司法部要求调查特朗普纪念物

非营利组织公民敦促美国政府伦理办公室（OGE）和司法部（DOJ）调查特朗普的纪念物，并可能违反联邦法律，禁止美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）赠予。

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.

非营利性消费者倡导组织公共公民周三向美国政府道德办公室（OGE）和司法部（DOJ）提出了投诉。

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

该组织要求这些机构调查美国总统唐纳德·特朗普是否通过认可特朗普成员违反了联邦法律。

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.

投诉强调，联邦法律严格调节向政府官员的付款。这包括礼物，尽管美国总统可能会收到礼物，但他们不能“征求”他们。 《联邦法规》（CFR）中列出了此禁令的多次豁免，但没有任何豁免包括征求购买以供个人利益。

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.

根据公民公民的说法，特朗普晋升特朗普的纪念物似乎违反了禁令。该文件指出，美国总统在正式进入白宫之前和之后都宣传了他的官方代币。

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，特朗普在社交媒体上宣布了官方的特朗普纪念物，包括X和Truth Social。他关于令牌的唯一X帖子似乎是在就职典礼上重新发布的，并于1月21日发布了真相。

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这里！是时候庆祝我们代表的一切了：获胜！加入我非常特殊的特朗普社区。立即获取您的$特朗普。访问http://gettrumpmemes.com-玩得开心！

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.”

投诉强调，美国总统是官方Memecoin的主要所有者，因为80％的供应由CIC Digital LLC拥有。公共公民认为，这家公司是“特朗普组织的分支机构”，并补充说，“唐纳德·J·特朗普可撤销的信托拥有100％拥有”。

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.

唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）是可撤销信托的“唯一受益人”。在网站上的问题下：“这是官方特朗普产品吗？”该网站回答：“是的，这是唐纳德·J·特朗普总统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.”

该非营利组织认为，既然特朗普总统并没有征收资金来换取投资或有形产品，而是“索取金钱以换取无所事事”，那么他可能“寻求一份礼物，将使他个人受益”。

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.

投诉还带来了另一个关键问题：外国的潜在参与。公民公民指出，很难知道外国参与者是否通过购买迈克尔（Memecoin）来“赠予总统”，该纪念物提出了国家安全问题。

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.”

以太坊创始人Vitalik Buterin最近在X帖子中谈到了这个问题。 Buterin认为政治家令牌可能代表“民主风险”，因为它们可以变成“无限政治贿赂的车辆，包括外国民族国家”。

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.”

他解释说，这些令牌可以私下举行，并提供否认意图的可能性，使其成为“完美”的贿赂媒介。这个非营利组织表示：“特朗普模因中固有的危险不祥。”

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.”

它得出的结论是，如果总统能够以这种方式充实自己，其他政客可以遵循他的步骤，禁止招募和收到总统以外的官员“几乎毫无意义”的官员的礼物。

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.

路透社最近的一份报告表明，特朗普的纪念物背后的实体在不到两周的时间内积累了约1亿美元的交易费用。

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.

包括默克尔科学和链分析在内的三家加密数据公司的分析估计，到1月30日，特朗普代币的收费在8600万至1亿美元之间，超过了先前报道的数据。

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.

尽管如此，该报告指出，尚不清楚美国总统是否亲自获得了纪念物背后其他实体的任何费用或所有权。