参议员理查德·布卢门塔尔警告向唐纳德·特朗普的舞厅项目捐款的科技界捐赠者以及联邦通信委员会主席布伦丹·卡尔交出文件，否则可能在1月面临传票。
Senator Richard Blumenthal warned tech donors to Donald Trump’s ballroom project and FCC Chair Brendan Carr to hand over documents or face possible subpoenas in January.
他说，卡尔在媒体案件和派拉蒙-天舞合并案上的行动“侵蚀并削弱了言论自由和新闻自由”。
He said Carr’s actions on media cases and the Paramount Skydance merger “erode and undermine freedom of speech and freedom of the press”.
此次调查针对在特朗普政府有业务往来的公司，此前有报道称，苹果和英伟达分别捐赠了2500万美元，其他主要捐赠者也给出了巨额资金。
The probe targets firms with business before the Trump administration, after reports that Apple and Nvidia each gave US$25 million and other major donors also gave large sums.
人工智能生成 华盛顿——参议院调查小组的民主党高层于11月5日要求联邦通信委员会（FCC）负责人以及向美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的舞厅捐款的科技公司自愿交出文件，否则可能在1月面临传票。
AI generated WASHINGTON – The top Democrat on the Senate investigative panel demanded on Nov 5 the head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and tech companies that donated to US President Donald Trump’s ballroom voluntarily turn over documents or face possible subpoenas in January.
参议员理查德·布卢门塔尔即将接任常设调查小组委员会主席，他在向多项不同调查的对象发出警告的同时，呼吁苹果、Meta、谷歌、英伟达、亚马逊、微软及其他向该舞厅项目捐款的机构交出记录。
Senator Richard Blumenthal, who is set to take over as chair of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, called on Apple, Meta, Google, Nvidia, Amazon.com, Microsoft and others who donated to the ballroom project to turn over records, as he sent warnings to targets of a number of different probes.
布卢门塔尔还呼吁联邦通信委员会主席布伦丹·卡尔交出有关其机构处理媒体公司调查以及批准2025年派拉蒙-天舞合并案的文件，并批评卡尔下令对迪士尼旗下8家ABC电视台进行提前牌照审查的决定。
Blumenthal also called on FCC Chair Brendan Carr to turn over documents about his agency’s handling of investigations into media companies and approval of the Paramount Skydance merger in 2025, and criticised Carr’s decision to order an early license review of Disney’s eight company-owned ABC stations.
这些要求是一个早期信号，表明民主党计划在1月接管控制权后，如何利用其权力强制调取或传唤文件，同时他们也在调查与特朗普政府有业务往来的公司的捐赠情况。在过去两年里，大公司和特朗普政府对各项调查置之不理或未提供文件。卡尔和这些科技公司没有立即回应置评请求。
The demands are an early sign of how Democrats plan to use their power to compel or subpoena documents once they take control in January, as they look into donations from companies with business before the Trump administration. Major companies and the Trump administration have ignored or not provided documents in response to investigations over the last two years. Carr and the tech companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
布卢门塔尔表示，卡尔的行为“侵蚀并削弱了言论自由和新闻自由，并关系到管理媒体兼并的法律”。
Blumenthal said Carr’s actions “erode and undermine freedom of speech and freedom of the press and bear on the laws governing media consolidation”.
他向卡尔和科技公司表示，如果他们在1月民主党接管控制权时不交出文件，“将使小组委员会别无选择，只能考虑采取替代措施来迫使其合规”。
He told Carr and the tech companies if they do not turn over documents when Democrats take control in January, “it will leave the subcommittee with no choice but to consider alternative measures to obtain compliance”.
据《华盛顿邮报》10月报道，在为该项目筹集的3.33亿美元私人捐款中，英伟达和苹果各承诺出资2500万美元（合3200万新加坡元）支持该舞厅。
Nvidia and Apple each committed US$25 million (S$32 million) for the ballroom, out of US$333 million in private donations for the project, the Washington Post reported in October.
布卢门塔尔在2025年致信科技公司时写道：“许多捐赠者在政府面前拥有深厚的财务、商业或其他个人利益。”
“Many of the donors have deep financial, business, or other personal interests before the Administration,” Blumenthal wrote the tech firms in 2025.
收到据报涉及捐款信件的其他对象包括康卡斯特、贝莱德、博思艾伦、卡特彼勒、思科系统、赛富时、惠普、洛克希德·马丁、美光、帕兰蒂尔技术公司以及电信公司Dish Network联合创始人兼董事长查尔斯·埃尔根。
Other recipients of letters for reported donations include Comcast, BlackRock, Booz Allen, Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, Salesforce, HP, Lockheed Martin, Micron, Palantir Technologies and Charles Ergen, co-founder and chairman of telecommunications company Dish Network.
《华盛顿邮报》报道称，特朗普及其共和党人的长期财政支持者阿德尔森家族以及埃尔根也承诺捐赠2500万美元。
The Adelson family, longtime financial supporters of Trump and his Republican Party, committed US$25 million as well, as did Ergen, the Post reported.
《华盛顿邮报》报道称，包括洛克希德·马丁、微软和帕兰蒂尔在内的联邦承包商均捐赠了1000万美元。布卢门塔尔还就其他调查向加密货币公司和国土安全部发送了信函。
Federal contractors including Lockheed Martin, Microsoft and Palantir all gave US$10 million, the Post reported. Blumenthal also sent letters to cryptofirms and the Homeland Security Department about other probes.