公民要求司法部调查特朗普的纪念物的合法性

总统在1月中旬上任前几天，在1月中旬推出了正式的特朗普（特朗普）纪念物。

A progressive think tank is asking the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to probe the legality of President Donald Trump’s new memecoin.

一个进步的智囊团要求美国司法部（DOJ）调查唐纳德·特朗普总统的新成员的合法性。

The president launched the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin in mid-January, days before he took office. The controversial crypto asset rapidly skyrocketed in value and is now the 41st-largest digital asset by market cap.

总统在1月中旬上任前几天，在1月中旬推出了正式的特朗普（特朗普）纪念物。备受争议的加密资产的价值迅速飙升，现在是市场上限的第41大数字资产。

Officials at the nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen say in a new letter to the DOJ and the Office of Government Ethics that the memecoin could be a violation of federal law regulating gifts to government officials.

非营利性消费者倡导组织的官员在给司法部和政府道德办公室的一封新信中说，该纪念物可能违反了向政府官员提供礼物的联邦法律。

Public Citizen officials point out that the TRUMP website notes the memecoins “are not intended to be, or to be the subject of, an investment opportunity, investment contract, or security of any type.”

公民官员指出，特朗普网站指出，模因“不打算或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. 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…

“因此，一个为特朗普模因寄钱的人不是购买有形产品。取而代之的是，该人仅收到数字收据（在区块链中），该收据类似于捐赠者发送支票并收到收到支票的数字确认的捐赠者…

In short, it appears Trump is not soliciting money in exchange for an investment or tangible product (such as a Bible, sports shoes, or a guitar), but soliciting money in exchange for nothing — that is, asking for a gift that will benefit him personally.

简而言之，看来特朗普并没有筹集资金来换取投资或有形产品（例如圣经，运动鞋或吉他），而是要征收钱来换取任何东西，也就是说，要求提供一份礼物，以便受益他个人。

"Public Citizen officials say that under federal law, government officials are not permitted to “solicit anything of value from a person who seeks official action from the officer.” The organization officials add that the law “also appears to apply to gifts that might be given to curry favor with an official.”

“公民公民官员说，根据联邦法律，政府官员不允许“向寻求官员官方行动的人征求任何有价值的东西。”该组织官员补充说，该法律“似乎还适用于可能赠送给库里的礼物。”

Public Citizen officials also note that the TRUMP memecoin website states that those purchasing the memecoins “understand, acknowledge, and agree that they are not acquiring any rights in or to any investment or tangible product in exchange for sending money for a Trump meme.”

公民公民官员还指出，特朗普纪念因素网站指出，那些购买Memecoins的人“理解，承认并同意他们没有获得任何投资或任何投资或有形产品的权利，以换取为特朗普寄存的钱。”

The organization officials say this language “is designed to avoid the conclusion that people who send money for a Trump meme are making a donation to Trump's political campaign or to Trump personally.”

该组织官员说，这种语言“旨在避免结论，即为特朗普模因向特朗普的政治竞选或特朗普亲自捐款的人们正在捐款。”

“However, the officials add, “the language also appears to be designed to avoid the conclusion that Trump is not soliciting money in exchange for anything of value — that is, a gift.”

“但是，官员们补充说：“该语言似乎也旨在避免结论特朗普没有征求金钱来换取任何有价值的东西，即礼物。”

Public Citizen officials say that 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.”

公民公民官员说，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。”

“This raises the possibility that the president may be violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution,” the officials add.

官员们补充说：“这增加了总统可能违反《美国宪法外国埃默尔条款》条款的可能性。”

Public Citizen officials aren’t the only ones to question the merit of assets like TRUMP. Ethereum (ETH) founder Vitalik Buterin said last month that political coins represented “vehicles for unlimited political bribery,” though he didn’t mention any specific token by name.

公民官员并不是唯一质疑特朗普这样的资产优点的人。以太坊（ETH）创始人维塔利克·布特林（Vitalik Buterin）上个月表示，政治硬币代表“无限政治贿赂的车辆”，尽管他没有提及任何特定的象征。