前，她曾被指控无视针对其前幕僚长的性骚扰警告，任由他“悄悄辞职”，却 allegedly 让指控他的原告毫不知情。
相关指控源于詹姆斯前副新闻秘书索菲亚·金塔纳2022年提起的诉讼。2025年2月，纽约一名法官驳回了针对詹姆斯本人及总检察长办公室的指控。该裁决于2026年5月被上诉法院维持。
在纽约州民主党州长凯西·霍楚尔任命詹姆斯为特别检察官，调查2024年10月康奈尔大学兄弟会宿舍一起涉嫌团伙强奸案后，针对詹姆斯的这些指控再次受到关注。
“凯西·霍楚尔对地方检察官处理康奈尔性侵案的方式失去了信心。所以她选择了莉蒂夏·詹姆斯。州长，您读过索菲亚·金塔纳的诉讼了吗？”驻纽约的欺诈调查员萨姆·安塔尔在X平台上写道。
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“你有权质疑地方检察官对康奈尔案的处理方式，”安塔尔继续说道，“我们也有权质疑詹姆斯对自己助手的处理方式，以及你选择詹姆斯来重建公众信任的决定。”
在一名被告的律师指出詹姆斯在被任命前几天发布的社交媒体帖文似乎站在指控受害者一方后，詹姆斯已经面临要求她回避此案的呼声。
“这名年轻女性被迫承受的遭遇令人震惊且不可接受，”詹姆斯9月28日在X平台上发帖称，“我将她放在我的心中和祈祷中。对于她和所有幸存者：你们并不孤单。我们与你们站在一起。”
代表被控学生吉利奥·洛佩斯的律师安德鲁·米尔滕贝格于10月7日提交了法庭请愿书，要求将詹姆斯从该案中移除。米尔滕贝格辩称，詹姆斯的言论引发了人们对她能否独立评估证据、决定是否有必要提起刑事指控的担忧。
“纽约州总检察长莉蒂夏·詹姆斯一直认真对待此类案件，遵循事实和法律，”詹姆斯的发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
前联邦检察官尼玛·拉赫马尼告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，詹姆斯的公开言论可能会让她的调查复杂化。
“像蒂什·詹姆斯这样的检察官在调查结束前就公开评论案件是有问题的，”拉赫马尼说。
“问题在于，如果你提起刑事指控，无论是通过起诉书还是大陪审团起诉，都可能玷污刑事案件的潜在陪审团成员，”他补充道。
拉赫马尼承认，詹姆斯发表上述言论时可能并未预料到自己会被任命，但表示辩护律师仍可能对她的参与提出质疑。
霍楚尔为任命詹姆斯的决定进行了辩护。
“我完全相信我们的总检察长会做她一直以来做的事：审视事实、审查记录并得出恰当的结论，”霍楚尔在10月2日的新闻发布会上表示，“这正是本案中将要发生的事情。”
詹姆斯也在10月1日的一份声明中承诺，其办公室将“以事实和法律为指引”。
“州长将这项调查托付给我的办公室，我们不会轻视这一责任，”詹姆斯说。
但除安塔尔之外，还有其他人表示，纽约民众不应忘记其前雇员针对詹姆斯提出的过往指控。
“前员工索菲亚·金塔纳的正义在哪里？”拉蒂娜·布朗在X平台上发帖称，“她公开谴责了性骚扰，而纽约州总检察长莉蒂夏·詹姆斯却让这名女性在整个纽约州都被列入黑名单。民主党人对这个可怜的女人置之不理。这位西班牙裔女性的支持在哪里？”
这场诉讼的核心是詹姆斯对其长期幕僚长易卜拉欣·汗的不当行为指控的处理方式。金塔纳指控汗于2021年11月在布鲁克林的一场政治筹款活动中强行亲吻她。
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在诉讼中，金塔纳指控詹姆斯忽视了有关汗行为的警告信号，并在指控浮出水面后保护汗免受后续影响。
她的诉讼声称，汗被允许在离职声明中隐瞒其“不法行为”，并指控詹姆斯就调查期间汗的去向向媒体发表“误导性声明”。金塔纳还称，她未被及时告知调查进展。
诉状还提及了前雇员安杰尔·杜布斯的早期指控。杜布斯声称，2014年圣诞派对上她被下药并性侵，当时詹姆斯担任纽约市公共宣传官。
诉讼援引了2017年《纽约邮报》将汗与这起所谓性侵案联系起来的报道。但据《纽约时报》报道，该报后来删除了这篇报道，因为了解到杜布斯不记得袭击者是谁，也从未指认汗为施暴者。
詹姆斯表示，她在2017年得知杜布斯的指控后，已将此事移交给执法部门和其他机构。曼哈顿地区检察官办公室和纽约市调查局后来结束了调查，未提起任何指控。
詹姆斯在2022年12月的NY1采访中将这些指控描述为“未经证实”。
詹姆斯的办公室表示，其首次得知金塔纳针对汗的指控是在2022年10月2日，次日便要求他远程办公，并于10月4日聘请了一家外部律师事务所展开调查。
不过，诉讼并未被完全驳回。上诉法院允许针对汗的联邦民权诉求继续审理，并恢复了针对汗和詹姆斯连任竞选团队的报复诉求。
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康奈尔大学的Chi Phi兄弟会宿舍（左）与纽约州总检察长莉蒂夏·詹姆斯（右）。一名被控性侵案学生的律师呼吁詹姆斯因此前的公开言论个人回避此次刑事调查。(斯宾塞·普拉特/盖蒂图片社)
调查证实了针对汗的指控，汗于2022年11月辞职。
这些指控的核心是，汗在金塔纳拒绝其性挑逗后，阻止她获得竞选工作。
2026年5月，上诉法院维持了驳回金塔纳针对詹姆斯及总检察长办公室的指控的裁决，认定该诉讼未能充分证明詹姆斯知晓汗所谓的不当行为。
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Letitia James’ ‘fair’ Cornell rape probe vow collides with accused aide’s ‘quiet’ exit
