华盛顿——据一位知情人士周一透露，一名曾支持唐纳德·特朗普总统关于2020年大选不实主张的律师，已从司法部一项调查中辞职。该调查旨在查明前政府官员是否曾密谋针对这位共和党总统。
ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON — A lawyer who backed President Donald Trump’s false 2020 election claims has resigned from a Justice Department investigation into whether former government officials conspired against the Republican president, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.
库尔特·奥尔森从所谓“大阴谋”调查中辞职，标志着这项调查进一步陷入混乱。自启动以来，随着检察官们追逐一个定义模糊的右翼阴谋论——即存在针对特朗普的阴谋——该调查一直进展缓慢、时断时续。就在几周前，另一位特朗普盟友约瑟夫·迪吉诺瓦也离开了该调查，他此前一直在佛罗里达州主导这项备受关注的调查。
Kurt Olsen’s resignation from the so-called “grand conspiracy” probe represents further turmoil in a meandering investigation that has proceeded in fits and starts since its inception as prosecutors pursue an ill-defined right-wing theory of a conspiracy against Trump. It comes just weeks after the departure of another Trump ally, Joseph diGenova , who had been leading the closely watched investigation in Florida.
确认奥尔森辞职的这位人士以匿名方式发表谈话，以讨论人事事宜。周一，奥尔森未立即回复电子邮件询问。
The person who confirmed Olsen’s resignation spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters. Olsen didn’t immediately respond to an email on Monday.
奥尔森作为“选举否认者”的突出身份，提升了他在特朗普圈子内的知名度，但他缺乏司法部检察官的经验，使得他成为这项高关注度调查的非常规人选。
Olsen’s prominence as an election denier elevated his profile in the Trump orbit, but his absence of experience as a Justice Department prosecutor made him an unconventional pick for such a high-profile investigation.
调查人员将注意力集中在多项针对特朗普的重大调查上，包括2016年大选俄罗斯干预调查，以及他在佛罗里达州海湖庄园保留机密文件的调查。他们要求这两项调查中的相关官员作证，以寻找任何可能剥夺特朗普权利的阴谋迹象。
Investigators have focused attention on multiple major investigations of Trump, including the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election and his retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, and have demanded testimony from officials from both of those probes as they search for any signs of a potential conspiracy to deprive Trump of his rights.
本月早些时候，奥尔森在该调查中的角色受到关注。前中央情报局局长约翰·布伦南的律师透露，他曾与奥尔森讨论过一份传票，该传票要求布伦南于10月25日在弗特皮尔斯的大陪审团前作证。韦因斯坦表示，奥尔森告诉他，布伦南仍然是另一项范围较窄的虚假陈述调查的“目标”。
Olsen’s role in the investigation came into focus earlier this month when an attorney for former CIA Director John Brennan revealed that he had discussed with Olsen a subpoena compelling Brennan to testify before the grand jury in Fort Pierce on Oct. 25. Wainstein said Olsen told him that Brennan also remains a “target” of a narrower false statements investigation.
这是这场持续一年的阴谋调查中出现动荡的最新迹象。去年四月，布伦南调查案的一名首席国家安全检察官在对案件的证据力度提出质疑后被调离团队。几天后，迪热诺瓦宣誓就职。
It’s the latest sign of upheaval in the yearlong conspiracy investigation. Last April, a lead national security prosecutor in the Brennan investigation was replaced on the team after raising questions about the strength of the case. Days later, diGenova was sworn in.
现年81岁的迪热诺瓦曾在里根政府时期担任哥伦比亚特区联邦检察官，多年来一直是特朗普的重要盟友，包括支持他推翻2020年大选失利结果的努力，并公开且反复声称总统是情报界阴谋的受害者。
The 81-year-old diGenova served as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia during the Reagan administration and for years has been a prominent Trump ally, including backing his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and publicly and repeatedly claiming that the president was the victim of an intelligence community conspiracy.
迪热诺瓦本月初辞职，期间未提起任何刑事诉讼。目前尚不清楚是否会有任何诉讼，也不清楚收集到了什么信息来支持政府官员针对特朗普进行调查这一阴谋论。
DiGenova resigned earlier this month without bringing a single criminal case. It remains unclear whether any will be, or what information has been gathered to support any basis for the idea of a plot against Trump by the government officials who investigated him.
奥尔森曾在2020年游说司法部支持总统的虚假主张，但未获成功。他在担任白宫选举安全与诚信主任后，于几个月前加入了司法部。
Olsen, who unsuccessfully pushed the Justice Department in 2020 to back the president’s false claims, joined the Justice Department months ago after serving in a White House post as director of election security and integrity.
奥尔森曾协助德克萨斯州共和党总检察长肯·帕克斯顿发起了一项胜算渺茫的诉讼，试图让美国最高法院推翻乔·拜登在2020年的胜选结果；后来，他又在卡里·莱克试图推翻其2022年亚利桑那州州长竞选失利结果的过程中担任其代理律师。亚利桑那州法院因奥尔森在该案中发表虚假陈述而对其进行了制裁。
Olsen helped Texas’ Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton, launch a longshot bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 win and later represented Kari Lake during her attempt to overturn her loss in the 2022 Arizona governor’s race. Arizona courts sanctioned Olsen for making false statements in that case.