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乌克兰门弹劾案》众院情报委员会报告出炉!300页长文详尽指控“川普严重渎职”
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王颖芝 2019-12-04 18:00
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美国众议院情报委员会公布《川普-乌克兰弹劾调查报告》,厚达300页。(AP)
美国众议院情报委员会3日公布长达300页的《川普-乌克兰弹劾调查报告》,罗列了相关
证据与证词,批评川普找来外国势力介入总统大选,并意图阻挡国会的弹劾调查,已经构
成“严重渎职”,也为弹劾之路备好指南针。
《川普-乌克兰弹劾调查报告》(The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report)该
报告是由众议院情报委员会、司法委员会、外交委员会及监督委员会进行的弹劾调查汇集
证据而成。并由民主党主导的情报委员会(The House Intelligence Committee)所撰写
,不过针对总统川普(Donald Trump)要求乌克兰协助2020年竞选的行为,究竟是否构成
重罪或需要弹劾,这份报告并没有给出结论。
该报告详细指出川普“严重渎职”,包含他在事后如何试图掩盖证据。情报委员会主席席
夫(Adam Schiff)说:“我们找到压倒性的证据,证明总统利用职权谋求政治利益,滥
用美国人民的信任,并危及国家安全。”
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美国众议院情报委员会公布《川普-乌克兰弹劾调查报告》。图为委员会主席席夫(Adam
Schiff)。(AP)
“坚持走这条路(指弹劾)并不容易,因为国家将要承担很严重的后果,但这场弹劾案的
始作俑者是总统自己,他不断在选战中寻找外国势力协助,”席夫也补充,“美国人民需
要知道,这位总统把个人政治利益放在国民的利益旗面,那让美国岌岌可危。”
但白宫发言人葛丽珊(Stephanie Grisham)否认了报告结论。她声明:“这场一面倒的
虚伪过程结束后,席夫和民主党人完全没有拿出任何证据,证明川普总统行为不当。这份
报告只反映了他们的挫败感。席夫的报告读起来就像一位住在地下室的部落客(
basement blogger),在没有任何证据的情况下胡扯,试图证明些什么。”也有共和党议
员认为,民主党人并没有发现任何值得弹劾总统的确切证据。
《纽约时报》(The New York Times)整理了五大要点,协助大众快速理解这份庞大报告
。
川普以私人利害为出发点,鼓动乌克兰调查拜登
该报告整体给出了全面性指控,认为川普刻意策划诡计,一边要求乌克兰政府详细调查民
主党总统候选人拜登(Joe Biden)的儿子,一边扣住美国答应要给乌克兰的4亿美元军援
。该报告指出,川普的行为“颠覆了美国对乌克兰的外交政策,忽略国家安全,只为了促
成2个具有政治意图的调查案,可能帮助他赢得连任选战。”
报告也详细记录了所有证人的证言,无论是公开或不公开的听证会。
川普试图在公众面前掩盖他的行为
报告指控,川普为了妨碍弹劾调查案,发起了“前所未见的战略”,他拒绝交出众议院需
要的文件,并试着阻止国务院的外交官和白宫官员出庭作证。报告指出,川普明确拒绝配
合调查,而且还大剌剌地公开攻击、威胁证人。
“如果没有人监督总统如此阻挠国会行为,那么我国的制衡系统、三权分立并相互制衡的
原则,将受到长期甚至可能无法挽回的伤害,”报告结论如此写道。
报告可能导致川普遭弹劾下台
不过,报告并没有明确呼吁“应该弹劾总统”,但席夫认为这份报告已经是明确的“弹劾
指南”。该报告写下:“对于把个人利益置于国家之上的领袖,建国先贤已经列出了处方
:弹劾。”
席夫也认为,两党对此案的意见分歧已经流于党派之争,美国建国国父们也会认为这些纷
争对国家有害。但他也暗示,愿意弹劾川普的共和党员大有人在。席夫在报告中写下:“
今日我们见证了,同一个政党也存在两股力量,一股尝试弥补总统渎职的行为,另一股则
决心挡下这个弥补方式,因此产生冲突。”
朱利安尼的通话内容成为新证据,显示总统试图抹黑大使
该报告大部分内容都是已公诸于世的听证会资讯。但报告同时也透露民主党人蒐集了更多
粗略证据,例如由电信公司AT&T和威讯(Verizon)提供的通联记录,可证明川普的私人
律师朱利安尼(Rudolph W. Giuliani)曾与许多政府官员通话。
朱利安尼被控操纵一项“作战计划”,刻意抹黑时任美国驻乌克兰大使尤凡诺维契(
Marie Yovanovitch),朱利安尼也主导了对乌克兰检调施压一事。通联记录显示朱利安
尼与两起案件的相关人等有过多次通话,包括共和党的加州众议员努尼斯(Devin Nunes
),他也是众议院特别情报委员会主席。
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美国众议院特别情报委员会主席、共和党加州众议员努尼斯(Devin Nunes)。(AP)
席夫认为,他们掌握的证据足以指出,共和党内也有人与白宫合作,共同想办法诽谤由凡
诺维契。”席夫没有说他是否认为努尼斯应请辞委员会主席一职,但他只说“那些证据并
不让人高兴”。
席夫说:“美国总统试图动员白宫职权挖掘政治对手的肮脏事,而可能有证据显示共和党
参与其中,这很令人担忧。”
司法委员会正考虑起草弹劾案文
众议院司法委员会预定于12月4日举行首次弹劾听证会,这篇报告适时总结了情报委员会
的调查,让整起弹劾案可以进展至下一篇章。
根据《纽时》报导,听证会第一部分将讨论宪法规定的弹劾标准,与会者包括4位法律学
者。司法委员会主席、民主党纽约众议员纳德勒(Jerrold Nadler)表示,听证会主要将
讨论川普的行为“是否符合被弹劾的条件”。
此外,第二场听证会也将让情报委员会的律师向司法委员会呈交报告;第三场则将让川普
或是他的律师替自己辩护,不过白宫至今都表示川普不愿出席听证会,因为他认为整起调
查案“并不公平”。
司法委员会若决定起草弹劾案文,该案也由众议院多数同意通过,川普就会确定遭弹劾;
接着再由参议院举行审判,审判将由首席大法官主持。只要2/3的参议员认定有罪,川普
总统将立刻去职,成为美国史上第一位被弹劾下台的总统。
附注:该报告关键要点(英文)
Based on witness testimony and evidence collected during the impeachment
inquiry, the Intelligence Committee has found that:
I. Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States - acting
personally and through his agents within and outside of the U.S. government -
solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, in the 2020 U.S.
