特朗普的Meme加密貨幣硬幣發射可能違反了Hatch Act，新法案試圖關閉漏洞

唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統通過使用其國家知名度來推動模因加密貨幣，在紙上撰寫了數千億美元。一位民主黨國會議員希望確保其他政客不能做同樣的事情。

Donald Trump has made tens of billions of dollars on paper by using his national profile to push meme cryptocurrency. One Democratic congressman wants to make sure other politicians can’t do the same.

唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）通過使用他的國家知名度來推動模因加密貨幣，在紙上賺了數万美元。一位民主黨國會議員希望確保其他政客不能做同樣的事情。

California Rep. Sam Liccardo on Thursday introduced a bill that would bar Trump and other public officials from promoting stocks and cryptocurrency endeavors from which they stand to financially benefit. The legislation would open the door to civil and criminal action against those seeking to personally enrich themselves while holding public office.

加利福尼亞州眾議員Sam Liccardo週四提出了一項法案，該法案將禁止特朗普和其他公職人員推廣股票和加密貨幣努力，從而在經濟上受益。該立法將為那些在擔任公職時親自豐富自己的人的民事和刑事訴訟打開大門。

It’s a longshot for now, given Republican control over Congress and the White House. But the freshman congressman — a former San Jose mayor — said it’s important for the future.

鑑於共和黨對國會和白宮的控制權，這是一個漫長的事。但是新生國會議員 - 前聖何塞市長 - 表示對未來很重要。

“I think everyone scratched their head when President Trump started this pump and dump scheme, asking the question, ‘Why isn’t that prohibited?'” Liccardo said. “So let’s make sure, at the very least, it doesn’t happen again.”

“我認為，當特朗普總統制定此泵和垃圾場計劃時，每個人都撓頭，問：'為什麼不被禁止？'” LICCARDO說。 “因此，至少要確保它不會再發生。”

Less than three days before Trump took the oath of office for the second time, he put out a call to supporters on social media: “GET YOUR $TRUMP NOW.” In the hours that followed, Trump’s meme cryptocurrency coin exploded in value — before cratering and causing investors to collectively lose over $2 billion in value.

在特朗普第二次宣誓就職之前不到三天，他在社交媒體上向支持者打電話：“立即獲取您的$特朗普。”在隨後的幾個小時內，特朗普的模因加密貨幣的價值爆炸了 - 在遍布並導致投資者共同損失了超過20億美元的價值之前。

A day after the Trump Organization launched the Trump coin, it issued a Melania meme coin, which similarly saw its valuation tank in recent weeks.

特朗普組織推出特朗普硬幣的第二天，它發布了梅拉尼亞模因硬幣，最近幾周同樣看到了其估值坦克。

Trump and those who facilitated the debut of his meme coin generated nearly $100 million in trading fees alone, Reuters first reported, and the president has continued to promote the cryptocurrency since becoming a public official again.

路透社首次報導，特朗普和那些促進他的模因硬幣的首次亮相的人僅收取了近1億美元的交易費用，並且自從再次成為公職人員以來，總統繼續促進加密貨幣。

Liccardo likened Trump’s meme coin to similar endeavors from global leaders like the Central African Republic’s meme coins and Argentine President Javier Milei’s promotion of a now-defunct coin that has landed him at the center of a corruption probe.

Liccardo將特朗普的模因硬幣比作類似的全球領導人，例如中非共和國的模因硬幣和阿根廷總統賈維爾·米利（Javier Milei）晉升為現已滅絕的硬幣，該硬幣將他置於腐敗調查的中心。

“What all these have in common is that they open public officials to the influence of others who are capable of buying millions, or in this case, hundreds of millions of dollars of financial assets to influence the outcome of decisions,” Liccardo said. “And some of those individuals, they live offshore and have very strong interests in conflict with the interests of our country.”

“所有這些共同之處在於，他們對能夠購買數百萬美元或在這種情況下的其他人的影響力開放，或者在這種情況下，數億美元的金融資產來影響決策的結果。” “其中一些人，他們生活在海外，並且對與我國的利益衝突有很大的興趣。”

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

白宮沒有立即回應置評請求。

Liccardo’s Modern Emoluments and Malfeasance Enforcement, or MEME, Act has over a dozen Democratic co-sponsors and would disallow the president, senior White House officials and members of Congress — including their spouses and children — from issuing or endorsing any financial asset.

