Sam Liccardo介紹了現代梅爾和瀆職執法（MEME）法案

2月27日，加利福尼亞州民主黨國會議員薩姆·列卡多（Sam Liccardo）上任後啟動了他的第一條立法。

California Democratic Congressman Sam Liccardo, who is new to the U.S. House of Representatives, launched his first legislation on February 27, which is intended to prohibit senior federal officials from issuing, sponsoring or promoting securities, commodities or digital assets, or else they will face criminal and civil penalties.

加利福尼亞州民主黨國會議員薩姆·利卡多（Sam Liccardo）是美國眾議院新手的，他於2月27日啟動了他的第一份立法，該立法旨在禁止聯邦高級官員發行，贊助或促進證券，商品或數字資產，否則他們將面臨刑事和民事處罰。

"Make corruption criminal again," said the new member of the U.S. House of Representatives, using the "MAGA" phrase.

美國眾議院的新成員說：“再次使腐敗犯罪。”

Directly targeting Trump and $TRUMP, forcing them to "eat and vomit"

直接針對特朗普和特朗普，迫使他們“吃飯和嘔吐”

Liccardo's Modern Emoluments and Malfeasance Enforcement Act has more than a dozen Democratic co-sponsors. According to the draft of the bill, it will prohibit the president, members of Congress and other senior officials, as well as their spouses and children, from issuing or sponsoring securities, commodities and cryptocurrencies such as meme coins. In addition to restricting potential politicians from issuing coins to "cut leeks" in the future, the bill also requires Trump to hand over all profits he made from selling meme coins.

Liccardo的現代梅洛爾和瀆職執法法案擁有十多個民主共同發起人。根據該法案的草案，它將禁止總統，國會議員和其他高級官員以及他們的配偶和子女發行或贊助證券，商品和加密貨幣，例如Meme Coins。除了將潛在的政客限制在將來發行硬幣“削減韭菜”之外，該法案還要求特朗普移交他從出售模因硬幣賺取的所有利潤。

"I think everyone was confused when President Trump began this scheme of pumping up stocks and selling them," Liccardo said, adding that such behavior is clearly unethical and one can't help but wonder why there is no clear enough ban. He also added that Trump's meme coin has raised concerns about transparency, insider trading and negative overseas influence.

Liccardo說：“當特朗普總統開始這項抽取股票並出售股票的計劃時，我認為每個人都感到困惑。”他補充說，這種行為顯然是不道德的，人們不禁想知道為什麼沒有足夠明確的禁令。他還補充說，特朗普的模因硬幣引起了人們對透明度，內幕交易和海外負面影響的擔憂。

On January 18, Beijing time, on the eve of Trump's inauguration, he announced the launch of Trump's eponymous meme coin $TRUMP. According to the $TRUMP official website, two subsidiaries of the Trump Group control 80% of the total tokens, with an initial circulation of only 200 million, and the remaining 800 million will be gradually unlocked in the next three years. After Trump himself verified that "personally bringing goods" was true, $TRUMP soared rapidly, and the full circulation market value once exceeded U.S. $70 billion, with a peak of U.S. $80 billion. According to Coingecko data, as of February 28, the price of $TRUMP had fallen to U.S. $11.32, a drop of more than 85%.

1月18日，北京時代，在特朗普就職典禮前夕，他宣布推出特朗普的同名模因硬幣$特朗普。根據特朗普$官方網站的數據，特朗普集團的兩個子公司控制著總代幣的80％，最初的發行量僅為2億，其餘的8億，未來三年將逐漸解鎖。在特朗普本人驗證“個人帶來的商品”是真的，特朗普$迅速飆升，整個流通市場價值曾經超過700億美元，高峰為800億美元。根據Coingecko數據，截至2月28日，特朗普的價格下降到11.32美元，下降了85％以上。

According to Chainalysis, an on-chain data analysis company, about 200,000 retail investors suffered heavy losses in the crash, and retail investors and MAGA supporters who were attracted by Trump's influence became the buyers. According to Reuters , Meteora, the trading platform where $TRUMP was launched, allows creators to "mint meme coins and earn fees for life", and the creator of $TRUMP earned about $100 million by providing liquidity on the Meteora exchange.

