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发布于2026年11月7日 美国东部时间下午2:40
唐纳德·特朗普 联邦机构
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2026年10月26日星期一，在华盛顿特区，一辆高尔夫球车载着路过东波托马克公园高尔夫球场被砍伐树木的人们。
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一名联邦法官于本周六表示，她打算任命一名前美国检察官，调查政府律师在围绕唐纳德·特朗普总统 desired renovation（原词保留，按语境应为“拟议改造”）华盛顿特区一家高尔夫球场的激烈、旷日持久的法律案件中是否存在“道德违规”行为——这也为特朗普政府与司法分支的斗争又添了新篇章。
地区法官安娜·C·雷耶斯在本周六发布的一项命令中表示，她打算任命前华盛顿特区联邦检察官刘晓丹（Jessie Liu，按标准译名保留通用译法），调查司法部与内政部律师在特朗普计划改造东波托马克高尔夫球场一案中的行为。
保护主义者与高尔夫球手们担忧，特朗普的改造计划可能改变这座球场的属性，使华盛顿特区地区高尔夫球手失去一处公共且价格亲民的运动场所，因此提起诉讼以阻止相关改造。
CNN已就此事联系司法部与内政部寻求置评。
在上个月一场激烈的听证会上，雷耶斯猛烈抨击了政府律师，原因是政府在本月早些时候，仅提前不到一天通知法院，就从公园内砍伐了400多棵树。政府声称，这些树木的砍伐是必要的，与特朗普拟议的改造计划无关。
“我现在不只是感到愤怒和恼火，更是对政府感到极度失望，”雷耶斯在上个月的听证会上表示。
她多次斥责政府在本案中的行为，认为政府已丧失所有公信力，并暗示政府律师可能会被处以制裁。
“问题在于，我是否被欺骗了——无论是在项目方案的声明中，还是在时间节点相关的告知里，”雷耶斯在这场持续三个多小时的听证会上说道。她补充称，自己对政府声称树木砍伐与特朗普的改造计划无关的说法“持怀疑态度”。
而政府方面曾试图让雷耶斯回避本案，但未成功。
特朗普政府表示，计划在下周日关闭球场进行改造，但原告已要求雷耶斯临时阻止这些计划。本案的听证会定于本周五举行。
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2019年，华盛顿特区，华盛顿特区联邦检察官刘晓丹（Jessie K. Liu）在一场新闻发布会上。
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刘晓丹于2017年至2020年担任华盛顿特区首席检察官，此前曾在该办公室担任联邦助理检察官。她曾在司法部负责国家安全与民权事务的部门工作。
雷耶斯表示，她将给双方截至下周的时间，对她的命令作出回应。
这座球场只是特朗普计划在华盛顿特区地区开展的改造项目之一，其他项目还包括翻新约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心、拆除东翼建筑并在原址新建一座宴会厅，以及计划在阿灵顿国家公墓附近修建一座凯旋门。
尽管与特朗普政府面临的其他法律斗争相比，高尔夫球场一案的相关风险相对较低，但这起案件仍是政府蔑视、无视或拖延执行法院命令的多起案件之一。
唐纳德·特朗普 联邦机构
Judge expected to tap former US attorney to investigate possible ‘ethical violations’ by Trump admin lawyers in case
By Michael Williams
PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2026, 2:40 PM ET
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People drive a golf cart past removed trees at East Potomac Park Golf Course, Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
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A federal judge on Saturday said she intends to appoint a former US attorney to investigate whether government lawyers committed “ethical violations” in the heated, protracted legal case surrounding President Donald Trump’s desired renovation of a Washington, DC, golf course — adding another chapter to the Trump administration’s battles with the Judicial Branch.
District Judge Ana C. Reyes said in an order issued Saturday that she intended to appoint Jessie Liu, the former US Attorney for the District of Columbia, to probe the conduct of Departments of Justice and Interior lawyers in the case over objections to Trump’s planned renovation to East Potomac Golf links.
Preservationists and golfers, who worried Trump’s plan could change the identity of the course and remove a public and affordable place for DC-area golfers to play, sued to block the changes.
CNN has reached out to the Departments of Justice and Interior for comment.
In a heated hearing last month, Reyes slammed government lawyers after the administration removed, with less than a day’s notice to the court, more than 400 trees from the park earlier this month. The government claimed the removals were necessary and not tied to Trump’s desired renovation.
“More than just being upset and furious right now, I am just beyond disappointed with the government,” Reyes said during last month’s hearing.
She has repeatedly rebuked the conduct of the government in the case, said they have lost all credibility in her view and has implied that the government’s attorneys could be sanctioned.
“The question goes to whether or not I have been lied to, whether I have been lied to in declarations about the plans, whether I have been lied to about the timing of things,” Reyes said in the hearing, which lasted more than three hours. She added that she was “skeptical” of the administration’s claims that the removals had nothing to do with Trump’s renovation plans.
The government in turn has unsuccessfully sought to have Reyes remove herself from the case.
The Trump administration has said it plans to close the course for renovations by next Sunday, but the plaintiffs have asked Reyes to temporarily block those plans. A hearing is scheduled in the case on Friday.
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US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie K. Liu at a 2019 press conference in Washington, D.C.
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Liu served as DC’s top prosecutor from 2017 to 2020 and previously served as an assistant US attorney in that office. She previously worked in Justice Department offices dealing with national security and civil rights.
Reyes said she would give both parties until next week to respond to her order.
The course is just one of Trump’s planned renovation projects for the DC area, which include his efforts to renovate the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, his destruction of the East Wing and construction of a new ballroom on the site, and his planned triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery.
While the stakes surrounding the course have been comparatively low when put up against other legal battles roiling the Trump administration, the golf course case has been one of several in which the administration has displayed disdain for, flouted or delayed in complying with court orders.
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