联邦调查局（FBI）发布的一段新视频引发了外界的投诉，称该局将包括现任密歇根州参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）在内的民主党人贴上“削减警察经费派”的标签，违反了《哈奇法》（Hatch Act）。该视频并未直接提及选举，还称赞了联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔（Kash Patel）在逮捕暴力罪犯和查获芬太尼方面的功绩。但专家表示，这显然违反了禁止联邦雇员以政府身份发表此类言论的竞选法。
A new video from the FBI has spurred complaints the bureau has violated the Hatch Act by labeling Democrats – including current Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed – as part of the “defund the police crowd.”The video does not mention the election outright and also credits FBI Director Kash Patel with arresting violent criminals and seizing fentanyl. But experts say it clearly runs afoul of electioneering laws that prohibit federal employees from making such statements in a government capacity.
“华盛顿公民责任与道德组织”（Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington）总裁兼首席执行官唐纳德·谢尔曼（Donald Sherman）在X平台上写道：“尽管该视频没有直接引导观众投票支持或反对某位候选人，但其传达的‘候选人政策失败’和‘美国人处于无保护状态’的信息，属于反对他们当选的宣传，违反了《哈奇法》。视频中提到埃尔-赛义德是‘进步派民主党人、参议院提名人’，这显然涉及了选举。他并非现任政府官员，将他包括在内除了为党派候选人的胜负进行宣传外，别无他意——这显然违反了《哈奇法》。”
“Although the video does not direct viewers to vote for or against a candidate, its message that the candidates’ policies ‘failed’ and ‘Americans were left exposed’ is advocacy against their election that violates the Hatch Act,” Donald Sherman, president and CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington wrote on X. “The video’s mention of El-Sayed as ‘Progressive Democrat, Senate Nominee’ clearly invokes the election. He is not a current gov't official & his inclusion has no other purpose than to advocate for success or failure of a partisan candidate - a clear Hatch Act violation.”
这段视频由联邦调查局的快速反应账号于周二在X上发布，时长超过两分钟，视频中出现了多位知名民主党人的面孔，包括前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯（Kamala Harris）、众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez，纽约州）和伊尔汗·奥马尔（Ilhan Omar，明尼苏达州），以及前密苏里州众议员科里·布什（Cori Bush）。
The video, shared by the FBI’s rapid response account on X on Tuesday, is over two minutes long and features the faces of a number of prominent Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.), as well as former Missouri Rep. Cori Bush.
“‘削减警察经费’派想要美国‘重构安全’。翻译过来就是：让罪犯横行，而警察退居二线，”联邦调查局在推文中写道。“他们兜售口号。我们交付手铐。罪犯害怕的是结果，而不是标签。”
“The DEFUND THE POLICE crowd wanted America to ‘reimagine safety.’ Translation: Let criminals run wild while cops take a backseat,” the FBI wrote in the tweet. “They sold slogans. We delivered handcuffs. CRIMINALS FEAR RESULTS, NOT HASHTAGS.”
该视频以迈克尔·杰克逊（Michael Jackson）的《犯罪高手》（Smooth Criminal）为背景音乐，还展示了帕特尔工作时的几个片段，其中包括他与司法部长托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）一起从直升机上走下来的场景。“谈论‘削减警察经费’本身并不一定使这则广告成为问题。”
The video is backed by the beat to Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” and also features several clips of Patel on the job, including a scene of him walking away from a helicopter alongside Attorney General Todd Blanche. “Talking about ‘defund the police' isn't necessarily what makes this ad problematic. However, when you start kind of bringing in the political party language and specific candidates for parties in political office, then the government messaging becomes problematic – a potential violation of the Hatch Act,” said Delaney Marsco, director of ethics at the Campaign Legal Center.
然而，当你开始引入政党的语言以及参选特定政党职位的候选人时，政府的宣传信息就会变得有问题——这可能会违反《哈奇法案》，”竞选法律中心道德事务主管德莱尼·马斯科表示。“如果你以无关紧要或煽动性的方式提及政党，尤其是在选举临近时，或者将这种提及包装成对某个政党的攻击，那么这就属于政治活动，你必须意识到这如何可能违反《哈奇法案》，”她补充道。
“If you are referencing political parties in a gratuitous way, in an inflammatory way, if it's made close to an election, if it's framed as an attack on a political party, that's going to be political activity, and you need to be aware of how that's going to run afoul of the Hatch Act,” she added.
