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这些跟通俄有关系吗?

特朗普私人律师“神秘之行”坐实 ?FBI或有实证
2018-04-16 07:16:58 来源: 新华网

  美国总统唐纳德·特朗普长年私人律师迈克尔·科亨14日否认相关媒体报道,重申他在2016年美国总统选举投票前绝对没有去捷克,更不可能在那里会晤俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京的身边人。

  科亨最新说法被视作对麦克拉奇报业集团最新报道的回应。后者报道,“通俄”调查特别检察官罗伯特·米勒已经掌握科亨经由德国入境捷克的证据。

  【神秘之行】

  十余年来,特朗普的商业、私人和政治所涉司法事务一直由科亨打点。本月9日,科亨位于纽约市曼哈顿区洛克菲勒中心的办公室遭联邦调查局人员搜查,特朗普因此暴怒。美国媒体报道,搜查直捅特朗普“保护罩”,“通俄”调查逼近他的核心圈。

  麦克拉奇报业集团在13日晚些时候的报道中说,联邦调查局人员已经掌握科亨2016年夏末前往捷克首都布拉格的证据。

  科亨前往布拉格最先由前英国情报官克里斯托弗·斯蒂尔曝出。斯蒂尔在一份档案中写道,特朗普竞选团队前经理保罗·马纳福特2016年8月被炒后,科亨接手打理特朗普团队与俄罗斯的关系。当年8月底或9月初,科亨前往布拉格,密会普京身边人。

  斯蒂尔写道,科亨会晤的人可能包括俄罗斯联邦委员会、即议会上院外交关系委员会主席康斯坦丁·科萨切夫。

  斯蒂尔的档案先前由特朗普的前竞选对手希拉里·克林顿竞选阵营购得,但一直没有形成实证。科亨多次否认,坚称自己这辈子没有去过捷克。

  不过,在麦克拉奇报业集团的最新报道中,消息人士说,联邦调查局人员不仅掌握证据,还明确科亨是经由德国入境捷克。

  【麻烦不断】

  麦克拉奇报业集团的报道没有说明,斯蒂尔档案的其他内容是否同样获得支撑。不过,一旦坐实科亨去过捷克,将引发不小震动。

  科亨14日在社交网站“推特”上发文,痛斥失实报道。他写道:“不管报道多少次,怎么报道,我都从没有去过布拉格。我在(美国)加利福尼亚州,与我的儿子在一起。这一点已经得到证实。”

  科亨定于16日出席法院听证。科亨的律师要求,联邦调查局暂停对9日查缴文件的调查。

  9日搜查据信与联邦调查局“通俄”调查没有直接关系,但调查人员收缴了科亨的电脑、电话、私人财务记录和“受保护的律师客户信息”。

  美联社援引所获消息报道,联邦调查局人员当天执行多份搜查令,其中一份关联科亨向前艳星斯托米·丹尼尔斯支付13万美元“封口费”。

  丹尼尔斯真名斯蒂芬妮·克利福德,自称2006年与特朗普有染。科亨承认,他在2016年总统选举投票日数天前,向她支付13万美元,但声称自掏腰包,没有违反相关竞选法律。特朗普则否认知情。

  克利福德的律师说,克利福德“很有可能”出席16日听证。
 
为了这事,特朗普清晨“五连推”痛骂科米是“混球”
2018-04-16 07:34:00 来源: 环球时报

  自美国总统特朗普怒炒科米鱿鱼后,与这位前联邦调查局长间的推特骂战就一直没消停过。据美国CBS新闻网15日报道,特朗普当天一大早,又连发5条推特痛批科米,并再度骂其是“混球”。

  特朗普说:“狡诈的科米,这家伙总是喜欢作,总把事情搞砸(他不是个聪明人!)。他必将成为有史以来最差的联邦调查局长。”此前有报道称,科米在即将出版的新书中把特朗普比作“黑帮老大”,而特朗普对科米出书的回应则是“这本书口碑极差”。美国媒体称,本周末正是美国联合盟友对叙利亚实施军事打击的关键时刻,特朗普在军政要务如此繁忙之际还抽时间出来连环发声怼科米,倒也颇有缘由,因为当天晚些时候科米就要在美国广播公司电视节目中露面推介自己批评特朗普的这本新书了。在14日电视台播放的节目预告中,科米甚至又拎出2016年美国总统选举说事儿,称自己原本以为希拉里会赢得总统选举,所以才决定披露有关希拉里使用私人电子邮件服务器的调查以推进事实澄清。特朗普15日在推特上就此针锋相对地说:“科米披露调查的原因是因为他认为希拉里会赢,这样他就能在希拉里处求职了,真是个大混球!”