根據鏈上數據分析公司Chainalysis的說法，大約有200,000名零售投資者在墜機事故中遭受了巨大的損失，受特朗普影響力吸引的散戶投資者和MAGA支持者成為買家。據路透社報導，特朗普推出$的交易平台Meteora允許創作者“薄荷模因硬幣並賺取生命費”，而特朗普的創造者通過在Meteora Exchange上提供流動性，獲得了約1億美元。

Liccardo also compared Trump’s meme coin to similar actions by other national leaders, such as the Central African Republic’s meme coin CAR, and Argentinian President Javier Milley’s promotion of LIBRA — which has made him the focus of a corruption investigation.

Liccardo還將特朗普的模因硬幣與其他國家領導人（例如中非共和國的模因硬幣賽車）和阿根廷總統賈維爾·米利（Javier Milley）晉升天秤座的類似行動進行了比較，這使他成為了腐敗調查的重點。

A new bill that is unlikely to pass

一項不太可能通過的新法案

"I can assure you that this was not my plan when I ran for public office." Liccardo said the reason for introducing the bill was that Trump needed to get some kind of response to the meme coin launched before he took office last month, which even Trump-supporting cryptocurrency enthusiasts found offensive.

“我可以向您保證，當我競選公職時，這不是我的計劃。” LiCcardo表示，提出該法案的原因是，特朗普上個月在上任之前推出的模因硬幣需要某種反應，甚至是特朗普支持的加密貨幣愛好者也發現令人反感。

However, Liccardo is well aware that the Modern Payroll and Malfeasance Enforcement Act, which is aimed directly at Trump, has little chance of passing in the current Republican-controlled Congress, and he said the bill could serve as a "placeholder" that could be reintroduced and passed if Democrats take power in the future, and as a symbolic protest against the obvious corruption.

但是，Liccardo非常清楚，直接針對特朗普的現代工資和瀆職執法法案幾乎沒有機會通過現任共和黨控制的國會，他說，該法案可以作為“佔位符”，如果民主黨將來可以掌權，並且可以作為像徵性的抗議抗議。

"In the future at least we need to make sure this doesn't happen again," Liccardo said.

Liccardo說：“將來至少我們需要確保這不會再發生。”

But just as laws like the Hatch Act prohibit government officials from using their positions to influence political campaigns, their effectiveness depends entirely on the White House's decision, and the same may be true of Liccardo's new bill.

但是，就像《孵化法》這樣的法律禁止政府官員利用其立場來影響政治運動的情況一樣，其有效性完全取決於白宮的決定，而利加爾卡多的新法案也是如此。

A federal investigation found that at least 13 former Trump administration officials broke the law during Trump's last term by mixing campaign activities with government business. However, the 2020 election has shown that, at least for the most senior government officials, if the White House chooses to ignore the requirements of the Hatch Act, the American public will have no protection from senior government officials using their official powers to illegally obtain partisan political benefits.

聯邦調查發現，在特朗普的上一個學期中，至少有13名前特朗普政府官員通過將競選活動與政府業務相結合，從而違反了法律。但是，2020年的大選表明，至少對於最高級的政府官員，如果白宮選擇忽略《孵化法》的要求，美國公眾將沒有保護政府高級官員使用其官方權力來非法獲得黨派政治福利的保護。

In addition, Ivanka, Trump's daughter and then-senior adviser, promoted Goya coffee beans on Twitter in 2020, claiming that the company was treated unfairly and that she had "every right" to publicly express her support. Government watchdogs criticized her for not having the right to violate ethical standards that prohibit government officials from using their public office to support specific products or groups. The White House did not punish her

此外，伊万卡（Ivanka）是特朗普的女兒和當時的顧問，於2020年在Twitter上推廣了戈亞咖啡豆，聲稱該公司受到了不公平的對待，並且她擁有“一切權利”以公開表示支持。政府監管機構批評她無權違反道德標準，該標準禁止政府官員使用公職來支持特定的產品或團體。白宮沒有懲罰她