一名联邦法官预计本周末就特朗普政府能否推进关闭东波托马克公园及其历史悠久的公共高尔夫球场的计划作出裁决。法官周五在一场长时间的听证会上表示，她目前不打算允许关闭，至少暂时如此。
A federal judge is set to rule this weekend on whether the Trump administration can move forward with its planned closure of East Potomac Park and the historic public golf course there, with the judge signaling during a lengthy hearing on Friday that she was not poised to allow it, at least for now. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes pushed back on claims from Justice Department (DOJ) lawyers that the closure, which President Trump has said will happen on Sunday is meant to address urgent public safety risks and is separate from a broader proposed development project the president has been angling for.
美国地区法官安娜·雷耶斯驳回了司法部（DOJ）律师的说法。这些律师称，特朗普总统表示将于周日关闭公园，此举旨在应对紧急公共安全风险，且与总统一直在推动的更广泛开发项目无关。
"Why all of the sudden on Nov. 15 do these justify closing down the entire park?" Reyes asked Adam Gustafson, the principal deputy assistant attorney general for DOJ's Energy and Natural Resources Division.
“为何偏偏在11月15日，这些理由突然就足以关闭整个公园了？”雷耶斯向司法部能源与自然资源司副助理司长亚当·古斯塔夫森提问。
The judge, who sits on the federal bench in D.C., is expected to rule by the end of Saturday. Friday’s was the latest in a series of contentious, hourslong hearings over the project in recent months, in which the Biden-appointed judge has frequently scolded DOJ officials for seemingly misrepresenting the plans as different from the president's public comments.
这位在华盛顿特区联邦法庭任职的法官预计将在周六结束前作出裁决。周五的听证会是近几个月来围绕该项目举行的一系列争议性、持数小时的听证会中的最新一场。在这些听证会上，这位由拜登任命的法官多次斥责司法部官员，称其似乎将计划描述为与总统公开发表的言论不同。
"I'm trying to figure out which iteration of me not paying attention to the president I'm supposed to go with today," Reyes said on Friday. The judge previously said she intended to tap former U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jessie Lui to investigate whether Trump administration lawyers may have "committed ethical violations" during the ongoing litigation.
“我在努力搞清楚，今天我应该选择哪个版本的‘我不关注总统’，”雷耶斯周五表示。
"That does not mean in any way, shape or form that I think anything untoward has happened," Reyes said.
此前，法官曾表示打算聘请华盛顿特区前检察官杰西·路易，调查特朗普政府律师在正在进行的诉讼中是否可能“违反职业道德”。
"It only means that I think there is enough smoke that someone needs to consider whether there's been fire."
“这绝不意味着我认为发生了任何不当行为，”雷耶斯表示。“这只意味着我认为有足够的迹象，需要有人考虑是否真的存在问题。”
In turn, the Justice Department has accused Reyes of overstepping her authority and demanded she recuse from the case. She has refused to do so.
作为回应，司法部指责雷耶斯越权，并要求她回避此案。她拒绝了这一要求。
The judge has already barred the Trump administration from cutting any more trees at East Potomac Park unless they pose an imminent risk to public safety. Even then, Reyes said the administration must provide 24-hour notice.
法官已禁止特朗普政府在东波托马克公园砍伐更多树木，除非这些树木对公共安全构成迫在眉睫的风险。即使如此，雷耶斯表示，政府必须提前24小时通知。特朗普政府已就该裁决向哥伦比亚特区上诉法院提起上诉。东波托马克公园的未来已持续数月不确定，此前国家公园管理局终止了与当地非营利组织国家链接信托的租约，该组织自新冠疫情以来一直运营该处的球场。
The Trump administration has appealed that ruling to the D.C. Circuit. The future of East Potomac Park has been uncertain for months, following the National Park Service's termination of its lease with the National Links Trust, the local nonprofit that had operated the courses there since the coronavirus pandemic. Months after Trump posted on Truth Social a proposed design for a new course, the department abruptly removed hundreds of trees from the park as confused golfers played just feet away.
