唐纳德·特朗普周二表示，他将奖励揭露美国政府项目欺诈行为的举报人，并通过宣布向一位保守派网络红人发放现金奖金来启动该计划。
Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would reward tipsters who uncover fraud in US government programs, launching the initiative by announcing a cash prize for a conservative online influencer.
特朗普在白宫椭圆形办公室发表讲话时表示，新的“欺诈举报人激励计划”将向举报人提供无上限的1%佣金，按所举报欺诈金额计算。
Speaking from the White House Oval Office, Trump said a new Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program would award people an unlimited 1% commission on the fraud reported.
司法部对该计划的描述有所不同，称对于促成刑事指控的线索，将奖励1万至3万美元。司法部表示，财政部将为该计划拨款2500万美元，奖金将由司法部“全权酌情”发放。
The Justice Department described the program differently, saying it would award $10,000 to $30,000 for tips that lead to criminal charges. It said the Treasury Department is committing $25 million toward the program and that the Justice Department would issue the awards in its "sole discretion."
首位获奖者是尼克·雪莉。政府高级官员大力宣传并认可了这位24岁亲特朗普YouTuber的病毒式传播视频，该视频指控明尼苏达州部分托儿中心存在欺诈行为，并以此作为削减该州部分联邦拨款计划的依据。
The first recipient was Nick Shirley. Senior administration officials have amplified and credited the 24-year-old pro-Trump YouTuber's viral video alleging some childcare centers in Minnesota were fraudulent as the basis for plans to cut some federal funding to the state.
明尼苏达州儿童、青年和家庭部驳斥了其中部分指控，称其具有误导性且被夸大。但雪莉视频中曝光的一位明尼阿波利斯女子后来因欺诈罪名认罪。
The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families disputed some of those claims as misleading and exaggerated. But one Minneapolis woman whose childcare center Shirley profiled later pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
“从来没有激励任何人去揭露欺诈，”雪莉在白宫表示，“当你揭露欺诈时，你就在帮助拯救美国。”
"There's never been an incentive for anyone to ever expose fraud," Shirley said at the White House. "When you expose fraud, you help save America."
领导总统反欺诈特别工作组的副总统万斯表示，雪莉“作为一名公民记者，在揭露欺诈方面做得比我最近遇到的任何人都多”，并且“尼克将因这样做而获得经济奖励”。一名白宫官员告诉媒体，雪莉将获得1万美元。
Vice President JD Vance, who leads the president's anti-fraud task force, said Shirley had "done more than anybody that I've met recently as a citizen journalist to uncover the fraud" and that "Nick is going to get a financial reward for doing so." A White House official told media outlets that Shirley would get $10,000.
目前尚不清楚雪莉是如何被选中获得该奖项的。白宫、司法部和财政部未立即回复电子邮件置评请求，雪莉也无法立即取得联系。
It was not immediately clear how Shirley was selected for the prize. The White House, Justice Department and Treasury Department did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment, and Shirley could not immediately be reached.
“所有这些决定的仲裁者将是我，”特朗普谈到谁将在该计划下获得报酬时说。“我会非常慷慨，相信我。我们不打算在这方面省钱。”
"I will be the arbitrator of all of these decisions," Trump said about who would be paid under the program. "I will be very generous, believe me. We're not looking to save on that."
这位共和党籍美国总统将民主党主导州的欺诈指控作为其任内的关注重点，并承诺清理腐败。他特别关注明尼苏达州的索马里裔移民，曾称他们为“垃圾”。
The Republican US president has made allegations of fraud in Democratic-led states a focus of his term in office and has pledged to clean up corruption. He has focused especially on Somali immigrants in Minnesota, whom he has called "garbage."