美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，他已下令司法部就民主党议员“威胁”弹劾司法部长托德·布兰奇等行为展开调查。
President Donald Trump said he has ordered the Department of Justice to open an investigation into instances of Democratic lawmakers "threatening" to impeach Attorney General Todd Blanche, among others.
该声明于周六下午通过“真相社交”发布，此前民主党在中期选举中重夺众参两院控制权，在国会两院均赢得强势多数席位。
The announcement, which was made via a Truth Social post Saturday afternoon, came after the Democrats retook control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, winning strong majorities in both chambers of Congress.
特朗普写道：“民主党人到处威胁很多人，包括美国司法部长和其他人，扬言要弹劾并施加许多其他形式的惩罚，尽管他们承认没有理由这样做。”
"The Democrats are going around threatening a lot of people, including the Attorney General of the United States, and others, with Impeachment and many other forms of punishment, even though they admit they have no reason to do so," Trump wrote.
自选举日以来，两名众议院民主党议员——佐治亚州的汉克·约翰逊和北卡罗来纳州的德博拉·罗斯——已公开表示支持弹劾布兰奇。
Since Election Day, two House Democrats — Reps. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., and Deborah Ross, D-N.C. — have publicly said they would support impeaching Blanche.
约翰逊周四在SiriusXM的《丹·艾布拉姆斯秀》访谈中表示：“我个人认为，托德·布兰奇的罪行要求对他进行弹劾、定罪并免职。”
"I personally believe that the offenses of Todd Blanche demand that he be impeached and convicted and removed from office," Johnson said Thursday in an interview on SiriusXM’s "The Dan Abrams Show."
罗斯随后也上了艾布拉姆斯的广播节目，表示同样支持弹劾布兰奇，但认为民主党“应该从赫格塞斯开始着手”。在帖子中，特朗普否认布兰奇或任何其他政府官员犯下了“可弹劾的行为”。他未点名约翰逊或罗斯，也未提及共和党肯塔基州众议员托马斯·马西预计将于周一重新提出针对赫格塞斯的弹劾条款。
Ross went on host Dan Abrams' radio show shortly after Johnson and said she supported impeaching Blanche as well, but thought Democrats "should start with Hegseth." In his post, Trump denied that any "impeachable acts" had been committed by Blanche or any other administration officials. He didn't mention Johnson or Ross by name, nor did he mention the fact that Thomas Massie, R-Ky., will likely reintroduce impeachment articles against Hegseth on Monday.
特朗普在帖子中仅点名了一位民主党政客——密歇根州参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金。他指责斯洛特金称将“追究所有信奉共和党价值观的年轻人”。特朗普似乎指的是斯洛特金10月13日在芝加哥大学发表的言论，当时她表示想对“纵容”特朗普的人追究“标志性案件”责任。
Trump named only one Democratic politician, Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, in his post. He accused her of saying she would "go after all young people that believe in Republican Values." Trump appears to have been referring to comments Slotkin made on Oct. 13 at the University of Chicago about wanting to pursue "signature cases" against people who "enabled" Trump.
斯洛特金表示：“我希望刚毕业的年轻人会说：‘我该不该去特朗普政府工作？听起来挺有意思，说不定能有机会。’我希望他们会想：‘天哪，那可能是给自己找一大堆不想要的麻烦，所以还是别参与了。’我希望传递出这种威慑信息。” 特朗普还表示，民主党人因共和党捐赠者的观点，一直在“以监禁相威胁”。
"I want young people coming out of school to say, 'Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like, that sounds fun, I might get an opportunity.' I want them to be like, 'Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don't want, and so let me avoid participating in that,'" Slotkin said. "I want that deterrence message sent." Trump also said that Democrats have been threatening Republican donors "with imprisonment" because of their views.
总统并未点名据称受到威胁的捐赠者是谁。不过，路透社本周报道，民主党人已发出信号，计划在掌控国会后调查一些主要共和党捐赠者和企业。这可能包括向白宫舞厅捐款的捐赠者。
The president did not identify the donors that have allegedly been threatened. Democrats have, however, signaled they plan to investigate some major Republican donors and corporations when they assume control of Congress, Reuters reported this week. This could include donors to the White House ballroom.
特朗普在帖文结尾称，这些“勒索者”应当入狱，并表示他希望司法部将所谓行为作为“犯罪行为”进行调查。
Trump concluded his post by saying "these EXTORTIONISTS" should be imprisoned and that he wanted the DOJ to investigate the alleged actions as a "criminal act."