特朗普在真相社交上发布一项新球场设计方案数月后，该部门突然从公园移除了数百棵树，而困惑的高尔夫球手正在几英尺外打球。一家保护团体和当地高尔夫球手正在起诉以阻止重建，他们还希望雷耶斯阻止公园周日关闭，届时国家链接信托表示将移交该处球场的运营控制权。“这绝非您早先所说的纯属巧合，国家链接信托突然决定在总统指示被告关闭公园的同一天离开，”原告律师凯瑟琳·卡罗尔辩称。
A preservationist group and local golfers who are suing to stop the redevelopment also want Reyes to block the park from closing on Sunday, when the National Links Trust (NLT) has said it would cede operational control of the courses there. "It's not, as you were saying earlier, just a massive coincidence that NLT suddenly up and decided to leave as of the very same day that the president directed defendants to close the park," argued Catherine Carroll, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs. The Trump administration terminated a lease with NLT last year, and the president has said the property would close this month so construction on an 18-hole championship length facility can begin.
特朗普政府去年与国家链接信托终止了租约，总统表示该物业本月将关闭，以便开始建设一座18洞锦标赛级别设施。这项新提议的球场将由著名建筑师汤姆·法齐奥设计，要求建设一座锦标赛级别设施，从后方发球台起全长超过8000码，使其成为美国最大的球场之一。高尔夫界各界批评人士认为，这种设计将降低业余高尔夫球手的可及性，这些球手长期以来一直能够在东波托马克公园打球，该公园目前主要以可负担的价格面向初学者和更休闲的高尔夫球手提供服务。
The new proposed course, which would be designed by famed architect Tom Fazio, calls for a championship-level facility that would stretch more than 8,000 yards from the back tees, making it one of the largest in the country. Critics from around the golf world have argued such a design will reduce accessibility for amateur golfers who have long been able to play at East Potomac, which today primarily caters to beginners and more casual golfers, at an affordable price. The judge polled the courtroom early into the hearing, asking attendees to raise their hands if they had "strong views" about the redesign.
法官在听证会早期询问了在场人员，要求那些对重新设计持有“强烈看法”的人举手。她指出，“绝大多数”人都举了手。古斯塔夫森表示，法齐奥的概念并非最终定案，内政部在听取公众反馈后仍可能“改变主意”。关于该项目的可行性和成本，重大问题依然存在。一道受损的海堤，自奥巴马政府时期以来状况就一直不佳，导致公园频繁发生洪水，修复费用将高达数亿美元。
The "vast majority" did, she noted. Gustafson said the Fazio concept is not final, and the Interior Department could still "change its mind" pending public feedback. Major questions about the project’s feasibility and cost remain. A damaged seawall, which has been in poor condition since the Obama administration, leads to frequent flooding at the park and will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to repair. The government has so far provided few details on where financing for the seawall repair would come from, while attorneys for the administration pointed to its condition in arguing the peninsula needs to be closed off to the public.
迄今为止，政府对海堤修复资金的来源提供了极少细节，而政府律师则以其状况为由，主张半岛需要对公众关闭。周五，雷耶斯对政府的主张进行了深入质询，质疑在恶化的状况已被记录超过十年的情况下，究竟发生了什么变化，使得立即关闭成为必要。“就在3万多人在俄亥俄大道上跑步几天后，情况就变得紧急了，”她指的是上个月直接绕过海恩斯角的海军陆战队马拉松赛，“所以，告诉我发生了什么。”
Reyes drilled down on the government's assertions on Friday, questioning what changed that required an immediate closure when deteriorating conditions have been documented for more than a decade. "Just days after 30,000-plus people ran around Ohio Drive, it is an emergent situation," she said, referring to the Marine Corps marathon last month that went directly around Hains Point. "So, tell me what happened."
在听证会上面对类似的质询时，古斯塔夫森多次回避，仅将安全和缺乏运营商作为迫在眉睫关闭的理由。雷耶斯将后者称为“自找的”问题，将其比作一个人在自家纵火，然后试图索取保险金。“是你把房子点着了，”她对司法部说。
Gustafson deflected when faced with similar lines of questioning throughout the hearing, pointing several times only to safety and the lack of an operator as justification for the imminent closure. Reyes called the latter a "self-inflicted" issue, comparing it to a situation in which a person starts a fire at their home and then tries to recoup insurance money. " You're the one who set the house on fire," she told DOJ.