去年，司法部官员表示，一项广泛的调查将揭开一群国家安全官员的大阴谋，这些官员试图削弱特朗普总统。
Last year, Justice Department officials said a sweeping investigation would unravel a grand conspiracy by a cabal of national security officials who sought to undermine President Trump.
特朗普的盟友希望这项调查能够最终证实他们多年来一直在主张的观点：过去十年里调查总统的官员实际上在进行一项协调一致的行动，以侵犯他的民权。然而，这项调查却因人员流失、内部争执和缺乏经验而陷入困境。
Trump allies hoped it would definitively confirm what they have been alleging for years: Officials who investigated the president over the last decade engaged in what was essentially a coordinated effort to violate his civil rights. Instead, the probe has been beset by departures, infighting and inexperience.
这位81岁的里根时代检察官被说服从退休生活中出来领导这项工作，乔·迪杰诺瓦（Joe diGenova）上个月突然辞职，称司法部高层官员正施压让团队在准备不足的情况下提起刑事诉讼。他尚未对任何人提出指控。官员们否认对他施加了压力。
The 81-year-old Reagan-era prosecutor coaxed out of retirement to lead the effort, Joe diGenova, abruptly quit last month, saying top department officials were pressuring the team to bring criminal cases before they were ready. He hadn’t charged anyone. Officials denied pressuring him.