俄亥俄州共和党众议员吉姆·乔丹(Jim Jordan)周日预测,如果民主党在11月中期选举后夺回众议院控制权,他们将在特朗普总统的两个任期之间对他发起第三次弹劾。
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Sunday predicted that Democrats will impeach President Trump for a third time between his two presidencies if they take control of the House after the November midterm elections.
乔丹在接受约翰·卡西马蒂迪斯(John Catsimatidis)主持的WABC 770 AM电台节目“猫咪圆桌会议”(Cats Roundtable)采访时表示,民主党人将利用立法机构的监督职能,“将其变成政府武器化的工具”。
Jordan suggested in an interview on “Cats Roundtable,” the WABC 770 AM radio show hosted by John Catsimatidis, that Democrats will take the legislative branch’s oversight capability “and turn it into a weaponization of government.”
“他们嘴上说不会,但我们知道他们会的——他们会对特朗普总统进行第三次弹劾,”乔丹对主持人说。“但这只是其中一部分。他们会调查第一家庭,还会调查内阁部长。”乔丹表示,如果民主党夺回众议院,他们——特别是众议院司法委员会的民主党高层、马里兰州众议员杰米·拉斯金(Jamie Raskin)——还将寻求弹劾联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔(Kash Patel)、司法部长托德·布兰奇(Todd Blanche)、国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥(Marco Rubio)和国防部长皮特·海格塞斯(Pete Hegseth)。
“They say they’re not going to, but we know they will –– they’ll do a third impeachment of President Trump,” Jordan told the host. “But that’s just part of it. They’re going to investigate the first family, they’re going to investigate cabinet secretaries.” Jordan said Democrats, specifically naming the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), will also look to impeach FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Todd Blanche, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should they win back the House. “And then they’ll also, I think, go after people in the private sector,” Jordan continued. “They’re going to go up for any business who, as an example, you got businesses who helped paper the inauguration, which happened every four years … [Democrats] are going to somehow say, ‘Oh, these businesses have done something wrong.'”
“而且我认为,他们还会针对私营部门的人,”乔丹继续说道。“他们会针对任何企业,比如,有些企业曾为每四年一次的就职典礼提供过文件支持……(民主党人)会想方设法地说,‘哦,这些企业做错了事。’”这位俄亥俄州共和党人还推测,民主党可能会试图针对2028年共和党总统候选人及其竞选搭档,称其为“无休止的武器化调查”。“这并非为了合法的监督,而仅仅是为了打击政治对手,”乔丹补充道。
The Ohio Republican also speculated that Democrats could attempt to go after the 2028 Republican nominee for president and their running mate, calling it “nonstop weaponized investigations.” “Not for legitimate oversight, but to just go after your political opponents,” Jordan added. Decision Desk HQ’s forecast shows a 72 percent probability that Democrats will win back the House.
Decision Desk HQ的预测显示,民主党夺回众议院的可能性为72%。
It’s unclear if Democrats will go forward with another Trump impeachment after the previous two during and shortly after the end of his first term concluded with acquittals.
目前尚不清楚民主党是否会推进对特朗普的再次弹劾,此前他在第一任期内及任期结束后不久曾两次遭到弹劾,但最终均被判无罪。
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said he has not ruled out pursuing another impeachment of the president, though he added that Raskin and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will lead the charge to hold the president accountable if they become chairs of their respective committees.
众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯(纽约州民主党人)表示,他并未排除再次对总统发起弹劾的可能性,但他补充称,如果拉斯金和众议院监督与政府改革委员会的罗伯特·加西亚(加利福尼亚州民主党人)成为各自委员会的主席,他们将牵头追究总统的责任。
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said he has not ruled out pursuing another impeachment of the president, though he added that Raskin and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will lead the charge to hold the president accountable if they become chairs of their respective committees.
特朗普本人已警告共和党人,他们必须保住众议院的控制权,否则他可能面临另一次弹劾。上个月,他在为南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员达琳·格雷厄姆举行的集会上再次重申了这一观点,并补充说,寻求弹劾他的民主党人“根本不知道原因”。本月,由阿尔·格林(得克萨斯州民主党人)议员主导的、针对特朗普移民遣返议程的弹劾尝试未能成功。格林指责总统滥用权力,发起移民镇压行动,导致美国公民死亡。
Trump himself has warned Republicans that they must keep control of the House or he could face another impeachment. He said it again last month at a rally for South Carolina Republican Sen. Darline Graham, adding that Democrats seeking to impeach him “have no idea why.” An earlier attempt to impeach Trump over his deportation agenda, spearheaded by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), failed this month. Green accused the president of abusing his powers by launching an immigration crackdown, resulting in the deaths of U.S. citizens.
2019年,众议院首次因特朗普威胁若乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基不调查当时的总统候选人乔·拜登,就扣留对乌军事援助而对特朗普发起弹劾。2021年1月6日美国国会大厦遭袭后,特朗普再次被弹劾。参议院投票宣告他无罪时,他已卸任。
The House first impeached Trump in 2019 over his threat to withhold military aid to Ukraine if its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, did not investigate then-presidential candidate Joe Biden. Trump was impeached again following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He was already out of office when the Senate voted to acquit him.