近四个月来，加州州长加文·纽森（民主党）在公开且出乎意料地宣布特朗普总统正在启动他所说的出于政治动机的联邦调查，针对他本人及其妻子后，一直未有新进展。当时，州长表示联邦特工曾“敲响”家人朋友和前雇员的家门。此后，纽森——被广泛视为2028年民主党总统竞选者之一，也是特朗普最直言不讳的对手之一——一直在寻求采取行动。
Nearly four months have passed since California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) publicly and unexpectedly announced President Trump was launching what Newsom described as a politically motivated federal investigation into him and his wife. Federal agents had “knocked on the doors” of family friends and former employees, the governor said at the time. Since then, Newsom — widely seen as a 2028 Democratic presidential contender and one of Trump's most vocal adversaries — has sought to take action.
他聘请了知名辩护律师阿贝·洛威尔，并要求司法部（DOJ）提供记录，同时试图对特朗普政府展开反击。特朗普、司法部以及代表政府的官员方面，至今对此事始终保持沉默——这让民主党人，包括纽森的盟友，感到奇怪。这导致双方出现罕见的政治僵局，纽森正在为自己辩护，以对抗一项尚未正式披露的调查。“我知道的就和你们知道的一样多。说完。彻底停止。”
He hired the prominent defense attorney Abbe Lowell and requested the Department of Justice (DOJ) records while seeking to go on offense against Trump's administration. Trump, the DOJ and officials representing the administration, for their part, have not said a word on the matter — something Democrats, including Newsom's allies, find peculiar. It has left an unusual political standoff between the two sides, with Newsom defending himself against an investigation that has not been officially disclosed. “I know nothing more than you know. Period. Full stop,” Newsom told reporters late last month when asked if he knew the latest on the DOJ's investigation.
纽森上个月末接受记者采访时，被问及他是否了解司法部调查的最新进展时如此说道。“从未被任何人联系过，我一直坚持这一点。他们一直在左右摇摆，而我坚持我在开场白中所说的一切。”“他们试图通过滥用这一程序到处寻找东西，这令人耻辱，”州长继续说道，随后补充道：“我知道的就和你们知道的一样多。”这让民主党人在猜测：特朗普究竟在策划什么，如果有的话，纽森将如何应对。
“Never been contacted by anyone, and I continue to make this point. They continue to zig and zag, and I stand by everything I said in my opening remarks on this.”“They are trying to find something anywhere abusing this process, and it is a disgrace,” the governor continued, before adding, “I know nothing more than you know.”It’s left Democrats wondering what, if anything, Trump is planning, and how the governor will respond.
此外，这也正值联邦特工本周早些时候突袭了民主党众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔（明尼苏达州）在华盛顿的住所，留下多个装有潜在证据的纸箱。上个月，《旧金山标准报》获得了联邦传票，要求提供涉及加州州议会基金会六年的记录。
It also comes as federal agents raided the Washington home of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) earlier this week, leaving her property with several boxes of potential evidence. Last month, The San Francisco Standard obtained federal subpoenas seeking six years of records involving the California State Protocol Foundation.
该基金会主要由企业捐款资助，由纽森任命的董事会管理，用于支付州长的差旅费用。该基金会成立于前加州州长阿诺德·施瓦辛格（共和党）任职期间，旨在帮助支付州官员及其助理的差旅费用，并减轻纳税人负担。此后历届政府均动用了该基金会的资金。该基金会曾为纽森的国际旅行以及部分国内旅行提供资金支持。
The foundation — which is funded mostly by corporate donations and is run by a Newsom-appointed board — pays for the governor’s travel expenses. The foundation was created during former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) tenure in order to help cover travel costs by state officials and their aides, and to help spare taxpayers. Every administration since then has tapped into the foundation’s funding. The foundation has paid for Newsom’s international trips and some trips around the country.
《洛杉矶时报》报道称，2020年，该基金会为纽森前往迈阿密观看超级碗LIV的旅行提供了资金。纽森当时代表该州出席，当时旧金山49人队正参加该比赛。《标准报》报道称，所发出的传票涉及与史蒂夫·卡瓦（史蒂夫·卡瓦）相关的通信——他是纽森担任旧金山市长时期的前任幕僚长，并负责管理该基金会——以及旧金山市长丹尼尔·卢里的妻子贝卡·普罗达。
The Los Angeles Times reported that in 2020, the foundation paid for Newsom to travel to Miami for Super Bowl LIV. Newsom was there to represent the state when the San Francisco 49ers played in the game. The Standard reported that the subpoenas issued were for communications involving Steve Kawa — Newsom’s former chief of staff when Newsom was mayor of San Francisco and who headed up the foundation — and Becca Prowda, the wife of San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie.
