彭博社报道称，美国商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）的一名高级官员进行干预，阻止职业分析师在3月美国总统唐纳德·特朗普取消计划对伊朗的军事打击前夕，正式报告原油市场涉嫌内幕交易的行为。
A senior official at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) intervened to halt career analysts from formally reporting suspected insider trading in crude oil markets immediately before US President Donald Trump cancelled planned military strikes on Iran in March, Bloomberg reported.
这场争议的核心是3月23日凌晨前的交易，当时交易员在两分钟内突然抛售了相当于至少600万桶原油的合约（超过典型交易量的8.5倍），以及价值超过20亿美元的标准普尔500指数期货。
The controversy centers on pre-dawn transactions on March 23, when traders abruptly offloaded contracts equivalent to at least 6 million barrels of crude oil, more than 8.5 times the typical volume, alongside more than $2 billion in S&P 500 futures within two minutes.
大约15分钟后，特朗普在他的社交媒体平台Truth Social上宣布，他收回了打击伊朗能源设施的威胁，导致布伦特原油暴跌多达14%，而股市则大幅飙升。
Approximately 15 minutes later, Trump announced on his social media platform Truth Social that he was reversing threats to strike Iranian energy plants, sending Brent crude tumbling by up to 14% while equities surged.
据报道，该委员会市场监督司的分析师在确定了参与者身份后提交了一份正式的执法移交书，但特朗普任命的主席迈克尔·塞利格的高级顾问梅尔·古内瓦德纳下令该主管撤回该文件，并将职业员工排除在调查之外。
Analysts in the commission's Division of Market Oversight submitted a formal enforcement referral after identifying participants, but Mel Gunewardena, senior advisor to Trump-appointed Chairman Michael Selig, reportedly ordered the supervisor to retract the document and froze career staff out of the inquiry.
该委员会的一名官员告诉彭博社，最初的调查结果集中在美国本土，并解释说领导层随后决定，该机构需要对期货、互换和场外交易活动进行更全面的国际市场审查，而不是最初的移交。
A commission official told Blooberg that the original findings were US focused, explaining that leadership subsequently determined the agency needed a more comprehensive international market review covering futures, swaps, and over-the-counter activity instead of the initial referral.
这位官员表示，该委员会的执法部门正在继续审查交易活动，并将重点明确放在3月23日。
The official said that the commission's enforcement division is continuing to examine trading activities, focusing specifically on March 23.
民主党联邦参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦要求塞利格和古内瓦德纳就破坏员工工作的指控在国会作证，同时美国司法部已展开平行调查。
Democratic US Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded that Selig and Gunewardena testify before Congress over allegations of derailing staff work, while the US Department of Justice has opened a parallel inquiry.