美國(guó)司法部近日在輿論和法律壓力下公布新一批愛(ài)潑斯坦案文件，卻并沒(méi)有平息美國(guó)政界和社會(huì)輿論對(duì)其質(zhì)疑，共和黨和民主黨內(nèi)都有人對(duì)司法部公布文件時(shí)“磨磨蹭蹭”又“遮遮掩掩”的操作表示不滿。

After the US Department of Justice released thousands of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a tranche on Friday that included a number of decades-old photographs of US former president Bill Clinton, a spokesman for Clinton on Monday called on all of the files relating to Clinton to be released.

新披露文件包括大量相關(guān)前民主黨籍總統(tǒng)比爾·克林頓的內(nèi)容。克林頓方面19日稱，共和黨籍總統(tǒng)特朗普領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的政府這一操作意在找“替罪羊”。（）

美國(guó)司法部公布的這張未經(jīng)注明日期、經(jīng)過(guò)編輯的照片顯示，美國(guó)前總統(tǒng)比爾·克林頓與一名身份不明的人在一起。圖源：CFP

克林頓22日通過(guò)發(fā)言人安杰爾·烏雷尼亞發(fā)表聲明，敦促司法部長(zhǎng)邦迪“立即公布”愛(ài)潑斯坦案剩余文件中任何涉及他本人的材料、包括照片?！?strong>某人或某事受到保護(hù)，我們不知道是什么人、什么事或什么緣故，但我們確實(shí)知道一點(diǎn)，就是我們不需要這種保護(hù)。”烏雷尼亞說(shuō)。

In a statement, Clinton spokesman Angel Ure?a accused the DOJ of using the selective release of Epstein documents to imply wrongdoing where there is none, challenging the department to immediately release any remaining materials mentioning or showing Bill Clinton in the files.

Ure?a wrote on Monday that the content and method of how the Department of Justice has released files makes it "clear" that “someone or something is being protected."

"We do not know whom, what or why," Ure?a wrote. "But we do know this: We need no such protection.”

烏雷尼亞指認(rèn)司法部在公布涉案材料時(shí)有所遮掩，稱外界“普遍懷疑司法部正通過(guò)選擇性披露文件的做法暗示某些人行為不當(dāng)，盡管這些人已被同一個(gè)司法部反復(fù)證明清白”。

克林頓方面22日發(fā)聲前，特朗普在公布新建海軍戰(zhàn)艦計(jì)劃的記者會(huì)上也被問(wèn)及上述涉克林頓文件。他回答說(shuō)：“我不喜歡比爾·克林頓的照片被曝光。我不喜歡曝光其他人的照片，這是件糟糕的事?！?/p>

At a press conference on Monday that was mainly devoted to administration announcements on the building of new US Navy ships, Trump was asked about the Epstein files and pictures that possibly portray former president Bill Clinton in the files being released.

"I don't like pictures of Bill Clinton being shown. I don't like pictures of others being shown, it's a terrible thing," Trump said.

當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間22日，美國(guó)總統(tǒng)特朗普在公布新建海軍戰(zhàn)艦計(jì)劃的記者會(huì)上。圖源：CFP

然而，充分披露愛(ài)潑斯坦案文件是支持特朗普的“讓美國(guó)再次偉大”（MAGA）陣營(yíng)重要訴求，共和黨內(nèi)也有部分成員不服從高層指示，支持公開(kāi)愛(ài)潑斯坦案文件。

在這種政治壓力下通過(guò)的《愛(ài)潑斯坦檔案透明法》11月19日由特朗普本人簽署生效，要求司法部在30天內(nèi)公布其掌握的所有與愛(ài)潑斯坦案調(diào)查和起訴有關(guān)的非機(jī)密記錄、文件、通信和調(diào)查材料；允許司法部保留某些信息，如受害者個(gè)人信息以及可能影響正在進(jìn)行的調(diào)查的材料。

A law signed by US President Donald Trump in November required all the files related to federal investigations into the disgraced financier to be released by Friday, Dec 19. The department has been releasing files since that deadline, but did not fully meet that deadline in releasing all Epstein-related materials, and what has been released so far is a fraction of the files.

美國(guó)司法部在30天的最后期限日，即本月19日開(kāi)始陸續(xù)公布了兩批文件，其中包括多張包括克林頓的照片，同時(shí)對(duì)文件中大量?jī)?nèi)容作“涂黑”處理，又從其網(wǎng)站刪除了一部分剛公布的照片，被一些美國(guó)主流媒體解讀為，在替特朗普等共和黨陣營(yíng)大人物“遮掩”。

來(lái)自肯塔基州的保守派共和黨人、聯(lián)邦眾議員托馬斯·梅西22日在社交媒體發(fā)文稱：“司法部需放棄保護(hù)那些有錢(qián)有勢(shì)以及有政治關(guān)系網(wǎng)的人?！?/p>

"The DOJ needs to quit protecting the rich, powerful, and politically connected," Representative Thomas Massie, a maverick conservative Republican from Kentucky, said in a posting on X.

梅西稱，他正與加利福尼亞州民主黨籍聯(lián)邦眾議員羅·康納等人聯(lián)手，繼續(xù)推動(dòng)公布剩余愛(ài)潑斯坦案文件。梅西和康納接受媒體采訪時(shí)說(shuō)，如有必要，他們會(huì)于下月在國(guó)會(huì)眾議院針對(duì)邦迪提起“藐視國(guó)會(huì)”指控；對(duì)方如果不在30天內(nèi)完成剩余文件的公布，他們將推動(dòng)國(guó)會(huì)對(duì)邦迪處以每天最高5000美元罰款，直至文件全數(shù)公布。

國(guó)會(huì)參議院民主黨領(lǐng)袖查克·舒默也在22日提出立法議案，要求參議院共和黨領(lǐng)袖約翰·圖恩采取“相應(yīng)”法律措施，讓國(guó)會(huì)得以獲取《愛(ài)潑斯坦檔案透明法》涵蓋的所有文件。

On Monday, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer introduced legislation that would instruct Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican, to undertake "appropriate" legal steps to gain congressional access to all the documents covered by legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by Trump.

對(duì)于質(zhì)疑，美國(guó)司法部方面簡(jiǎn)單回應(yīng)說(shuō)，將“繼續(xù)發(fā)布數(shù)以千頁(yè)計(jì)的材料，不會(huì)為了保護(hù)任何名人或政治敏感性人物作任何刪減”。

US Justice Department spokesman Chad Gilmartin said the agency "will continue to release thousands of pages of material, and no redactions will be made to protect any famous or politically sensitive people".

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