一份由共和党领导的国会委员会发布的报告，对已故失势金融家杰弗里·爱泼斯坦案件的处理进行了为期15个月的调查。
The report by a Republican-led congressional committee follows a 15-month investigation into the handling of the late disgraced financier's case.
据艾昂·韦尔斯、凯拉·爱泼斯坦报道，美国国会的一项调查得出结论，已故失势金融家杰弗里·爱泼斯坦在2005年后犯下的罪行，本可因联邦调查人员和检察官的“失职”而得以避免。
By Ione Wells, Kayla Epstein Crimes committed by the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after 2005 could have been prevented were it not for "failures" by federal investigators and prosecutors, a congressional investigation has concluded.
美国众议院监督委员会周二发布了最终报告，称对爱泼斯坦及其长期合伙人吉斯兰·麦克斯韦的刑事调查存在“长达数十年”的处理不当。
The Republican-led US House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released its final report into what it described as the "decades-long" mishandling of the criminal investigations into Epstein and his long-term associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
该报告的调查结果基于对证人的访谈和证词、政府文件以及财务记录，调查期为15个月。爱泼斯坦于2019年在等待性贩运指控审判期间死亡。
The report's findings are based on interviews and depositions with witnesses, government files, and financial records over a 15-month period. Epstein died in 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges.
报告写道：“虽然其中一些失职涉及美国检察官办公室判断力不佳，但其他失职似乎是爱泼斯坦广泛而深远影响的结果。”这里指的是美国检察官办公室。
"While some of these failures involved an exercise in poor judgement by the USAO, others appeared to be the result of Epstein's pervasive and wide-reaching influence," the report reads, referring to the US Attorney's Office.
报告称，佛罗里达州南区美国检察官办公室没有充分调查其他州的指控，而是于2007年与爱泼斯坦达成协议，使他得以逃避联邦起诉。
It states that, rather than fully investigating allegations in other states, the USAO for the Southern District of Florida entered an agreement with Epstein in 2007 allowing him to evade federal prosecution.
关于爱泼斯坦在纽约监狱死亡一事，调查人员得出结论，这是该设施“一系列制度性失职”的结果，包括人手短缺、员工工作过度、记录保存不善以及安全措施松懈。
Regarding Epstein's death in a New York prison, investigators concluded this was a result of "a series of institutional failures at the facility," which included staffing shortages, overworked employees, poor recordkeeping, and lax security practices.
报告称，该委员会征求的证词“无法确切排除围绕爱泼斯坦死亡的某些理论”，包括对监控录像中断的解释。
Testimony the panel solicited was "unable to definitively dispel certain theories" surrounding Epstein's death, the report states, including accounting for a lapse in surveillance footage.
报告发现，司法部（DoJ）未能就文件发布进行沟通，且不当的涂黑处理暴露了幸存者的敏感个人信息。
It found the justice department (DoJ) failed to communicate about document releases and that deficient redactions exposed survivors' sensitive personal information.
今年早些时候，司法部不得不从其网站上删除数千份与爱泼斯坦相关的文件，因为受害者称其身份信息已被泄露。
Earlier this year, the DoJ had to remove thousands of documents related to Epstein from its website after victims said their identities had been compromised.
该报告还声称，美国运通等金融机构助长了人口贩卖和移民欺诈，因为它们允许爱泼斯坦使用假航班和虚假行程，将外籍工人跨境运输。BBC已向美国运通寻求置评。
The report also alleges that financial institutions like American Express enabled human trafficking and immigration fraud, by allowing Epstein to use decoy flights and dummy itineraries to transport foreign workers across borders. The BBC has contacted American Express for comment.
调查委员会建议，国会应通过立法，防止保密协议被武器化。委员会称，爱泼斯坦利用保密协议让受害者保持沉默。
The investigative panel recommended that Congress should pass legislation to prevent the weaponisation of non-disclosure agreements, which they said Epstein used to silence survivors.
委员会共和党主席詹姆斯·科默表示：“爱泼斯坦逍遥法外，背后有强大关系网的庇护和纵容，司法系统也一再辜负了他的受害者。”
"Epstein operated with impunity, shielded and enabled by powerful connections and a justice system that repeatedly failed his victims," said James Comer, the Republican chairman of the committee.
他呼吁司法部“采访或重新采访关键证人，调查涉嫌犯罪活动的爱泼斯坦同伙，并确保受害者能够查阅其记录”。
He called upon the DoJ to "interview or re-interview key witnesses, investigate Epstein associates accused of criminal activity, and ensure survivors have access to their records.
该报告指责民主党“痴迷”于试图将美国总统特朗普牵扯进来，并称一场“无根据的猎巫行动”在不顾受害者利益的情况下持续进行。
The report accuses Democrats of being "obsessed" with trying to implicate US President Donald Trump and that an "unfounded witch hunt continued without regard for the interests of survivors".
特朗普此前表示，他曾与爱泼斯坦关系友好，直到2004年两人决裂。特朗普的名字在爱泼斯坦档案中出现了数千次，但没有任何迹象表明出现在文件中就意味着有任何不当行为。
Trump has previously said he was friendly with Epstein before they fell out in 2004. The president's name has appeared thousands of times in the Epstein files but there is no suggestion that appearing in the documents implies any wrongdoing.
委员会对文件的审查未发现任何能够将特朗普牵扯进来的文件，报告得出结论称。
The committee's review of documents did not identify any that would implicate Trump, the report concluded.
在一份声明中，监督委员会民主党首席议员罗伯特·加西亚指责他的共和党同僚“发布了一份基于不完整调查的报告，且未就杰弗里·爱泼斯坦举行任何公开听证会”。加西亚指责司法部扣留了“超过250万页的文件”。
In a statement, Rep Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, alleged his Republican colleagues "released a report based on an incomplete investigation and zero public hearings on Jeffrey Epstein". Garcia accused the justice department of withholding "over 2.5 million pages of documents".
“我们不会允许总统及其盟友驳回这项调查，”加西亚说。预计民主党将在最近的中期选举后于1月掌控国会，届时他将领导该委员会。
"We will not allow the President and his allies to dismiss this investigation," said Garcia, who is expected to lead the committee when Democrats take control of Congress in January following the recent midterm elections.