司法部要求調查特朗普紀念物

非營利組織公民敦促美國政府倫理辦公室（OGE）和司法部（DOJ）調查特朗普的紀念物，並可能違反聯邦法律，禁止美國總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）贈予。

Non-profit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen filed a complaint with the US Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and Department Of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday.

非營利性消費者倡導組織公共公民周三向美國政府道德辦公室（OGE）和司法部（DOJ）提出了投訴。

The organization is asking the agencies to investigate whether US President Donald Trump violated federal law by endorsing the TRUMP memecoin.

該組織要求這些機構調查美國總統唐納德·特朗普是否通過認可特朗普成員違反了聯邦法律。

The complaint highlights that federal law strictly regulates payments to government officials. This includes gifts, and while the US president may receive them, they can’t “solicit” them. Multiple exemptions from this prohibition are listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), but none include soliciting purchases for personal gain.

投訴強調，聯邦法律嚴格調節向政府官員的付款。這包括禮物，儘管美國總統可能會收到禮物，但他們不能“徵求”他們。 《聯邦法規》（CFR）中列出了此禁令的多次豁免，但沒有任何豁免包括徵求購買以供個人利益。

According to Public Citizen, Trump’s promotion of the TRUMP memecoin appears to violate the prohibition. The document notes that the US president promoted his official token both before and after officially entering the White House.

根據公民公民的說法，特朗普晉升特朗普的紀念物似乎違反了禁令。該文件指出，美國總統在正式進入白宮之前和之後都宣傳了他的官方代幣。

On January 17, Trump announced the official TRUMP memecoin on social media, including X and Truth Social. His only X post about the token was seemingly reposted on Inauguration Day and posted on Truth Social on January 21. The posts read:

1月17日，特朗普在社交媒體上宣布了官方的特朗普紀念物，包括X和Truth Social。他關於令牌的唯一X帖子似乎是在就職典禮上重新發布的，並於1月21日發布了真相。

My NEW Official Trump Meme is HERE! It’s time to celebrate everything we stand for: WINNING! Join my very special Trump Community. GET YOUR $TRUMP NOW. Go to http://gettrumpmemes.com — Have Fun!

我的新官方特朗普模因在這裡！是時候慶祝我們代表的一切了：獲勝！加入我非常特殊的特朗普社區。立即獲取您的$特朗普。訪問http://gettrumpmemes.com-玩得開心！

The complaint highlights that the US president is the principal owner of the official memecoin, as 80% of the supply is owned by CIC Digital LLC. This company is “an affiliate of the Trump Organization,” Public Citizen argues, adding that it is “100% owned by the Donald J Trump Revocable Trust.”

投訴強調，美國總統是官方Memecoin的主要所有者，因為80％的供應由CIC Digital LLC擁有。公共公民認為，這家公司是“特朗普組織的分支機構”，並補充說，“唐納德·J·特朗普可撤銷的信託擁有100％擁有”。

Donald Trump is the “sole beneficiary” of the revocable trust. Under the question on the website: “Is this an official Trump product?” the website answers: “Yes, this is the only Official Trump Meme, by President Donald J. Trump.

唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）是可撤銷信託的“唯一受益人”。在網站上的問題下：“這是官方特朗普產品嗎？”該網站回答：“是的，這是唐納德·J·特朗普總統的唯一官方特朗普模因。

The non-profit organization considers that since President Trump is not soliciting money in exchange for an investment or tangible product but “soliciting money in exchange for nothing,” he is potentially “asking for a gift that will benefit him personally.”

該非營利組織認為，既然特朗普總統並沒有徵收資金來換取投資或有形產品，而是“索取金錢以換取無所事事”，那麼他可能“尋求一份禮物，將使他個人受益”。

The complaint also brings another key issue: the potential participation of foreign states. Public Citizen notes it is difficult to know if foreign state actors are “gifting the president” by purchasing the memecoin, which presents a national security issue.

投訴還帶來了另一個關鍵問題：外國的潛在參與。公民公民指出，很難知道外國參與者是否通過購買邁克爾（Memecoin）來“贈予總統”，該紀念物提出了國家安全問題。

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin recently spoke about this issue in an X post. Buterin considers that politician tokens could represent a “risk to democracy” as they could be turned into “vehicles for unlimited political bribery, including from foreign nation-states.”

以太坊創始人Vitalik Buterin最近在X帖子中談到了這個問題。 Buterin認為政治家令牌可能代表“民主風險”，因為它們可以變成“無限政治賄賂的車輛，包括外國民族國家”。

He explained that these tokens can be held in private and offer the possibility of denial of intention, making them the “perfect” bribery medium. The non-profit organization stated that “the dangers inherent in the Trump meme portend ominously.”

他解釋說，這些令牌可以私下舉行，並提供否認意圖的可能性，使其成為“完美”的賄賂媒介。這個非營利組織表示：“特朗普模因中固有的危險不祥。”

It concludes that if the president can enrich himself this way, other politicians could follow his steps, making the prohibition on solicitation and receipt of gifts by officials other than the president “virtually meaningless.”

它得出的結論是，如果總統能夠以這種方式充實自己，其他政客可以遵循他的步驟，禁止招募和收到總統以外的官員“幾乎毫無意義”的官員的禮物。

A recent report from Reuters revealed that the entities behind Trump’s memecoin accumulated around $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks.

路透社最近的一份報告表明，特朗普的紀念物背後的實體在不到兩週的時間內積累了約1億美元的交易費用。

Analysis from three crypto data firms, including Merkle Science and Chainalysis, estimated that the TRUMP token generated between $86 million and $100 million in fees by January 30, exceeding the figures previously reported.

包括默克爾科學和鏈分析在內的三家加密數據公司的分析估計，到1月30日，特朗普代幣的收費在8600萬至1億美元之間，超過了先前報導的數據。

Nonetheless, the report noted it is unclear if the US president has personally received any portion of the fees or the ownership of the other entities behind the memecoin.

儘管如此，該報告指出，尚不清楚美國總統是否親自獲得了紀念物背後其他實體的任何費用或所有權。