公民要求DOJ和OGE調查特朗普對他的加密貨幣硬幣的重新發布

左翼組織說，聯邦法律禁止總統徵求禮物。

Public Citizen filed a complaint on Wednesday asking the Department of Justice and the Office of Government Ethics to investigate Trump’s reposting on X in January of a cryptocurrency coin that he launched and personally owns.

公共公民周三提出了投訴，要求司法部和政府道德辦公室調查特朗普在一月份對X的重新發布，該重新發布了他發起並親自擁有的加密貨幣硬幣。

The left-wing group pointed out federal law that prohibits the president from soliciting gifts.

左翼小組指出的聯邦法律禁止總統徵求禮物。

“The dangers inherent in the Trump meme portend ominously,” Public Citizen’s Bartlett Naylor and Craig Holman wrote in the complaint. “Should the president be allowed to enrich himself in this way, other politicians might follow this path, rendering the prohibition on solicitation in 18 U.S.C. § 201 and the prohibitions on receipt of gifts by officials other than the president virtually meaningless.”

“特朗普模因固有的危險不祥，”公民公民的巴特利特·納勒（Bartlett Naylor）和克雷格·霍爾曼（Craig Holman）在投訴中寫道。 “如果允許總統以這種方式豐富自己，其他政客可能會遵循這條道路，從而使第18屆USC§201中的招標禁令以及總統以外的官員接收禮物的禁令幾乎毫無意義。”

Trump’s meme coin, called $TRUMP, was launched several days before his inauguration. Meme coins are known to have no intrinsic value and fluctuate in value based on speculation in the market. An affiliate of the Trump Organization called CIC Digital owns 80% of the coins.

特朗普的模因硬幣稱為$特朗普，是在就職典禮前幾天發射的。眾所周知，模因硬幣沒有內在的價值，並且根據市場的投機而在價值上波動。特朗普組織的分支機構稱為CIC Digital擁有80％的硬幣。

As small traders lost money on the meme coin, entities behind it raked in an estimated $100 million in trading fees, according to Reuters.

據路透社報導，隨著小型交易者在模因硬幣上損失了錢，其背後的實體估計收取了1億美元的交易費用。

The meme coin launch raised concerns from Democratic lawmakers and ethics experts, who said it appeared as though Trump was cashing in on his presidency. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wrote a letter to the Office of Government Ethics, stating that “the leaders of hostile nations” could buy the coin, “raising the specter of uninhibited and untraceable foreign influence over the President of the United States.”

模因硬幣發射引起了民主黨議員和道德專家的擔憂，他們說，特朗普似乎正在兌現他的總統職位。參議員伊麗莎白·沃倫（Elizabeth Warren）（D-MA）給政府道德辦公室寫了一封信，稱“敵對國家的領導人”可以購買硬幣，“提高了對美國總統的不受抑制和無法追踪的外國影響的幽靈。”

The meme coins “are not intended to be, or to be the subject of, an investment opportunity, investment contract, or security of any type,” according to a description on the meme website.

根據Meme網站上的描述，模因硬幣“不打算成為或成為任何類型的投資機會，投資合同或安全性的主題”。

“Accordingly, a person sending money for a Trump meme is not purchasing a tangible product,” Public Citizen said in the complaint. “Instead, the person receives only a digital receipt (in a blockchain), which is similar to a donor sending a check and receiving digital confirmation that the check was received.”

公民公民在投訴中說：“因此，一個為特朗普模因寄錢的人不是購買有形產品。” “相反，該人僅收到數字收據（在區塊鏈中），這類似於捐贈者發送支票並收到收到支票的數字確認。”

The watchdog said that, as a result, it appears as though Trump is soliciting funds for “a gift that will benefit him personally.”

看門狗說，結果，特朗普似乎正在為“將使他個人受益的禮物”索取資金。

“Beyond the issue of solicitation, the Constitution (Article 1, Section 9) forbids accepting money (specifically a ‘present’ or ’emolument’) or anything of value from any ‘king, prince, or foreign state,'” the complaint said. “Because of the nature of a cryptocurrency exchange, it is difficult to know whether foreign state actors are gifting the president by way of purchasing a Trump meme. We urge you to investigate this issue, as well.”

投訴說：“除了征集的問題外，憲法（第1條第9條）禁止接受金錢（特別是'禮物'或'emolument'）或任何“國王，王子或外國國家”的價值。” 。 “由於加密貨幣交換的性質，很難知道外國行為者是否通過購買特朗普模因贈送總統。我們也敦促您調查這個問題。”

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The White House did not respond to a request for comment, and neither did the Justice Department.

白宮沒有回應置評請求，司法部也沒有回應。

The Office of Government Ethics declined to comment.

政府道德辦公室拒絕置評。