查看更多我们的报道，请搜索相关结果。缅因大学系统董事会本周投票决定，将前参议院多数党领袖乔治·米切尔的名字从一栋建筑和一个奖学金基金中移除，原因是他与已故被定罪的恋童癖者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦有关联。
The University of Maine System’s Board of Trustees voted this week to remove the name of former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell from a building and a scholarship fund over his links to late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
董事会周一以9票对5票、1票弃权的结果，决定将位于奥罗诺缅因大学旗舰校区的乔治·J·米切尔可持续发展解决方案中心以及乔治·J·米切尔和平奖学金更名。该奖学金资助在爱尔兰和北爱尔兰大学进行为期一年的研究生学习。
The board voted 9-5 Monday with one abstention to rename the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions on UMaine’s flagship campus in Orono as well as the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship, which funds one year of post-graduate studies at universities in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
现年93岁的米切尔在今年早些时候司法部公布的与爱泼斯坦案相关的大量文件中被提及超过300次。直到2013年，这位前民主党参议员仍被安排与这位声名狼藉的金融家会面，而那是爱泼斯坦接受优厚认罪协议五年之后——该协议中他承认了两项佛罗里达州教唆卖淫罪名，其中一项涉及未成年人。
Mitchell, now 93, is mentioned more than 300 times in voluminous files related to the Epstein case that were released by the Department of Justice earlier this year. As late as 2013, the former Democratic senator was scheduled to take meetings with the disgraced financier, five years after Epstein accepted a sweetheart plea deal in which he copped to two Florida counts of soliciation of prostitution, with one count involving a minor.
2018年12月，爱泼斯坦在与前特朗普白宫策略师史蒂夫·班农的短信交流中，将米切尔描述为“担任参议院多数党领袖时非常亲密的朋友”。
In December 2018, Epstein described Mitchell as “a very close friend when senate majority leader” during a text exchange with former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon.
米切尔多次否认有个人不当行为，也否认知晓爱泼斯坦对年轻女孩的性虐待。
Mitchell has repeatedly denied personal wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein’s sexual abuse of young girls.
缅因大学官员于今年2月成立了一个特别工作组，旨在调查在爱泼斯坦文件公布后，是否应将米切尔的名字从大学财产中移除。调查结论指出：“虽然目前没有发现米切尔参议员有任何不当行为，但鉴于美国司法部近期公布的材料，并考虑到受害者和幸存者的经历，特别工作组认为，继续使用米切尔参议员的名字将损害公众信任，并对大学及其声誉产生负面影响。”
UMaine officials established a task force in February to investigate whether Mitchell’s name should be removed from university property following the release of the Epstein files The probe concluded: “While no findings of wrongdoing by Senator Mitchell have been made, in light of the material that has recently been made public by the US Department of Justice, and mindful of the experiences of victims and survivors, the task force concludes that continued use of Senator Mitchell’s name would compromise the public trust and reflect adversely upon the university and its reputation.”
米切尔于1980年被任命为美国参议员，随后赢得了两个完整任期，并于1995年退出选举政治，担任时任总统比尔·克林顿的北爱尔兰问题特使。在任职期间，他因促成1998年《贝尔法斯特协议》（Good Friday Agreement）而广受赞誉，该协议几乎终结了长达数十年的宗派冲突。
Mitchell was appointed to the US Senate in 1980 and later won two full terms before retiring from electoral politics in 1995 to become then-President Bill Clinton’s special envoy for Northern Ireland. In that position, he was widely credited with negotiating the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that all but ended decades of sectarian conflict.
2006年，米切尔受时任美国职业棒球大联盟（MLB）主席巴德·塞利格委托，调查美国棒球运动中类固醇和兴奋剂的使用情况。2007年12月发布的《米切尔报告》指认了89名现役和退役球员为已证实或涉嫌使用违禁药物者，其中洋基队王牌投手罗杰·克莱门斯是名单中最大牌的球星。
In 2006, Mitchell was tapped by then-baseball commissioner Bud Selig to investigate steroid and performance-enhancing drug use in America’s pastime. The Mitchell Report, released in December 2007, identified 89 current and former players as confirmed or suspected drug cheats, with Yankees ace Roger Clemens the biggest name on the list.
在该报告发布后，MLB加强了药物检测制度并开始实施更严厉的惩罚措施：球员首次检测呈阳性将被禁赛80场，第二次呈阳性将被禁赛整个162场比赛的赛季，第三次呈阳性则将被终身禁赛。
MLB stepped up its drug testing regimen following the release of the report and began instituting tougher punishments, with players banned 80 games for a first positive test, a full 162-game season for a second positive test, and for life after a third positive test.
今年2月，米切尔辞去了米切尔研究所名誉主席一职，该研究所旨在为缅因州公立高中的学生提供大学奖学金。同月，他的肖像画被从奥古斯塔州议会大厦的墙上撤下，此前该肖像一直与其他缅因州著名政治人物的肖像一同陈列。
In February of this year, Mitchell resigned as honorary chairman of the Mitchell Institute, which awards college scholarships to Maine public high school students. That same month, his portrait was removed from the walls of the State House in Augusta, where it was displayed alongside other notable Maine politicians.