Sam Liccardo介绍了现代梅尔和渎职执法（MEME）法案

2月27日，加利福尼亚州民主党国会议员萨姆·列卡多（Sam Liccardo）上任后启动了他的第一条立法。

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.

加利福尼亚州民主党国会议员萨姆·利卡多（Sam Liccardo）是美国众议院新手的，他于2月27日启动了他的第一份立法，该立法旨在禁止联邦高级官员发行，赞助或促进证券，商品或数字资产，否则他们将面临刑事和民事处罚。

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

美国众议院的新成员说：“再次使腐败犯罪。”

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

直接针对特朗普和特朗普，迫使他们“吃饭和呕吐”

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的现代梅洛尔和渎职执法法案拥有十多个民主共同发起人。根据该法案的草案，它将禁止总统，国会议员和其他高级官员以及他们的配偶和子女发行或赞助证券，商品和加密货币，例如Meme Coins。除了将潜在的政客限制在将来发行硬币“削减韭菜”之外，该法案还要求特朗普移交他从出售模因硬币赚取的所有利润。

"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说：“当特朗普总统开始这项抽取股票并出售股票的计划时，我认为每个人都感到困惑。”他补充说，这种行为显然是不道德的，人们不禁想知道为什么没有足够明确的禁令。他还补充说，特朗普的模因硬币引起了人们对透明度，内幕交易和海外负面影响的担忧。

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，北京时代，在特朗普就职典礼前夕，他宣布推出特朗普的同名模因硬币$特朗普。根据特朗普$官方网站的数据，特朗普集团的两个子公司控制着总代币的80％，最初的发行量仅为2亿，其余的8亿，未来三年将逐渐解锁。在特朗普本人验证“个人带来的商品”是真的，特朗普$迅速飙升，整个流通市场价值曾经超过700亿美元，高峰为800亿美元。根据Coingecko数据，截至2月28日，特朗普的价格下降到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.

根据链上数据分析公司Chainalysis的说法，大约有200,000名零售投资者在坠机事故中遭受了巨大的损失，受特朗普影响力吸引的散户投资者和MAGA支持者成为买家。据路透社报道，特朗普推出$的交易平台Meteora允许创作者“薄荷模因硬币并赚取生命费”，而特朗普的创造者通过在Meteora Exchange上提供流动性，获得了约1亿美元。

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还将特朗普的模因硬币与其他国家领导人（例如中非共和国的模因硬币赛车）和阿根廷总统贾维尔·米利（Javier Milley）晋升天秤座的类似行动进行了比较，这使他成为了腐败调查的重点。

A new bill that is unlikely to pass

一项不太可能通过的新法案

"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.

“我可以向您保证，当我竞选公职时，这不是我的计划。” LiCcardo表示，提出该法案的原因是，特朗普上个月在上任之前推出的模因硬币需要某种反应，甚至是特朗普支持的加密货币爱好者也发现令人反感。

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，直接针对特朗普的现代工资和渎职执法法案几乎没有机会通过现任共和党控制的国会，他说，该法案可以作为“占位符”，如果民主党将来可以掌权，并且可以作为象征性的抗议抗议。

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

Liccardo说：“将来至少我们需要确保这不会再发生。”

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》这样的法律禁止政府官员利用其立场来影响政治运动的情况一样，其有效性完全取决于白宫的决定，而利加尔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.

联邦调查发现，在特朗普的上一个学期中，至少有13名前特朗普政府官员通过将竞选活动与政府业务相结合，从而违反了法律。但是，2020年的大选表明，至少对于最高级的政府官员，如果白宫选择忽略《孵化法》的要求，美国公众将没有保护政府高级官员使用其官方权力来非法获得党派政治福利的保护。

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）是特朗普的女儿和当时的顾问，于2020年在Twitter上推广了戈亚咖啡豆，声称该公司受到了不公平的对待，并且她拥有“一切权利”以公开表示支持。政府监管机构批评她无权违反道德标准，该标准禁止政府官员使用公职来支持特定的产品或团体。白宫没有惩罚她