前总统巴拉克·奥巴马周日发表罕见声明，谴责特朗普政府针对总统的政治对手，具体而言，就是对明尼苏达州民主党众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔发起联邦调查。
Former President Barack Obama issued a rare statement Sunday rebuking the Trump administration for targeting the president’s political enemies, namely for launching a federal investigation into Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
“政府不能仅仅因为某人的政治信仰或言论而选择性地针对个人，这是美国民主的基本原则，”奥巴马在社交媒体上发布的一份冗长声明中表示。“但特朗普政府正对明尼苏达州众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔如此行事。”此番言论是在联邦特工上周突袭奥马尔位于华盛顿特区的住所之后作出的，他们没收了她的笔记本电脑、手机和护照，以及其他与她及其家人移民有关的笔记本和文件。
“It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say,” Obama said in a lengthy statement shared on social media. “But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.”The remarks come after federal agents raided Omar’s Washington D.C., home last week, confiscating her laptop, cellphone and passport, as well as other notebooks and documents related to her and her family’s immigration.
“要理解为何此举如此令人震惊，了解事实很重要。奥马尔众议员在12岁时随父亲来到这个国家，”奥巴马表示，并指出她和父亲在从索马里抵达五年后均成为归化公民。
“To understand why this is so appalling, it’s important to know the facts. Congresswoman Omar came to this country with her father when she was 12 years old,” Obama said, noting that both she and her father became naturalized citizens five years after arriving from Somalia.
在对民主党的抨击中，特朗普总统多次点名奥马尔，奥巴马将其描述为“特朗普政府最激烈的批评者之一”。
In diatribes against Democrats, President Donald Trump has repeatedly singled out Omar, whom Obama described as “one of the Trump Administration’s fiercest critics.”
特朗普曾称奥马尔为“垃圾”，并广泛指责索马里人。副总统JD·万斯也加入了这一行列，他在3月份曾无证据地声称奥马尔“肯定对美国实施了移民欺诈”。美国司法部长珍妮·皮罗上周表示，她的办公室正在调查与奥马尔财务披露相关的潜在不当行为，但授权特工没收奥马尔财物的搜查令列出的潜在违规行为涉及移民，而非财务问题。奥马尔的律师要求立即归还她的所有财物。
Trump has called Omar “garbage”and broadly condemned Somalis Vice President JD Vance has also joined in, at one point claiming in March, without evidence, that Omar “definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America.”U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said last week that her office is investigating potential improprieties related to Omar’s financial disclosures, but the search warrant that authorized agents to seize Omar’s belongings listed potential violations related to immigration, not finances. Lawyers for Omar have demanded the immediate return of all of her property.
奥马尔未被指控犯罪，她否认有不当行为，并指责特朗普政府进行“政治恐吓”。
Omar has not been charged with a crime and has denied wrongdoing, accusing the Trump administration of “political intimidation.”
“联邦特工突袭了她的住所，没收了她的个人记录，并扣押了她的手机——这一切都是为了试图揭开20年前根本不存在的所谓‘决定性证据’，以某种方式支持他们的指控，”奥巴马周日写道。“请想想看。联邦政府的全部力量正被施加在一名守法的民选官员身上，仅仅因为她敢于批评总统。”此次搜查发生在关键中期选举前几周。奥巴马在此发表评论，正值他准备下周末前往密歇根州，利用自己的影响力为民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛德和州长候选人乔瑟琳·本森进行竞技活动。
“Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case,” Obama wrote on Sunday. “Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.”The search came just weeks ahead of the pivotal midterm elections. Obama weighed in as he prepared to take his star power to Michigan next weekend to campaign for Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson.
前总统补充道：“任何总统或任何政府愿意公开进行如此明显的恐吓行为，这一事实本身就应让所有美国人感到愤怒，无论他们对奥马尔议员的政治立场持何种看法。因为如果这成为新常态，就没有理由相信它会止步于她——或者未来的总统，无论属于哪个党派，不会效仿此举。”
The former president added that “the fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.”
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