2 STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS FILE AGAINST TRUMP|事業公私不分 美兩地檢察官告川普違憲

The latest developments have not been kind to US President Donald Trump. The Attorney Generals of Washington DC and Maryland are filing a lawsuit claiming that Trump's businesses are taking revenue away from private businesses. In addition, Trump's previous executive orders banning refugees and citizens of several majority-Muslim states from entering the US, have once again been rejected by courts. The Attorneys General of Washington DC and Maryland called a press conference on June 12, accusing US President Donald Trump of failing to divest himself of his business empire, receiving gifts from foreign governments through his businesses and depriving revenue from private businesses. They said that Trump is violating the US Constitution in doing so. ==KARL RACINE Attorney General, District of Columbia== Never in the history of this country have we had a president with these kinds of extensive business entanglements, or a president who refused to adequately distance themselves from their holdings. President Trump's businesses and his dealings violate the Constitution's anti-corruption provisions, known as the emoluments clauses. ==BRIAN FROSH Attorney General, Maryland== He doesn't appear to understand or care about these violations of the Constitution, the Constitution that he swore to uphold and protect. Specific constitutional violations the attorneys general accused Trump of committing included receiving of guests in his hotels in Washington, taking business away from other hotels in DC and Maryland. Countries including Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have also held government events in Trump's hotels, making Trump suspected of receiving gifts from foreign governments. They also said that Trump has not adequately separated himself from his business interests, and so they are suing on behalf of the taxpayers of their states. The Washington Post reported that, if federal judges hear the case, the plaintiffs will demand that Trump release his tax records and will request a court order to stop Trump from further Constitutional violations. Meanwhile, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected Trump's amended version of the Muslim travel ban on June 12. The Fourth Circuit had made a similar decision in May. This court ruling was on a lawsuit filed by the state of Hawaii, which argued that the three-month ban on citizens of six Muslim countries from entering the US, and the 120-day ban on all refugees, were both discriminatory. The court pointed out that the Trump administration had not provided convincing reasons that allowing citizens of the six countries and refugees in to the US will harm US interests. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that the ban will ultimately be validated in the Supreme Court. TRANSLATED BY：JOHN CHEN 美國總統川普最近麻煩事不斷。美國華盛頓特區跟馬里蘭州兩地檢察官，決定將針對川普旗下事業與民爭利，公私不分，提出違憲的法律訴訟，此外，川普之前宣布對多個穆斯林國家的公民，以及難民的旅遊禁令，又再度遭法院駁回。另一方面，有關"通俄門"案，美國司法部長塞辛斯也將前往國會作證。 美國華府哥倫比亞特區以及馬里蘭州檢察官，12號召開記者會指控美國總統川普，沒有跟旗下龐大的企業王國切割，不但透過川普集團間接獲得來自外國政府的餽贈，也利用職權與民爭利，將對川普提出違憲的法律訴訟。 ==哥倫比亞特區檢察官 拉辛== 我國歷史中從沒有一位總統，擁有這麼盤根錯節的事業，也沒有一位總統，拒絕跟他的資產保持適當距離。川普總統的事業跟他處理的方式，違反憲法當中的反貪條文，也就是所謂的薪酬條款。 ==馬里蘭州檢察官 佛洛許== 他(川普)似乎不瞭解也不在乎這些違憲的行為，這是他所宣示要遵守跟捍衛的憲法。 這兩位檢察官指控川普違憲的具體事項，包括川普常在華府川普飯店接待賓客，壓縮華府跟馬里蘭州其他同業的生意，有與民爭利之嫌，此外，包括科威特，沙國等國，都選擇在華府的川普飯店舉辦公務活動，川普有接受外國政府餽贈之嫌，以及川普並沒有與旗下集團明確切割，公私不分等等，因此他們有權代表兩地納稅人提告。 華盛頓郵報指出，若聯邦法官受理此案，原告將要求川普公布報稅紀錄，也會要求法院發布禁制令，阻止川普再度違憲。 另一方面，舊金山第九巡迴上訴法院，12號駁回修訂版的川普旅遊禁令，5月底第四巡迴法院也做出相同判決。這次裁定是針對夏威夷州提起的訴訟，夏威夷州主張川普計畫對六個穆斯林國家民眾，實施為期三個月，禁止入境美國的限制，以及對難民實施120天入境禁令，涉及歧視。第九巡迴上訴法院合議庭指出，川普政府沒有針對所點名六個穆斯林國家的人民以及難民，進入美國，可能對美國利益構成的危害，提出足以讓人相信的理由。白宮發言人史派塞強調，這項行政命令最終會在最高法院得到伸張。除了法律纏訟外，川普政府的"通俄門"案，也還沒落幕。美國司法部長塞辛斯，13號將前往參議院情報委員會作證，針對前聯邦調查局長柯米上週的證詞做出相關回應，預料又將會有新的爆點。 記者 靳元慶 報導