presidential election. The President engaged in this course of conduct for
the benefit of his reelection, to harm the election prospects of a political
opponent, and to influence our nation’s upcoming presidential election to
his advantage. In so doing, the President placed his personal political
interests above the national interests of the United States, sought to
undermine the integrity of the U.S. presidential election process, and
endangered U.S. national security.
II. In furtherance of this scheme, President Trump - directly and acting
through his agents within and outside the U.S. government - sought to
pressure and induce Ukraine’s newly-elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky,
to publicly announce unfounded investigations that would benefit President
Trump’s personal political interests and reelection effort. To advance his
personal political objectives, President Trump encouraged the President of
Ukraine to work with his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani.
III. As part of this scheme, President Trump, acting in his official capacity
and using his position of public trust, personally and directly requested
from the President of Ukraine that the government of Ukraine publicly
announce investigations into (1) the President’s political opponent, former
Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and his son, Hunter Biden, and (2) a
baseless theory promoted by Russia alleging that Ukraine - rather than Russia
- interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. These investigations were intended
to harm a potential political opponent of President Trump and benefit the
President’s domestic political standing.
IV. President Trump ordered the suspension of $391 million in vital military
assistance urgently needed by Ukraine, a strategic partner, to resist Russian
aggression. Because the aid was appropriated by Congress, on a bipartisan
basis, and signed into law by the President, its expenditure was required by
law. Acting directly and through his subordinates within the U.S.
government, the President withheld from Ukraine this military assistance
without any legitimate foreign policy, national security, or anti-corruption
justification. The President did so despite the longstanding bipartisan
support of Congress, uniform support across federal departments and agencies
for the provision to Ukraine of the military assistance, and his obligations
under the Impoundment Control Act.
V. President Trump used the power of the Office of the President and
exercised his authority over the Executive Branch, including his control of
the instruments of the federal government, to apply increasing pressure on
the President of Ukraine and the Ukrainian government to announce the
politically-motivated investigations desired by President Trump. Specifically,
to advance and promote his scheme, the President withheld official acts of
value to Ukraine and conditioned their fulfillment on actions by Ukraine that
would benefit his personal political interests:
A. President Trump - acting through agents within and outside the U.S.
government - conditioned a head of state meeting at the White House, which
the President of Ukraine desperately sought to demonstrate continued United
States support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, on Ukraine
publicly announcing the investigations that President Trump believed would
aid his reelection campaign.
B. To increase leverage over the President of Ukraine, President Trump,
acting through his agents and subordinates, conditioned release of the vital
military assistance he had suspended to Ukraine on the President of Ukraine’
s public announcement of the investigations that President Trump sought.
C. President Trump's closest subordinates and advisors within the Executive
Branch, including Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Energy J. Richard Perry, and other senior White
House and Executive Branch officials had knowledge of, in some cases
facilitated and furthered the President’s scheme, and withheld information
about the scheme from the Congress and the American public.
VI. In directing and orchestrating this scheme to advance his personal
political interests, President Trump did not implement, promote, or advance
U.S. anti-corruption policies. In fact, the President sought to pressure and
induce the government of Ukraine to announce politically-motivated
investigations lacking legitimate predication that the U.S. government
otherwise discourages and opposes as a matter of policy in that country and
around the world. In so doing, the President undermined U.S. policy
supporting anti-corruption reform and the rule of law in Ukraine, and
undermined U.S. national security.
VII. By withholding vital military assistance and diplomatic support from a
strategic foreign partner government engaged in an ongoing military conflict
illegally instigated by Russia, President Trump compromised national security
to advance his personal political interests.
VIII. Faced with the revelation of his actions, President Trump publicly and
repeatedly persisted in urging foreign governments, including Ukraine and
China, to investigate his political opponent. This continued solicitation of
foreign interference in a U.S. election presents a clear and present danger
that the President will continue to use the power of his office for his
personal political gain.
IX. Using the power of the Office of the President, and exercising his
authority over the Executive Branch, President Trump ordered and implemented
a campaign to conceal his conduct from the public and frustrate and obstruct
the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry by:
A. refusing to produce to the impeachment inquiry's investigating Committees
information and records in the possession of the White House, in defiance of
a lawful subpoena;
B. directing Executive Branch agencies to defy lawful subpoenas and withhold
the production of all documents and records from the investigating Committees;
C. directing current and former Executive Branch officials not to cooperate
with the Committees, including in defiance of lawful subpoenas for testimony;
and
D. intimidating, threatening, and tampering with prospective and actual
witnesses in the impeachment inquiry in an effort to prevent, delay, or
influence the testimony of those witnesses.
In so doing, and despite the fact that the Constitution vests in the House of
Representatives the “sole Power of Impeachment,” the President sought to
arrogate to himself the right to determine the propriety, scope, and nature
of an impeachment inquiry into his own misconduct, and the right to deny any
and all information to the Congress in the conduct of its constitutional
responsibilities.
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