一名联邦法官周六下令，华盛顿一座临河公园暂时必须保持开放，而非按美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的要求关闭进行翻新。
A federal judge on Saturday ordered that a riverside public park in Washington must remain open for now, rather than being closed for renovations sought by US President Donald Trump.
这是特朗普将东波托马克公园改建为面向职业高尔夫球手的锦标赛级球场计划遭遇的最新挫折。
It is the latest setback for Trump's plan to turn East Potomac Park into a championship-level course geared toward professional golfers.
美国地区法官安娜·雷耶斯在一份长达30页的裁决中，暂时禁止联邦政府推进原定于周日开始关闭该区域的计划。特朗普在10月18日的一条社交媒体帖子中表示，关闭将持续15个月，并将把公园的高尔夫设施改造为“世界上最好、最壮观的高尔夫球场之一”。
In a 30-page decision, US District Judge Ana Reyes temporarily blocked the federal government from moving forward with a plan that would have closed the area on Sunday. Trump said in an October 18 social media post that the closure would last 15 months and would transform the park's golf offerings into "one of the Best and Most Spectacular Golf Courses anywhere in the World."
雷耶斯裁定，特朗普政府关闭公园的理由是“借口”，且政府为“满足一个武断的最后期限”违反了至少两部联邦法律。“政府提议无限期关闭一座历史悠久的公园，该公园每天都为各阶层的华盛顿居民所享用，”雷耶斯写道。
Reyes ruled that the Trump administration's stated reasons for closing the park were "pretextual" and that the government violated at least two federal laws "to meet an arbitrary deadline." "The government proposes to close a historic park, daily enjoyed by Washingtonians of all stripes, indefinitely," Reyes wrote.
虽然雷耶斯下令该公园——位于杰斐逊纪念堂附近，距白宫以南2英里（3公里）——保持开放，但她写道，特朗普政府无需维持该场地的高尔夫运营。但她补充道，政府“不能以缺乏高尔夫运营为由将公众拒之门外”。
Although Reyes ordered that the park — near the Jefferson Memorial, 2 miles (3 km) south of the White House — remain open, the Trump administration does not have to maintain golf operations at the site, the judge wrote. But the government "cannot use the absence of golf operations as a reason to exclude the public," she added.
雷耶斯由民主党总统乔·拜登任命，曾被特朗普称为“疯子”，她的这一裁决是联邦司法系统针对特朗普通过大型建设项目重塑国家首都的全面努力进行抵制的最新案例。
The ruling by Reyes, who was appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden and whom Trump has called a "lunatic," is the latest instance of the federal judiciary pushing back against Trump's sweeping efforts to redesign the nation's capital through major construction projects.
这一裁决源于华盛顿特区保护联盟提起的一项诉讼。该历史保护组织称，特朗普重新开发该公园的计划违反了多项联邦法规和法令。该组织的律师此前赢得了雷耶斯的一项裁决，禁止作为内政部一部分的国家公园管理局在未提前通知的情况下，砍伐公园内的树木或进行其他不可逆的修改。
The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the DC Preservation League, a historic preservation group that says Trump's plan to redevelop the park violates various federal regulations and statutes. The group's lawyers earlier won a ruling from Reyes that blocked the National Park Service, part of the Interior Department, from cutting down trees at the park or making other irreversible modifications without advance notice.
代表保护联盟和两名当地居民参与此案的“捍卫民主”组织在一份声明中表示，感激雷耶斯叫停了“总统的又一个面子工程”。该组织的高级法律顾问凯瑟琳·卡罗尔说：“政府莫名其妙地执意要毁掉东波托马克公园，这将夺走一座无法替代的珍贵公园。”内政部、司法部和白宫均未立即回应置评请求。
Democracy Forward, which is representing the preservation league and two local residents in the case, said in a statement it was grateful that Reyes stopped "another one of the president’s vanity projects." The group's senior legal adviser, Catherine Carroll, said: "The administration’s inexplicable drive to destroy East Potomac Park would have taken away a treasured park that could never be replaced." The Interior Department, Justice Department and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
这起诉讼引发了雷耶斯与司法部律师之间的多次激烈交锋。法官上个月表示，政府在未告知保护组织的情况下，从球场移除数百棵树，“已让政府在本案中丧失了所有公信力”。
The lawsuit has produced several heated confrontations between Reyes and Justice Department lawyers. The judge said last month that the government's removal of hundreds of trees from the course and failure to tell the preservation group about the work "has cost the government all of its credibility" in the case.
雷耶斯已下令进行道德调查，以查明政府律师是否曾多次就公园关闭的时间线误导她。
Reyes has ordered an ethics investigation into whether government lawyers have repeatedly misled her about the timeline for the park's closure.
司法部指控雷耶斯越权，并不当贬低政府律师。司法部要求她回避本案，但被她拒绝。
The Justice Department has accused Reyes of overstepping her authority and inappropriately belittling government lawyers. It demanded her recusal from the case, a request she denied.
特朗普在全球拥有高尔夫球场，他将东波托马克公园的翻新视为其在华盛顿留下建筑遗产的更大雄心的一部分。
Trump, who owns golf courses globally, has focused on the East Potomac Park renovations as part of his larger ambition to leave an architectural legacy across Washington.
该公园共有三座高尔夫球场，合计36个洞，还有一座迷你高尔夫球场和一条深受骑行者和跑步者喜爱的铺装环形路。拟议的重新设计将把该区域改建为一座单一的18洞锦标赛球场，特朗普表示该球场可举办世界级赛事，如美国公开赛和莱德杯，同时仍对公众开放。
The park has three golf courses totaling 36 holes, a miniature golf course and a paved loop popular with cyclists and runners. The proposed redesign would turn the area into a single 18-hole championship course that Trump has said could hold world-class events, such as the US Open and the Ryder Cup, while remaining open to the public.