  不过,打赢同科米间的“口水战”似乎并不是特朗普目前亟待解决的问题。据美国麦克拉齐报业集团华盛顿分社14日报道,通过对特朗普私人律师迈克尔·科恩的调查,特别检察官穆勒团队已经掌握他2016年夏季秘密进入捷克首都布拉格、与俄罗斯高级官员会晤的证据。科恩或将成为“通俄门”调查的重要突破口。报道称,当时,特朗普的竞选主席马纳福特刚被辞退,科恩在竞选团队中得到“升职”,并直接负责对俄事务。科恩与俄方代表的会晤地点“可能”位于布拉格俄罗斯科学与文化中心,俄方团队包括一些政府人士。

  事实上,科恩“赴捷通俄”的说法已非首次受到舆论关注。去年年初,美国“Buzzfeed”新闻网首次对此事进行曝光,曾遭到科恩本人的强烈否认。他甚至在推特上痛斥这是一则“假新闻”,称“这辈子从没去过布拉格”,还张贴出自己的护照照片。但根据麦克拉齐报业的说法,调查人员此次还掌握了科恩入境的方式——从德国进入捷克。由于两国处于欧洲申根区,以这种方式入境捷克根本不需要护照。当地时间14日,科恩在推特上再次重申未去过布拉格,称“我当时和儿子在洛杉矶”,此事“已经得到证实”。他还痛斥麦克拉齐做出了一则“糟糕的报道”,引用了“糟糕的信源”。美国《华盛顿邮报》称,如果科恩的“布拉格之行”能够得到证实,这将会成为“通俄门”调查的一个重大突破:它能证明特朗普竞选团队与俄方直接存在“勾结”,是一项关键的法律证据。美国VOX新闻网甚至表示,“特朗普未来的任期全系于此事是否属实”。
 
村长,这个slimeball中文应该咋翻译呢?“混球”贴切吗?
 
村长,这个slimeball中文应该咋翻译呢?“混球”贴切吗?

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川普一直说comey是个liar, 现在又用comey的memo为自己辩护,拿来就用 :D
 
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美国民主党起诉特朗普竞选团队与他方共谋干扰大选
2018-04-21 16:49:06 来源: 新华网

  新华社华盛顿4月20日电(记者孙丁 刘阳)美国民主党全国委员会20日起诉特朗普竞选团队高层与俄罗斯政府、“维基解密”共谋干扰2016年美国大选,使之有利于共和党。

  在纽约曼哈顿联邦地区法院提起的诉讼中,民主党全国委员会指称,自己是共谋行径的受害者,前民主党总统候选人希拉里·克林顿的竞选活动也受到影响。

  2016年美国总统选举期间,“维基揭秘”网站曝光近两万份民主党全国委员会内部邮件,显示民主党高层有意“抹黑”希拉里·克林顿的党内竞争对手。希拉里竞选阵营称,内部邮件遭泄露是俄罗斯所为,目的是助特朗普胜选。俄罗斯政府始终否认干涉美国选举。

  民主党全国委员会表示,这些材料被公布的时机以及选择性公布的一些内容旨在在该组织和民主党选民之间制造分歧并取得了效果,也损害了该组织在大选中支持民主党候选人的能力。

  民主党全国委员会称,被诉方违反了窃听法、通信保护法等12项法律。委员会还点名前特朗普竞选团队经理马纳福特等人为共谋的参与者。

  特朗普近日陷入多重法律风险。除了由特别检察官米勒主持的“通俄门”调查逐步深入特朗普的“核心圈”之外,特朗普长年私人律师科亨本月还遭到其他调查团队突击搜查。不过,民主党全国委员会这一诉讼是否会被受理尚不清楚。

