
共和党捐助者在金伯利·吉尔福伊尔丑闻的中心表示,如果他们不听从他的呼吁引渡被指控进行不必要脊柱手术(包括对儿童实施手术)的阿布巴卡尔·阿提克·杜兰尼博士,他将继续追究其他政府官员的责任,其中包括副总统万斯。共和党捐助者、前国会候选人埃里克·迪特斯周二出现在NewsNation的《凯蒂·帕夫利奇今晚》节目中,讨论吉尔福伊尔辞去美国驻希腊大使职务的事情。
The Republican donor at the center of the Kimberly Guilfoyle scandal said he was ready to go after other administration officials, including Vice President Vance, if they did not heed his call to extradite Dr. Abubakar Atiq Durrani, who fled to Pakistan after being accused of performing unnecessary spinal surgeries, including on children. Eric Deters, a Republican donor and former congressional candidate, appeared Tuesday on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight” to discuss Guilfoyle’s resignation as U.S. ambassador to Greece.
吉尔福伊尔在《华尔街日报》的一系列报道之后辞职,这些报道称她曾要求迪特斯为她支付10万美元的信用卡账单,并在她确认之前向他提供接触政府官员的机会。吉尔福伊尔否认了这些指控,而迪特斯表示他现在计划因诽谤起诉她。迪特斯周二表示,他一直的目标是利用吉尔福伊尔的丑闻引起特朗普政府的注意,希望他们能听取他的请求,引渡杜兰尼。
Guilfoyle resigned following a series of reports in the Wall Street Journal alleging she asked Deters to pay her $100,000 credit card bill and offered him access to administration officials ahead of her confirmation. Guilfoyle denied the allegations, and Deters said he now plans to sue her for defamation. Deters said Tuesday that his goal all along was to use Guilfoyle’s scandal to get the Trump administration’s attention, hoping that they would listen to his pleas to extradite Durrani.
现在吉尔福伊尔已经离职,迪特斯表示他已经开始联系政府官员并继续施压。“我将一直敲鼓,直到牛归来,以促使特朗普总统将杜兰尼博士引渡到美国,”迪特斯说。如果政府不听从他的要求,吉尔福伊尔不会是迪特斯的最后一个目标,迪特斯对帕夫利奇说。他特别指出万斯是过去曾“无视”他请求的人。“JD万斯是那些无视我请求的个人之一……我不会让JD万斯逃脱责任,”迪特斯说。
Now with Guilfoyle out, Deters said he is already contacting administration officials and keeping up the pressure. “I am going to beat the drums til the cows come home for President Trump to extradite Dr. Durrani to the United States,” Deters said. Guilfoyle will not be Deters’ last target if the administration does not listen to his demands, Deters told Pavlich. He singled out Vance as someone who had “ignored” his request in the past. “JD Vance is one of the individuals that ignored my request … and I am not going to let JD Vance off the hook,” Deters said.
副总统的发言人在《国会山报》发布时尚未回应其置评请求。迪特斯表示他已经给白宫官员发邮件,包括幕僚长苏西·怀尔斯,重申他的请求。“我提出了这个要求:引渡和调查,否则我不仅会起诉金伯利·吉尔福伊尔,而且我永远不会闭嘴,”迪特斯说。
A spokesperson for the vice president had not replied to The Hill’s request for comment at the time of publication. Deters said he already emailed White House officials, including chief of staff Susie Wiles, reiterating his request. “I made this demand: extradition and investigation, or I am going to not only sue Kimberly Guilfoyle, I am never going to shut up,” Deters said.
“我不认为特朗普政府希望这件事继续下去。如果他们不按照我要求的去做,我会确保它继续下去。”他补充道。
“I don’t think the Trump administration wants this to keep going. And if they don’t do what I’m asking them to do, I’m going to make sure it keeps going,” he added.