特朗普政府因撤销企业所有权报告规则被起诉作者：Kanishka Singh华盛顿，10月27日 —— 周二，21个美国州和哥伦比亚特区起诉唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府，原因是其撤销了根据2021年一项旨在打击非法金融活动的法律确立的报告要求。
Trump administration sued over rollback of corporate ownership reporting rules By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 27 - Twenty-one US states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday over its rollback of reporting requirements established under a 2021 law aimed at combating illicit finance.
特朗普政府于8月敲定了一项规则，豁免美国公司和个人向财政部金融犯罪执法机构报告实益所有权信息，撤销了根据2021年《企业透明法案》确立的报告要求。
The Trump administration in August finalized a rule exempting US companies and individuals from reporting beneficial ownership information to the Treasury Department's financial crimes unit, rolling back reporting requirements established under the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act.
在这起诉讼中，这个以民主党领导的州为主的联盟请求联邦法院推翻该规则，该规则是特朗普政府更广泛地遏制反腐败努力的一部分。
In their lawsuit, the coalition of mostly Democratic-led states asked a federal court to overturn the rule, which was part of a broader push by the Trump administration to curtail anti-corruption efforts.
“行政部门不能通过制定规则来废除法律。这一基本原则决定了本案的结局，”在俄勒冈州联邦地区法院提起的诉讼中写道。
"The executive branch cannot repeal a law by rulemaking.
诉讼称，特朗普政府通过豁免最初被要求披露所有者信息的99.9%以上的公司，实际上掏空了2021年法律。
That fundamental principle resolves this case," said the lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Oregon.
被告包括美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特、财政部及其反洗钱机构金融犯罪执法网络。财政部未回应置评请求。
The lawsuit said that the Trump administration effectively gutted the 2021 law by exempting more than 99.9% of companies originally required to disclose information about their owners. The suit was filed against US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the Department of the Treasury and its anti-money laundering Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
贝森特在8月该规则出台时将其定性为“在不损害国家安全的前提下，取消了对数百万守法企业主繁重的报告要求。”诉讼还将美国司法部和国土安全部负责人列为被告。
The Treasury Department did not respond to a request for comment. Bessent had cast the rule when it was made in August as "eliminating a burdensome reporting requirement for millions of law-abiding business owners without compromising our national security."
纽约州总检察长莱蒂蒂娅·詹姆斯在一份声明中说：“特朗普政府通过颁布一项规则，实际上推翻了这项法律，该规则豁免了所有国内公司和美国拥有的外国公司遵守该法律要求的义务，允许外国和国内空壳公司的真实所有者保持匿名。”詹姆斯是提起挑战的20多名州总检察长之一。
The lawsuit also listed the heads of the US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security as defendants. "The Trump administration has effectively overturned this law by enacting a rule that exempts all domestic companies and US owners of foreign companies from the law's requirements, allowing the true owners of both foreign and domestic shell companies to remain anonymous," New York Attorney General Letitia James, who was among the more than 20 state attorneys general who filed the challenge, said in a statement.
马萨诸塞州联邦参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦是参议院银行、住房和城市事务委员会的民主党首席议员，她在8月表示，撤销报告要求增加了制裁规避、欺诈和贩毒的风险，以及性贩运和有组织犯罪活动的风险。
US Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said in August that rolling back the reporting requirements increased the risks of sanctions evasion, fraud and drug trafficking, as well as sex trafficking and organized criminal activity.