  19日,特朗普处理与“通俄门”调查的私人律师团队迎来新的支援力量。前联邦检察官、前纽约市市长鲁迪·朱利安尼等三人加入。朱利安尼说,希望通过协商结束调查。特朗普当天再次在社交媒体上说,没有“通俄”,也没有“妨碍司法”。
 
美众院委员会结束“通俄”调查 质疑依然满天飞
2018-04-29 07:19:31 来源: 新华网

  共和党人掌控的美国国会众议院情报委员会27日公布“通俄”调查报告最终版,称没发现证据显示总统唐纳德·特朗普竞选团队竞选期间与俄罗斯串谋。

  报告结论并非两党共识。众议院情报委员会的民主党籍成员同日发表报告,批驳前一份报告结论。

  其他特朗普团队“通俄”调查仍在继续。美国媒体对特朗普和俄罗斯究竟有无关联也穷追不舍。针对特朗普“通俄”的质疑依然难消。

  【没串谋,但有错】

  众议院情报委员会3月12日宣布调查收尾,不再质询新证人,并发表初步报告,称未发现证据显示特朗普竞选团队与俄罗斯“串谋、协调或密谋”。新发布的最终报告重申了这一结论。

  美联社报道,报告约250页,细节和评估丰富,但部分人名和段落被涂黑。多页提及俄罗斯网络攻击的文字有删节,其中一页几乎满篇皆黑,只留了一行字:“归因是一头熊。”

  俄罗斯卫星通讯社报道,报告认为,没有证据显示特朗普团队成员与俄方官员的多次会面构成与俄罗斯的串谋。2016年竞选期间与俄方接触过的团队成员对特朗普或其竞选没有施加影响。竞选对手希拉里·克林顿团队电邮被“黑”并发布在网上,也和特朗普团队无关。

  尽管认定特朗普没“通俄”,但报告指出,特朗普和希拉里的竞选团队均“判断力差、行动考虑不周”。

  报告还指认前总统贝拉克·奥巴马政府的情报官员知情不报,未能告知特朗普竞选团队他们中有些人是“潜在的反情报工作对象”。这些人包括被解职的总统国家安全事务助理迈克尔·弗林、特朗普竞选团队前经理保罗·马纳福特等。

  【捣乱,不是助攻】

  美国多家情报机构调查认定,俄罗斯通过网络攻击干预2016年美国总统选举。众议院情报委员会的报告基本赞同这一结论,称没发现“可信证据”显示有俄罗斯以外的网络黑客或美国“国内威胁”攻击了部分政府部门电脑系统。报告还认定俄罗斯利用社交媒体在选举期间挑拨离间。

  然而,报告认为2017年1月的一份情报评估结论不正确。当时由联邦调查局、中央情报局和美国国家安全局作的评估认定,俄罗斯捣乱是为了帮助特朗普胜选。但报告认为,“情报失误”降低了评估的可信度。这部分内容有删节,暂不清楚报告作此判断的具体原因。

  领导众议院情报委员会“通俄”调查的共和党人迈克·科纳韦说,委员会去年1月25日开始“通俄”调查,已重审逾30万份文件,询问73名证人。

  27日报告出炉标志着众议院情报委员会“通俄”调查正式结束。但眼下,美国国内还有特别检察官罗伯特·米勒、国会参议院情报和司法委员会等多个“通俄”调查持续。

  俄罗斯坚决否认干预美国总统选举,特朗普也多次否认与俄方串谋,称“通俄”调查是“政治迫害”。

  【质疑依然满天飞】

  众议院情报委员会得出的结论受特朗普欢迎。他27日在白宫与德国总理安格拉·默克尔会面时告诉媒体记者,报告“确凿有力”。

  然而,共和党人执笔的委员会报告遭民主党人强烈反对。该委员会中的民主党人同日发布一份98页报告,批评委员会报告有“漏洞”,调查不全面。众议院情报委员会中地位最高的民主党籍众议员亚当·希夫说,委员会报告是想为特朗普团队成员提供“辩护顾问”。

