The task would go to the former chief judge of a federal court in New York state.

这项任务将交给纽约州一家联邦法院的前首席法官。

The court's chief judge said the punishment was necessary to prevent similar wrongdoing by other presidents in the future.

该法院审判长表示，有必要对其进行惩罚，以阻止未来其他总统做出类似的行为。

We'll take it to the chief judge.

那我们就提请首席法官审理。

I'll be calling the chief judge shortly.

我马上打电话给首席法官。

In New York, the acting chief judge said during his state-of-the-judiciary message this year that " staffing shortages slow down our dockets and burden our already-strained workforce."

在纽约，代理首席法官在他今年的司法状况咨文中说，“人员短缺减缓了我们的诉讼进度，加重了我们本已紧张的工作人员的负担。”