公民要求DOJ和OGE调查特朗普对他的加密货币硬币的重新发布

左翼组织说，联邦法律禁止总统征求礼物。

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诉，要求司法部和政府道德办公室调查特朗普在一月份对X的重新发布，该重新发布了他发起并亲自拥有的加密货币硬币。

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

左翼小组指出的联邦法律禁止总统征求礼物。

“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险不祥，”公民公民的巴特利特·纳勒（Bartlett Naylor）和克雷格·霍尔曼（Craig Holman）在投诉中写道。 “如果允许总统以这种方式丰富自己，其他政客可能会遵循这条道路，从而使第18届USC§201中的招标禁令以及总统以外的官员接收礼物的禁令几乎毫无意义。”

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.

特朗普的模因硬币称为$特朗普，是在就职典礼前几天发射的。众所周知，模因硬币没有内在的价值，并且根据市场的投机而在价值上波动。特朗普组织的分支机构称为CIC Digital拥有80％的硬币。

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

据路透社报道，随着小型交易者在模因硬币上损失了钱，其背后的实体估计收取了1亿美元的交易费用。

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.”

模因硬币发射引起了民主党议员和道德专家的担忧，他们说，特朗普似乎正在兑现他的总统职位。参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（Elizabeth Warren）（D-MA）给政府道德办公室写了一封信，称“敌对国家的领导人”可以购买硬币，“提高了对美国总统的不受抑制和无法追踪的外国影响的幽灵。”

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.

根据Meme网站上的描述，模因硬币“不打算成为或成为任何类型的投资机会，投资合同或安全性的主题”。

“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.”

公民公民在投诉中说：“因此，一个为特朗普模因寄钱的人不是购买有形产品。” “相反，该人仅收到数字收据（在区块链中），这类似于捐赠者发送支票并收到收到支票的数字确认。”

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

看门狗说，结果，特朗普似乎正在为“将使他个人受益的礼物”索取资金。

“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.”

投诉说：“除了征集的问题外，宪法（第1条第9条）禁止接受金钱（特别是'礼物'或'emolument'）或任何“国王，王子或外国国家”的价值。” 。 “由于加密货币交换的性质，很难知道外国行为者是否通过购买特朗普模因赠送总统。我们也敦促您调查这个问题。”

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

白宫没有回应置评请求，司法部也没有回应。

The Office of Government Ethics declined to comment.

政府道德办公室拒绝置评。