  批驳报告举例说,委员会的共和党人拒绝调查“与俄罗斯有关的中间人是否利用全国步枪协会非法金援特朗普团队”。

  据美国有线电视新闻网报道,这一游说组织与俄联邦委员会前第一副主席、俄央行副行长亚历山大·托尔申关系密切。

  此外,特朗普长子和马纳福特等人2016年6月与俄律师纳塔利娅·韦肖尔尼茨卡亚会晤是“通俄”调查内容之一。韦肖尔尼茨卡亚今年3月告诉参议院情报委员会,她与俄罗斯政府没有关联,与小特朗普等人会面只是想为美国松绑对俄制裁游说。

  但据美联社27日报道,俄前首富米哈伊尔·霍多尔科夫斯基支持的一个组织发布截屏图显示,韦肖尔尼茨卡亚与俄总检察长办公室刑事调查主管谢尔盖·博奇卡廖夫有电邮往来,内容涉及为受美方诈骗指控的俄方客户辩护。
 
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(CNN) After being interviewed by special counsel investigators on Wednesday, former aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign Michael Caputo told CNN that Robert Mueller's team is "focused on Russia collusion."

"It's clear they are still really focused on Russia collusion," Caputo said, adding, "They know more about the Trump campaign than anyone who ever worked there."

Caputo, who advised the Trump campaign on communications in 2016, has long insisted he has no information about collusion between Trump's team and Russia. He spoke with Senate intelligence investigators on Tuesday for their Russia probe and outlined the differences between Congress' inquiries and the special counsel's.

"The Senate and the House are net fishing," Caputo said. "The special counsel is spearfishing. They know what they are aiming at and are deadly accurate."

Caputo lived and worked in Russia in the 1990s and later did business with Russian companies, including Gazprom, the Kremlin-controlled energy giant. As a Republican consultant, Caputo worked with Trump adviser Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman. He denies any wrongdoing regarding Russia. Caputo is a longtime ally of Stone's, a close associate of Trump who has come under scrutiny in the Russian investigation because of Stone's contacts with WikiLeaks during the campaign.

Caputo was interviewed behind closed doors on Tuesday as part of the Senate Intelligence committee's investigation. He was also interviewed last year by the House Intelligence Committee.

Following the Senate meeting, Caputo passionately criticized the panel, charging that the probe has cost him $125,000 and is forcing him to move from the Buffalo area in order to pay off legal bills.

"Your investigation and others into the allegations of Trump campaign collusion with Russia are costing my family a great deal of money -- more than $125,000 -- and making a visceral impact on my children," Caputo said in a prepared statement that he delivered at the end of the Senate interview, which was provided to CNN.

"Forget about all the death threats against my family. I want to know who cost us so much money, who crushed our kids, who forced us out of our home, all because you lost an election," he added, concluding with, "I want to know because God Damn you to Hell."

Caputo and other Trump associates have hired attorneys to deal with the various Russia investigations in Congress and by special counsel Mueller, often at a high price tag.
 
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Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's lawyers are preparing for a legal showdown with special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources familiar with their thinking.

Trump's legal team is bracing for the dramatic possibility that Mueller would subpoena the President, setting up a collision that could force a lengthy court fight and test the legal limits of the President's power all the way up to the Supreme Court.

Mueller has raised the possibility of a presidential subpoena in at least one meeting, according to two sources. But some of the President's legal advisers are gambling that Mueller would not go that far. The Washington Post first reported on the subpoena threat.

The already slim chances of Trump sitting for a voluntary interview with Mueller's investigators are growing dimmer, sources close to the President say.

Asked whether the President would ever plead the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions, two sources said the legal team believes there are many "constitutional challenges" that would need to be met before that possibility even would be considered.

Trump's lawyers are careful to say that the President hasn't shut the door to a possible agreement for an interview. His new legal team is still assessing that before making a recommendation, sources say.

If Trump refuses to give a voluntary interview, prosecutors could issue a subpoena compelling testimony.

The leaking of a version of Mueller's potential questions for the President, first published by The New York Times, and the President's reaction on Twitter underscore where the issue is moving, sources say.

Trump himself has told reporters he'd speak with the special counsel, and the President's legal team initially claimed that an interview could happen under the right terms.