October 13, 2026 12:51pm EDT / Fox News
James’ handling of misconduct claims against former chief of staff Ibrahim Khan has drawn renewed attention
By Elaine Mallon Fox News
A former prosecutor explains how James’ pre-appointment comments and scrutiny over her former aide’s allegations could complicate the high-profile investigation.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has pledged a full and fair investigation into the Cornell 7 gang rape allegations, years after she faced accusations that she ignored warnings of sexual misconduct against her former chief of staff and allowed him to “quietly resign” while allegedly keeping his accuser in the dark.
The claims stemmed from a 2022 lawsuit filed by James’ former deputy press secretary, Sofia Quintanar. A New York judge dismissed the claims against James personally and the Attorney General’s Office in February 2025. The decision was upheld by an appellate court in May 2026.
Those allegations against James have received new attention after New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed James as special prosecutor to investigate an alleged gang rape at a fraternity house associated with Cornell University in October 2024.
“Kathy Hochul lost faith in the local DA’s handling of the Cornell sexual assault case. So she picked Letitia James. Did you read Sofia Quintanar’s lawsuit, Governor?” Sam Antar, a fraud investigator based in New York wrote on X.
CORNELL SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE REVIVES SCRUTINY OF A LITTLE-KNOWN NEW YORK LAW ON INTOXICATED VICTIMS
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during an announcement on the Standing Up to ICE outreach program at the governor’s office in New York City, Aug. 12, 2026.(REUTERS/David Dee Delgado)
“You’re entitled to question the DA’s handling of Cornell,” Antar continued. “We’re entitled to question James’s handling of her own aide and your choice of James to restore public confidence.”
James is already facing calls to recuse herself from the case after an attorney for one of the defendants pointed to social media posts she made days before her appointment that appeared to take the alleged victim’s side.
“What this young woman has been forced to endure is horrific and unacceptable,” James posted on X on Sept. 28. “I’m holding her in my heart and in my prayers. To her, and to all survivors: you’re not alone. We stand with you.”
