美国众议院司法委员会首席议员、民主党人杰米·拉斯金（Jamie Raskin）敦促每位美国人阅读他称之为“非凡”的关于唐纳德·特朗普与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦关系的新报告。拉斯金在MS NOW节目中告诉主持人妮科尔·华莱士（Nicolle Wallace），他和他的民主党同僚正要求任命独立特别检察官，调查两人长达数十年的关系。
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, urged every American to read what he called an “extraordinary” new report on Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Raskin told MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace that he and his fellow Democrats were demanding an independent special counsel to investigate the pair’s decadeslong relationship.
这份50页的报告于周一由众议院司法委员会民主党人发布，引用了委员会的采访、幸存者陈述、FBI记录以及根据《爱泼斯坦档案透明法案》发布的文件。民主党人在报告中声称，“越来越多的证据表明，唐纳德·特朗普是杰弗里·爱泼斯坦对年轻女性虐待的积极参与者”，并指责司法部和FBI“正竭尽所能让美国民众对此一无所知”。
The 50-page report, released Monday by House Judiciary Committee Democrats, drew on interviews with the committee, survivor accounts, FBI records and documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Democrats allege in the report that a “growing body of evidence demonstrates that Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of young women,” and they accuse the Justice Department and the FBI of “doing everything they can to keep the American people in the dark about it.”
针对该报告，白宫一位发言人表示，“这些指控都不真实”，并称特朗普已“与爱泼斯坦相关的任何事项得到完全洗清”。另据司法部一位发言人在向MS NOW发表的声明中称，该报告“只不过是众议院司法委员会民主党人误导公众的最后努力”。特朗普与爱泼斯坦的关系从20世纪80年代持续到21世纪初，有详细记录。特朗普表示，他们的友谊大约在2004年结束，他对爱泼斯坦的犯罪一无所知。他否认与任何与爱泼斯坦有关的女性发生过性不当行为。
In response to the report, a White House spokesperson said, “None of these allegations are true,” and said Trump had been “fully exonerated of anything related to Epstein.”And in a statement to MS NOW, a DOJ spokesperson called the report “nothing more than a last-ditch effort by House Judiciary Democrats to mislead the public.”Trump and Epstein’s relationship, spanning from the 1980s to the early 2000s, is well-documented. Trump has said their friendship ended around 2004 and that he knew nothing about Epstein’s crimes. He has denied that he engaged in any sexual misconduct with any woman connected to Epstein.
拉斯金表示，司法部拒绝彻底调查爱泼斯坦的“帮凶”及可能的共谋者，“迫使民主党”采取行动。“你经营一个价值数十亿美元的全球人口贩卖网络，却只有两人犯罪，其中一人恰好已去世，”他说，“这个想法很难令人相信。”
Raskin said the Justice Department’s refusal to thoroughly investigate Epstein’s “enablers” and possible co-conspirators “forced Democrats’” hand. “The idea that you run a billion-dollar global human trafficking ring, and only two people are guilty of crimes, and one of them happens to be deceased,” was hard to believe, he said.
这位马里兰州民主党人还指责司法部和司法部长托德·布兰奇未能配合其他针对爱泼斯坦及其同伙的调查。“对于向司法部索要信息的外国政府，托德·布兰奇没有提供帮助，”拉斯金说。“对于正在开展州级调查、起诉其州内潜在犯罪的各州，情况也是一样。”
The Maryland Democrat also accused the Justice Department and Attorney General Todd Blanche of failing to cooperate with other investigations into Epstein and his associates. “With foreign governments that are asking for information from the DOJ, Todd Blanche is not helping,” Raskin said. “Same with states that are engaged in doing state-level investigations and prosecutions related to potential crimes that were committed in their states.”
“我们要求任命一名独立特别检察官，从司法部手中接管此事，希望真相大白，为数百名受害者伸张正义，”拉斯金说。
“We’re demanding an independent special counsel to take this over from the Department of Justice, with the hopes that the truth will come out and justice will be done for hundreds and hundreds of victims,” Raskin said.
他敦促观众“阅读这份报告”，并表示：“细节非同寻常。但我们甚至不是在试图在此构建案件。我们不是检察官。但我们要说的是，司法部已完全放弃了其责任。”
He urged viewers to “read the report,” saying, “The detail is extraordinary. But we’re not even trying to make the case here. We’re not prosecutors. But we’re saying the Department of Justice has completely abdicated their responsibility.”
“为什么呢？”拉斯金问道。“我们无法理解除他们试图保护唐纳德·特朗普之外的任何理由。”
“And why?”Raskin asked. “We cannot understand any reason other than they’re trying to protect Donald Trump.”