The President's lawyers said they wanted to finish the interview quickly, claiming it would help end the special counsel's investigation.

But after the April 9 raid of his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, the President's view of sitting down with Mueller had a "seismic shift," according to one source -- from yes toward no.

Many legal observers believe that if Mueller issues a grand jury subpoena for Trump's testimony, the courts will order the President to comply, because the Supreme Court has repeatedly ordered presidents to comply with subpoenas.

During independent counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation of President Bill Clinton related to Monica Lewinsky, prosecutors eventually subpoenaed the president for grand jury testimony. Clinton's lawyers attempted to delay Clinton from speaking to prosecutors for months and told a federal judge they would avoid arguing the issue in court. They ultimately agreed to let Clinton appear before the grand jury without the weight of a subpoena.

In 1974, in United States v. Nixon, the Justices unanimously directed President Richard Nixon to comply with a criminal trial subpoena for the White House tapes. And in 1997, in Clinton v. Jones, the Court directed Clinton to comply with a subpoena for his deposition in Paula Jones' civil sexual harassment lawsuit against him.

Yet if Mueller attempts to force Trump to testify under subpoena -- as many legal analysts suspect could happen -- the sources familiar with the thinking of Trump's legal team say they believe Trump could successfully challenge the subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court.

One of the sources says the legal team views a subpoena for a presidential interview as "precipitating a constitutional crisis."
The Trump team's legal argument, according to multiple sources, is that they believe the special counsel does not have the authority to force a President to appear before a grand jury.

They also believe that Article II of the Constitution, which defines the office of the President, prevents the high court from ordering an investigation into the President's use of his executive powers. In this case, that could include the hiring and firing of persons like former national security adviser Michael Flynn and ex-FBI Director James Comey.

Their political argument also has changed. While the lawyers were originally in a let's-get-this-over-with mode, they now believe that time is on their side -- especially with the 2018 elections looming.

They believe that Trump has done a good job discrediting the investigators and the investigation itself.
 
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WASHINGTON — Investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller have interviewed one of President Donald Trump's closest friends and confidants, California real estate investor Tom Barrack, The Associated Press has learned.

Barrack was interviewed as part of the federal investigation of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election, according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.

The specific topics covered in questions from Mueller's team were not immediately clear.

One of the people who spoke to AP said the questioning focused entirely on two officials from Trump's campaign who have been indicted by Mueller: Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's onetime deputy, Rick Gates. Gates agreed to plead guilty to federal conspiracy and false-statement charges in February and began cooperating with investigators.

A second person with knowledge of the Barrack interview said the questioning was broader, including financial matters about the campaign, the transition and Trump's inauguration in January 2017.

Barrack's spokeswoman, Lisa Baker, declined to comment.

Barrack has rare access and insight into Trump going back decades, since their days developing real estate. Barrack played an integral role in the 2016 campaign as a top fundraiser at a time when many other Republicans were shunning the upstart candidate. Barrack later directed Trump's inauguration.

Barrack, a wealthy real estate investor with close ties to several Mideast leaders, met Trump in 1988 when he negotiated the sale of The Plaza Hotel in New York to Trump. Barrack's publicist in 2016 described the men as having since "solidified a lifelong friendship between themselves and their families."

Barrack employed Gates last year, wrapping up operations on the Presidential Inaugural Committee, before Gates was charged by Mueller.

Barrack spoke glowingly of Trump in a CNBC interview in early 2016.

"He's one of the kindest, and actually most humble, friends that I've had," Barrack said. "I have so much respect for him because at this point in his career, wandering into the milieu was not easy, and he's changed the dialogue of the debate."

Barrack also was among the featured speakers at the Republican convention where Trump formally received the nomination.

Days after Trump's victory in November 2016, Barrack told CBS' "This Morning" that Trump was like an ultimate fighter during the campaign who used "whatever tools necessary to convey a really disruptive message." Barrack said America would see "a softer, kinder" Trump now that Trump had won the presidency

Mueller's investigators have interviewed dozens of witnesses in the probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. They have also secured the cooperation of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos.

But few witnesses have as much insight into the president's lengthy business career and all facets of his campaign and administration as Barrack.
 
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