Liccardo的現代梅爾和瀆職執法或模因法案已有十幾個民主黨共同發起人，並將不允許頒發或認可任何金融資產，包括總統，白宮高級官員和國會議員（包括其配偶和子女）。

While laws like the Hatch Act exist to bar officials from endorsing products or services while serving the public, such regulations are often toothless.

雖然諸如《孵化法》之類的法律在為公眾服務的同時，違反了對產品或服務的認可，但這種法規通常是無牙的。

In 2020, while serving as a senior adviser to her father, Ivanka Trump endorsed a can of Goya beans in an apparent violation of the Hatch Act. The White House declined to discipline Ivanka Trump, and the next day, her father posed for a photo with Goya products spread across his desk in the Oval Office.

2020年，在擔任父親的高級顧問時，伊万卡·特朗普（Ivanka Trump）認可了一罐戈亞·豆（Goya Beans），這顯然違反了《孵化法》。白宮拒絕參加伊万卡·特朗普（Ivanka Trump）的紀律，第二天，她的父親擺張照片，上面散佈在橢圓形辦公室的桌子上的戈雅產品。

“Regardless of whether there is any untoward influence or not, this is the use of a public office for personal financial gain, and public office doesn’t belong to the office holder,” Liccardo said. “It belongs to the American people. So this is an abuse of power, regardless of whether there’s corruption or not.”

LiCcardo說：“無論是否存在任何不利影響，這都是為個人經濟利益而使用公職，公職不屬於辦公室持有人。” “它屬於美國人民。因此，無論是否存在腐敗，這都是對權力的濫用。”

Liccardo’s bill avoids simply relying on the Department of Justice to intervene should the president or other officials violate the proposed regulations, paving the way for civil complaints from those who may have been harmed by purchasing such assets.

如果總統或其他官員違反擬議的法規，Liccardo的法案避免了簡單地依靠司法部進行干預，從而為可能因購買此類資產而受到損害的人鋪平了道路。

The bill faces incredibly long odds in a Republican-controlled Congress that has shown little appetite for reining in executive authority.

該法案在共和黨控制的國會中面臨的賠率極為艱難，這對行政當局的興趣不大。

Last year, Oversight Chair James Comer and then-Rep. Katie Porter pushed bipartisan legislation to ratchet up presidential transparency by mandating the disclosure of their personal tax returns and money received overseas. Comer promptly stopped pushing his own legislation after Trump won in November.

去年，監督主席詹姆斯·科默（James Comer）和當時的雷普（Rep）。凱蒂·波特（Katie Porter）通過要求披露其個人納稅申報表和在海外收到的資金來推動兩黨立法來提高總統透明度。特朗普在11月獲勝後，Comer立即停止推動自己的立法。

Republican leadership in Congress has signaled interest, but not urgency, in tackling cryptocurrency legislation, and several GOP lawmakers — who themselves trade various meme coins — balked at the by the idea of strictly regulating the industry.

共和黨在國會的領導表明，在解決加密貨幣立法方面的興趣，但沒有緊迫性，而幾位共和黨議員（他們本身交易各種模因硬幣）因嚴格規範該行業的想法而受到關注。

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t expect this to get out of committee next week,” Liccardo said. “On the other hand … as (Trump) continues his failing and flailing in running this government, I would expect his poll ratings to continue to drop as they have over the last couple weeks, and eventually as the poll ratings continue to dive, more and more wobbly-kneed Republicans may get a dose of courage to decide it’s time to make corruption criminal again.”

預計下週會退出委員會。” Liccardo說。 “另一方面……隨著（特朗普）繼續他在管理這個政府方面的失敗和失敗，我希望他的民意調查收視率會像過去幾週一樣繼續下降，最終，隨著民意調查的評級繼續潛入，越來越多的搖擺不定的共和黨人可能會得到勇氣的勇氣，以決定是時候使腐敗犯罪。”

This story was produced as part of a partnership between NOTUS — a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute — and NEWSWELL, home of Times of San Diego, Santa Barbara News

這個故事是作為Notus（非營利組織，無黨派Allbritton新聞學院的出版物）與Newswell（聖地亞哥時報）的伙伴關係的一部分。