“这并不令人意外，因为该视频显然不符合《哈奇法案》的规定。” 该视频发布不久后，帕特尔就在福克斯新闻上露面，向公众暗示他们如何在中期选举中投票。“你可能想投票支持那些支持‘蓝色阵营’、资助执法部门、将恐怖分子、强奸犯和毒贩关进他们该待的监狱，并且像联邦调查局在特朗普总统的领导下那样，在全球范围内追捕那些想危害我们生活方式的人，”他于上个月末说道。
“It shouldn't shock anyone that this is not compliant with the Hatch Act.”The video came shortly after Patel made an appearance on Fox News suggesting to the public how they should vote in the midterms. “You may want to vote for people who back the blue, who fund law enforcement, who put terrorists and rapists and drug dealers in prison where they belong, and who manhunt people who wish to harm our way of life around the world, like this FBI does, thanks to President Trump,” he said late last month.
联邦调查局尚未回应本报道的置评请求。 联邦调查局的这段视频已经引发了CREW组织的投诉。“尽管该视频并未明确提及即将到来的选举，也未直接指示观众投票支持或反对某个特定候选人，但其传达的信息——即所列候选人的政策‘失败’，导致‘美国民众处于危险之中’——实际上是在反对这些候选人当选，属于《哈奇法案》对受约束的行政分支成员所禁止的政治活动的明确定义，”该组织在向负责调查《哈奇法案》违规行为的特别顾问办公室（OSC）提交的文件中写道。
The FBI did not respond to request for comment for this story. The FBI’s video has already generated a complaint from CREW. “Although the video does not expressly mention the upcoming election or direct viewers to vote for or against a particular candidate, its message that the named candidates’ policies ‘failed’ and ‘Americans were left exposed’ reflects advocacy against their election and falls within the Hatch Act’s clear definition of prohibited political activity by covered members of the executive branch,” the group wrote in its filing to the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), which investigates Hatch Act violations.
“该视频明确将其中几位现任候选人之一的埃尔-赛义德先生标注为‘进步派民主党人、参议员候选人’，这清楚地指向了即将到来的选举。埃尔-赛义德先生……”“埃尔-赛义德目前并非政府官员，也没有与联邦调查局（FBI）参与政策制定；显然，将他纳入其中唯一的目的似乎只是为了支持某位政治候选人的成功或失败。”
“The video’s explicit identification of Mr. El-Sayed, one of several current candidates within it, as ‘Progressive Democrat, Senate Nominee’ is a clear invocation of the upcoming election. Mr. El-Sayed is not a current government office holder and is not engaged in policy-making with the FBI; certainly his inclusion appears to have no other purpose than to advocate for the success or failure of a political candidate.”
埃尔-赛义德的竞选团队并未回应置评请求。他的竞选页面并未提及削减警察经费的问题，但主张废除美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）。在最近接受《政治报》（Politico）采访时，埃尔-赛义德表示，他并不认为“削减警察经费”这一说法能准确反映他处理警务问题的方式，并称他更希望为地方警察部门提供更多资金，以招募高素质人才。
El-Sayed’s campaign did not respond to request for comment. His campaign page does not comment on defunding the police but does advocate for abolishing ICE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In a recent interview with Politico, El-Sayed said he did not feel that “defund the police” describes how he would approach policing issues, saying he would like to give local police departments more funding to recruit quality candidates.
“你看，这其实是一个相当愚蠢且缺乏深度的口号，所以我理解为什么共和党人现在特别想把它和我扯上关系。但同样，这也是我在每次相关讨论中都会涉及的话题。我花时间进行了辩论，并明确了自己的立场。”他还提到要改革现金保释制度，称这种做法“对贫困群体存在歧视”，并主张配备心理健康专家和其他专业人员，以应对特定情况。
“Look, it's a pretty dumb and unnuanced slogan, which is why I understand Republicans really want to tie it to me now. But also, that was the conversation that was happening in every discussion I had about it. I took time to debate and define what I meant,” he said, including reform for cash bail, describing it as “discriminating against poverty” and having menta health professionals and other specialists on hand to respond to certain situations.
除了FBI的职位问题外，白宫近期还因利用政府资源发布其他带有政治倾向的信息而受到批评。其中包括一项以特朗普为对象的广告活动，广告中叠加了总统近期演讲中的言论，并播放歌曲《Love Me》。周三，民主党全国委员会（DNC）以特朗普和白宫使用国土安全部资金支付广告费用为由对其提起诉讼，称此举违反了多项拨款法案。
Beyond the FBI post, the White House has come under fire recently for other politicized messages broadcast using government resources. That includes an ad campaign featuring Trump, showing images of the president overlaid with recent comments from speeches while featuring the song “Love Me.”Trump and the White House were sued Wednesday by the Democratic National Committee for using Department of Homeland Security funds to pay for the ad, something they say violates various appropriations laws.
“特朗普政府非法使用纳税人资金进行竞选式宣传，通过向支持共和党候选人的资源中注入公共资金，剥夺了民主党全国委员会公平参与选举的机会，”民主党全国委员会在声明中写道。
“The Trump Administration’s illegal use of taxpayer dollars for campaign-style s deprives the DNC of a fair electoral process by adding public funds to the resources available to support Republican candidates,” the DNC wrote.