Andrew Miltenberg, an attorney representing accused student Gillio Lopes, filed a court petition on Oct. 7 requesting James to be removed from the case. Miltenberg argued that James’ remarks raised concerns about whether she could independently evaluate the evidence and determine whether criminal charges were warranted.
“New York Attorney General Letitia James has always taken these matters seriously and followed the facts and the law,” a spokesperson for James told Fox News Digital.
Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Fox News Digital that James’ public comments could complicate her investigation.
“It is problematic for a prosecutor like Tish James to be commenting on a case publicly before the investigation is concluded,” Rahmani said.
“And the problem is, if you file criminal charges, whether it’s through a complaint or a grand jury indictment, that may taint the potential jury pool in a criminal case,” he added.
Rahmani acknowledged that James likely did not anticipate being appointed when she made the remarks but said defense attorneys could still raise concerns about her involvement.
Hochul has defended her decision to appoint James.
“I have every confidence in our Attorney General to do what she has always done: look at the facts, examine the record and draw the proper conclusions,” Hochul said during an Oct. 2 news conference. “That’s exactly what’s going to happen in this case.”
James also pledged in an Oct. 1 statement that her office would be “guided by the facts and the law.”
“The Governor has entrusted my office with this investigation, and we do not take that responsibility lightly,” James said.
But others, in addition to Antar, say New Yorkers shouldn’t move on from the previous allegations raised against James by her former employee.
“What about justice for former staffer Sofia Quintanar?” Lattina Brown posted on X. “She spoke out about sexual harassment and NY AG Letitia James had this woman blacklisted in the entire state of NY. The Dems turned their backs on this poor woman. Where is the support for the Hispanic woman?”
The litigation centered on James’ handling of misconduct allegations involving her longtime chief of staff, Ibrahim Khan, whom Quintanar accused of forcibly kissing her at a Brooklyn political fundraiser in November 2021.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York Attorney General Letitia James attend a press conference regarding an investigation into alleged sexual assault at Cornell University, in New York City, US, October 2, 2026.(REUTERS/Jeenah Moon)
In her lawsuit, Quintanar accused James of overlooking warning signs about Khan’s conduct and protecting him from the fallout after the accusations surfaced.
Her lawsuit claimed Khan was allowed to omit his “unlawful conduct” from his resignation statement and accused James of making “misleading statements” to the press about his whereabouts during the investigation. Quintanar also alleged she was not kept updated on the investigation.
The complaint pointed to earlier accusations involving Angel Dubose, a former employee who claimed she was drugged and sexually assaulted at a 2014 holiday party while James served as New York City’s public advocate.
The lawsuit referenced a 2017 New York Post article linking Khan to the alleged assault. However, the newspaper later removed the report after learning that Dubose could not recall who attacked her and had never identified Khan as the perpetrator, The New York Times reported.
James said she referred Dubose’s allegations to law enforcement and other agencies after learning of them in 2017. The Manhattan district attorney’s office and New York City’s Department of Investigation later closed their investigations without filing charges.
James described those allegations as “unsubstantiated” in a December 2022 NY1 interview.
James’ office said it first learned of Quintanar’s allegations against Khan on Oct. 2, 2022, directed him to work remotely the following day and hired an outside law firm to investigate on Oct. 4.
However, the lawsuit was not dismissed entirely. The appellate court allowed a federal civil rights claim against Khan to proceed and revived retaliation claims against Khan and James’ re-election campaign.
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Cornell’s Chi Phi fraternity house, left, and New York Attorney General Letitia James, right. An attorney for one of the students accused in a sexual assault lawsuit is calling on James to personally recuse herself from the criminal investigation over her prior public comments.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The investigation substantiated the allegations against Khan, who resigned in November 2022.
Those claims centered on allegations that Khan blocked Quintanar from obtaining a campaign job after she rejected his sexual advances.
In May 2026, an appellate court upheld the dismissal of Quintanar’s claims against James and the Attorney General’s Office, finding that the lawsuit failed to sufficiently show James knew about Khan’s alleged misconduct.
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Fox News Digital reached out to attorneys for Khan and Quintanar for comment.
Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.
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