VOA慢速英語：郵件表明小川普期待俄羅斯提供希拉里黑材料

Emails Show Trump's Son Expected Russian Information on Clinton

郵件表明小川普期待俄羅斯提供希拉里黑材料

Newly released emails show that a son of U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to meet with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 election campaign.

新公布的電子郵件顯示，美國總統(tǒng)川普的兒子在2016年總統(tǒng)競選期間希望同一名俄羅斯律師會面。

Donald Trump Junior was hoping the lawyer would provide damaging information about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. At the time, she and his father were the leading candidates for president.

小川普希望這名律師可以提供有損前國務(wù)卿希拉里的信息。當(dāng)時，希拉里和他的父親是美國總統(tǒng)的主要候選人。

On Tuesday, Trump Jr. released a series of emails that he said led to the meeting. The release followed a report in The New York Times newspaper. The son described his action as an effort "to be totally transparent."

小川普周二公布了一系列他所稱的導(dǎo)致了這次會面的電子郵件，公布郵件這事發(fā)生在《紐約時報(bào)》的報(bào)道之后。小川普稱自己的行為“完全公開透明。”

The emails came as Special Counsel Robert Mueller and several congressional committees explore Russian involvement in the presidential election.

這些郵件公布時，特別顧問羅伯特·米勒(Robert Mueller)和幾家國會委員會正在調(diào)查俄羅斯卷入美國總統(tǒng)大選。

U.S. intelligence agencies have said that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally directed a campaign to damage Clinton's image and to help Trump.

美國情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)聲稱俄羅斯總統(tǒng)普京親自主持了一場破壞希拉里的形象和幫助川普的運(yùn)動。

The email exchange

郵件往來

The email exchange between Trump Jr. and American music publicist Rob Goldstone took place in June 2016. Goldstone said he was representing Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer.

小川普和美國音樂公關(guān)人員羅伯·戈德斯通(Rob Goldstone)之間的電子郵件發(fā)生在2016年6月。戈德斯通表示，他是俄羅斯律師娜塔莉亞·維塞尼茨卡雅(Natalia Veselnitskaya)的代表。

Goldstone described Veselnitskaya as a "Russian government attorney." He said she has "information that would incriminate Hillary" and that the information "is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump."

戈德斯通稱維塞尼茨卡雅是一名俄羅斯政府律師。他說，她有一些“可以讓希拉里入罪的信息”，這些信息是“俄羅斯及其政府對川普先生支持的一部分。”

Reacting to the email, Trump Jr. wrote back "If it's what you say, I love it."

小川普回復(fù)該郵件時寫道：“如果事情真像你說的那樣，我很喜歡。”

He also wrote that people attending the meeting "will likely be Paul Manafort (campaign boss) my brother in law and me."

他還寫道，出席會議的人士“可能是保羅·馬納福特(Paul Manafort)、我姐夫以及我本人。”

At the time, Manafort was head of the Trump election campaign. Jared Kushner, Trump Jr.'s brother-in-law, now serves as a top White House advisor.

馬納福特當(dāng)時是川普競選團(tuán)隊(duì)的負(fù)責(zé)人。小川普的姐夫賈德·庫什納(Jared Kushner)目前擔(dān)任白宮高級顧問。

In one of the emails, Goldstone wrote "I can also send this info to your father via Rhona." Rhona Graff is said to be a long-time personal assistant to the current president.

在其中一封郵件中，戈德斯通寫道“我也可以通過羅娜將這些信息發(fā)給你的父親。”羅娜·格拉芙(羅娜·格拉夫)據(jù)說是川普任總統(tǒng)的長期私人助理。

Trump Jr. has said different things about the talks with Veselnitskaya and its purpose.

關(guān)于同維塞尼茨卡雅的會談以及目的，小川普有過不同說法。

On Saturday, he said it was a "short introductory meeting" about adoptions of Russian children by American families.

周六他說，這是關(guān)于美國家庭收養(yǎng)俄羅斯兒童的“簡要介紹會。”

A day later, Trump Jr. changed his story, saying that he was told before the meeting that Veselnitskaya might have information "helpful" to the Trump campaign.

一天之后，小川普改變了他的說法。他說，在會面前他被告知維塞尼茨卡雅可能擁有一些有助于川普競選的信息。

On Tuesday, Trump Jr. said on Twitter he believes the information about Clinton was "Political Opposition Research." He added, the attorney, "as she has said publicly, was not a government official. And, as we have said, she had no information to provide and wanted to talk about adoption policy and the Magnitsky Act."

周二，小川普在推特上表示，他認(rèn)為這些關(guān)于克林頓的信息是“政治反對派研究。”他補(bǔ)充說，這名律師，“就像她公開說的那樣，并不是政府官員。而且正如我們所說，她沒有什么信息可以提供，她想要談?wù)勈震B(yǎng)政策和馬格尼茨基法案。”

Reactions to the emails

對這些郵件的反應(yīng)

Ron Wyden, a senator from Oregon, is a member of the Democratic Party. He said the newly released emails "show there is no longer a question of whether this campaign sought to collude with a hostile foreign power to subvert America's democracy."

俄勒岡州議員羅恩·維登(Ron Wyden)是民主黨人。他說，新公布的電子郵件“表明這次競選活動是否試圖勾結(jié)國外敵對勢力顛覆美國民主不再成為問題。”

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says that the younger Trump "definitely has to testify" before a Senate committee exploring Russian interference.

共和黨參議員林賽·格雷厄姆(Lindsey Graham)表示，在參議院委員會調(diào)查俄羅斯干涉之前，小川普“肯定要出庭做證。”

Sara Huckabee Sanders is deputy press secretary in the Trump White House. She read a short statement from the president to reporters. In the statement, Trump said his son is "a high-quality person," and he praises "his transparency."

莎拉·哈克比·桑德斯(Sara Huckabee Sanders)是川普政府的白宮副發(fā)言人。她向記者轉(zhuǎn)述了川普總統(tǒng)的一份簡短聲明。川普在聲明中稱他的兒子“非常優(yōu)秀，”他贊賞“他的公開透明。”

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