挑战唐纳德·特朗普总统关闭肯尼迪中心计划的原告律师称，其政府正在扣留记录这些记录记录了他对该中心管理层影响的范围。
Plaintiffs' attorneys challenging President Donald Trump's plans to close the Kennedy Center claim his administration is withholding records that document the scope of his influence over the center's management.
迈克尔·昆泽尔曼 华盛顿 —— 根据挑战这位共和党总统关闭表演艺术中心翻新计划的民主党议员律师称，唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府正在扣留记录这些记录记录了他对肯尼迪中心管理层影响范围的文件。
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding records documenting the scope of his influence over management of the Kennedy Center according to attorneys for a Democratic lawmaker challenging the Republican president’s plan to close the performing arts center for renovations.
原告律师在周日提交的一份法庭文件中表示，肯尼迪中心掌握的一份记录清单显示，特朗普一直与该中心管理层保持“近乎持续不断的联系”，无论是直接联系还是通过中间人。
A list of records in the Kennedy Center’s possession suggests that Trump has been in “near-constant contact” with the center’s management, either directly or through intermediaries, plaintiffs’ lawyers said in a court filing on Sunday.
俄亥俄州民主党众议员乔伊斯·比蒂的律师正寻求法院命令，要求政府移交其以包含特权总统通信为由而扣留的文件、电子邮件和短信。比蒂是肯尼迪中心董事会的当然成员。
Attorneys for Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat and ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, are seeking a court order for the administration to turn over documents, emails and text messages that it has withheld based on its claims that they contain privileged presidential communications.
“这些通信直接关系到法庭审理的问题，特权主张站不住脚，”比蒂的律师写道。
“These communications directly bear on the issues before the Court, and the claim of privilege cannot stand,” Beatty’s lawyers wrote.
美国地区法官克里斯托弗·库珀没有立即就他们要求强制披露记录的请求作出裁决。
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper didn’t immediately rule on their request to compel disclosure of the records.
根据比蒂律师的说法，被扣留文件清单包括肯尼迪中心执行董事兼首席执行官马特·弗洛卡与特朗普行政助理娜塔莉·哈普之间的19条关于肯尼迪中心相关事务的短信。据称，他们在9月15日交换了其中11条短信，当时该中心董事会第三次投票决定关闭该设施。
The list of withheld documents includes 19 text messages between Kennedy Center executive director and CEO Matt Floca and Trump executive assistant Natalie Harp regarding Kennedy Center-related matters. They exchanged 11 of those messages on Sept. 15, when the center’s board voted for a third time to close the facility, according to Beatty’s lawyers.
该名单还包括弗洛卡与商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克之间约180份与中心相关的短信，原告律师称卢特尼克当时充当特朗普的“联络人”。原告律师怀疑政府正在进行不允许的“策略性拖延战术”。“如果无法获取这些材料，（比蒂）将无法全面了解被告的行动，”他们写道。白宫未立即就该法庭文件置评。
The list also includes approximately 180 center-related texts between Floca and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who was acting as Trump’s “go-between,” Beatty’s lawyers say. The plaintiffs’ attorneys suspect the administration is engaging in impermissible “gamesmanship.”“Without access to these materials, (Beatty) will lack a complete picture of Defendants’ actions,” they wrote. The White House didn’t immediately comment on the court filing.
库珀法官由民主党总统贝拉克·奥巴马提名，于5月裁定肯尼迪中心非法将特朗普的名字加在大楼上，并下令将其移除。
Cooper, who was nominated to the bench by Democratic President Barack Obama, ruled in May that the Kennedy Center illegally added Trump’s name to the building and ordered it removed.
特朗普去年在其忠诚派控制的董事会推举下被任命为肯尼迪中心主席，他曾声称大楼状况危险，将需要“拆除重建”。董事会在库珀法官阻止该机构将特朗普名字重新加回大楼后，投票决定关闭中心。
Trump, who was named the Kennedy Center’s chairman last year by loyalists on its board, has said the building is in dangerous condition that will require it to be “ripped down.”The board voted to close the center after Cooper blocked the institution from returning Trump’s name to the building.
9月16日，弗洛卡下令暂时关闭中心主楼。次日，库珀法官下令肯尼迪中心在对大楼进行任何重大物理变更前须提前30天通知。
On Sept. 16, Floca ordered a temporary closure of the center’s main building. A day later, Cooper ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building.