普罗达在该基金会工作。一些民主党人还推测，特朗普可能试图将纽森与其前任幕僚长达娜·威廉姆森联系起来。威廉姆森今年早些时候因被指控竞选财务欺诈、政治腐败和税务欺诈而接受了认罪协议。她预计将在12月因这些联邦罪行被判刑。除了传票和政治议论之外，然而，调查的范围仍然不明确——包括检察官是否正在审查纽森本人是否存在任何不当行为。
Prowda works at the foundation. Some Democrats have also speculated that Trump may be trying to tie Newsom to his former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, who earlier this year accepted a plea deal after she was accused of campaign finance fraud, political corruption and tax fraud. Williamson is expected to be sentenced for those federal crimes in December. Beyond the subpoenas and the political chatter, however, the scope of the investigation remains unclear — including whether prosecutors are examining any wrongdoing by Newsom himself.
一位总部位于加州的民主党顾问强调，该基金会的资金已被多届政府使用。“如果这涉及基金会内部的非法行为，你真的必须展示‘权钱交易’，”该顾问表示。“从一开始就很奇怪，”该加州顾问谈到此次调查时说道。
A Democratic consultant based in California stressed that the foundation dollars have been used by multiple administrations. “And if this is about something illegal in the foundation, you would really have to show pay to play,” the consultant said. “It’s been strange from the beginning,” the California consultant said of the investigation.
“被调查的人正在放出消息，而进行调查的人却保持沉默。”司法部发言人对调查的进展情况未作回应。纽森一直是总统的常批评者，经常在社交媒体、采访和演讲中抨击他。去年，他还领导了一场成功的重新划分选区斗争，以应对德克萨斯州的重新划分努力，这可能导致民主党在加利福尼亚州获得众议院席位。特朗普上周在一次集会上暗示他将允许伊朗“消灭”洛杉矶和圣地亚哥后，纽森在加州民主党人中带头发声，对《国会山报》表示总统“精神有问题”，并在一份声明中补充说“现在是启动第25条修正案的时候了！”
“The person who is being investigated is releasing the news and the person doing the investigation is quiet.”A spokesperson for the DOJ did not respond to questions on where the investigation stands. Newsom has been a frequent critic of the president, regularly going after him on social media, in interviews and speeches. He also led a successful redistricting fight last year in response to a redistricting effort in Texas, which could result in Democrats gaining House seats in California. After Trump suggested at a rally last week that he would allow Iran to “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego, Newsom led the charge among California Democrats, telling The Hill that the president was “mentally ill” and adding in a statement that it was “TIME FOR THE 25TH!”
特朗普也多次攻击纽森，称他为全国最差的州长，并说纽森因阅读障碍无法成为总统，而特朗普将阅读障碍称为“学习障碍”。尽管如此，对纽森的任何联邦调查的动态仍然是个谜。“不知道具体指控内容的话，很难判断，”吉尔·杜兰说，他曾担任加州政治家的顾问，包括前州长杰里·布朗（民主党）和已故参议员黛安·费因斯坦（民主党）。
Trump has also gone after Newsom on a string of occasions, calling him the worst governor in the country and saying Newsom can’t be president because of his dyslexia, which Trump called a “learning disability.”Still, the dynamics of any federal investigation of Newsom remain a mystery. “It’s hard to tell without knowing the details of what’s alleged,” said Gil Duran, who has served as an adviser to California politicians including former Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D).
“尽管我不是纽森的粉丝，但我很难不把这看作是特朗普司法部的武器化。”纽森的盟友也持此观点，称这不过是特朗普针对其对手的努力。“这只是特朗普利用司法部进行不道德和非法行为的又一个例子，旨在骚扰和抹黑对手，”曾担任纽森顾问的加里·南说。“他太自以为是、太膨胀了，以至于没意识到针对纽森这样的人只会让他们在民主党人中成为英雄。”“在民主党人中，没有比被特朗普污蔑更大的荣誉了，”南说。
“Even though I’m not a fan of Newsom’s, it’s hard for me to not see this as a weaponization of Trump’s Justice Department." Newsom allies agree, saying it’s nothing more than Trump’s efforts to go after his adversaries. It’s “just another example of Trump’s unethical and illegal use of the Department of Justice to try to harass and tarnish opponents,” said Garry South, who has previously advised Newsom. “He’s too thick and too full of himself to realize that targeting people like Newsom just turns them into heroes among Democrats.”“No greater honor among Democrats than to have Trump trash you,” South said.