众议院监督委员会首席民主党议员周日誓言将对特朗普政府官员发起一系列调查，他在CNN的《国情咨文》节目中表示，民主党领导层将不再“走高姿态路线”。
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee vowed Sunday to lead a series of probes into Trump administration officials, telling CNN’s “State of the Union” that Democratic leaders will no longer “take the high road.”
“当共和党人搞低级手段时，我们不再只是忍气吞声、走高姿态路线、另一面颊也伸过去让人打，”加利福尼亚州众议员罗伯特·加西亚说。“我们不再反击的日子已经结束。”在其政党在中期选举中取得决定性胜利后，这位加州民主党人周四在给同僚的信中正式宣布竞选监督委员会主席。
“When Republicans go low, what we’re not going to do anymore is just take that, take the high road and turn the other cheek,” said Rep. Robert Garcia. “The days of us not fighting back are over.”Following his party’s decisive midterm wins, the California Democrat formally announced his bid to chair the Oversight Committee in a letter to colleagues Thursday.
此前，加西亚曾警告特朗普政府成员及其他人“找律师备战”。周日，他补充表示，甚至总统家庭成员——如特朗普总统的儿子小唐纳德·特朗普和女婿贾里德·库什纳——“绝对”可能成为委员会调查的对象。“他们应该做好回答问题的准备，”加西亚说。
The bid comes after Garcia warned members of the Trump administration and others to “lawyer up.”On Sunday, he added that even members of the president’s family — such as President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump, Jr., and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner — could “absolutely” be subjects of the committee’s investigations. “They should be expected to answer questions,” Garcia said.
他还表示，特朗普在第二任期早期发布的赦免令、资助总统白宫舞厅的捐赠者、推翻委内瑞拉领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗的行动、伊朗战争，以及特朗普的盟友——包括埃隆·马斯克和新任白宫幕僚长斯蒂芬·米勒——都可能成为调查对象。
He also indicated that pardons Trump made earlier in his second term could be investigated, as well as donors helping finance the president’s White House ballroom; the operation into the removal of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro; the Iran war; and Trump allies including Elon Musk and the president’s newly appointed chief of staff Stephen Miller.
司法部长托德·布兰奇周日指责加西亚和其他民主党领袖发出“公然威胁”，并谴责承诺调查“几乎每一位内阁成员”，包括米勒。
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday accused Garcia and other Democratic leaders of “outright threats” and condemned the promised probes of “basically every member of the Cabinet,” including Miller.
“周二之后，国会议员们除了威胁本届政府的一切作为外什么也没做。这不是治理，不是领导，也不是监督，”布兰奇在加西亚接受采访前的采访中说。“这其实令人失望。也令人悲哀。”周日，布兰奇似乎暗示司法部可能会应特朗普要求调查民主党议员，特朗普曾称民主党领袖为勒索者，并多次呼吁将他们关进监狱。
“You have members of Congress who, after Tuesday, have done nothing but threaten everything that's happening in this administration. That is not governing, that is not leading, that is not oversight,” Blanche said in an interview immediately preceding Garcia’s. "That's actually a disappointment. And it's sad.”Blanche on Sunday appeared to indicate the Justice Department could investigate Democratic members at the behest of Trump, who has called Democratic leaders extortionists and, on multiple occasions, called for them to be jailed.
“托德·布兰奇现在所做的就是一种威胁，”加西亚说。“他在威胁我们委员会。他在试图阻止我们进行真正的监督。”
“What Todd Blanche is doing right now is a threat," said Garcia. "He is threatening our committee. He's trying to stop us from doing real oversight."