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Trump Suggests He Discussed Bidens with Ukrainian President
President Donald Trump has suggested that he spoke to the leader of Ukraine about former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Biden's son Hunter.
Trump told reporters that he spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a telephone call on July 25. He described the call as "congratulatory" and said one issue they discussed was corruption in Ukraine. Trump told reporters that he raised Biden as an example of corruption.
"It was largely the fact that we don't want our people, like Vice President Biden and his son, creating to the corruption already in the Ukraine," Trump said. He spoke to reporters while he was leaving the White House for a trip to Texas.
Hunter Biden served on the board of directors of a Ukrainian gas company. The Associated Press (AP) says there is no evidence of wrongdoing by him or the former vice president.
Joe Biden is seeking to become the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. If successful, he would compete against Trump for the presidency in the 2020 elections.
Biden accused Trump of making an unfounded political smear.
Some Democratic lawmakers have been calling for congressional investigations into whether Trump misused his office for political gain. They accuse him of asking foreign governments to provide information that could affect the U.S. election. Such an act, they say, is an impeachable offense.
Democrats also accuse the Trump administration of refusing to give Congress important information about the president's actions.
Trump's phone call with Zelenskiy is believed to be part of a whistleblower complaint. By law, the results of the government's investigation must be shared with Congress. However, the acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, has refused to give Congress the information. He says the president has "privilege."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, said Sunday that Maguire must provide the information to Congress. If not, the country "will be entering a (serious) new chapter."
The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported that Trump pushed Zelenskiy eight times to investigate the Bidens. Trump wanted an investigation into whether the Ukrainian company tried to buy influence by offering a job to Hunter Biden while his father was vice president.
The report says Trump was trying to get Zelenskiy to work with Trump's lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, to investigate the Bidens.
Andriy Yermak is an aide to the Ukrainian president. Ukrainian media reported that he told Giuliani that any investigation in Ukraine would be done "transparently."
Hunter Biden started working for the Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings in April 2014. Two months earlier, Ukraine's pro-Russian president was removed from office. Joe Biden was involved in efforts to help the new pro-western government and its promise to fight corruption.
The owner of the gas company was an ally of the ousted president. Some observers thought the company was trying to gain influence with the U.S. government by offering a job to Hunter Biden.
In 2016, Joe Biden pushed the Ukrainian government to remove its prosecutor general. The prosecutor was accused by many in Ukraine and in the West of being easy on corruption.
Trump says the Ukrainian official was investigating the Bidens. There is no evidence of this, however.
Trump told reporters that he said "nothing wrong" in the call to Zelenskiy.
Trump told reporters he will look into releasing details or a transcript of the call. He added that foreign leaders should feel free to speak honestly with an American president without fear those comments could be made public.
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham admitted there can be "10 to 20 people" listening in on such calls.
The whistleblower complaint came after several events, not just the July 25 call between Trump and Zelenskiy. This information comes from two people who know the details of the complaint. The AP agreed to their request not to use their names in this report.
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重点解析
1.look into 观察
When I look into his eyes, it seems all the problems in the world go away.
当我看向他的眼睛，似乎世界上一切问题都消失不见了。
2.made public 公开
And they reflect concern among web users about how private data are made public.
他们对关于如何公开网站用户的隐私资料表示关心。
3.fight corruption 打击腐败
Our strategy commits us to a course of deeper engagement to a strengthen governance and fight corruption.
我们的战略要求我们通过深入参与加强治理，遏制腐败。
4.compete against 与...竞争
We can compete against anybody –and we can win.
我们可以与任何人竞争——而且能赢得胜利。
5.The Associated Press (AP) says there is no evidence of wrongdoing by him or the former vice president.
there is no evidence of 没有证据表明...
As yet, there is no evidence of that.
而迄今为止，并没有这方面的证据。
There is no evidence of a Trojan horse on your system.
在您的系统中没有发现木马。
6.He added that foreign leaders should feel free to speak honestly with an American president without fear those comments could be made public.
feel free to 随意地...
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask me.
如果有任何问题，请随意提问。
Please feel free to call me any time up until half past nine at night.
晚上9点半之前任何时间你都可以给我打电话。
参考译文
特朗普暗示与乌克兰总统谈论拜登
特朗普总统暗示与乌克兰领导人谈论了美国前副总统乔·拜登（Joe Biden）及其儿子亨特·拜登（Hunter）。
特朗普向记者表示，7月25日，他与乌克兰总统沃伦米尔·泽伦斯基通过电话。他称，这是一通“贺电”，并称他们讨论了乌克兰的腐败问题。特朗普告诉记者，他提拜登只是作为腐败的一个例子。
特朗普说：“（通话内容）主要是我们不希望我们的人民，如副总统拜登和他的儿子，助长乌克兰的腐败问题。”特朗普在离开白宫前往德克萨斯州时对记者发表了这番讲话。
亨特曾在乌克兰一家天然气公司担任董事。美联社称，目前没有证据表明他或前副总统拜登有不当行为。
拜登正在寻求成为民主党的总统候选人。如果成功，他将在2020年大选中与特朗普角逐总统职位。
拜登指责特朗普对他进行毫无根据的政治抹黑。
一些民主党议员一直呼吁国会调查特朗普是否滥用职权谋求政治利益。他们指责特朗普要求外国政府提供可能影响美国大选的信息。他们称，这种行为是一种可被弹劾的罪行。
民主党人还指责特朗普政府拒绝向国会提供有关总统此举的重要信息。
特朗普与泽伦斯基的通话被认为是举报人提供的部分材料。根据法律，政府的调查结果必须与国会分享。然而，美国国家情报代理局长约瑟夫·马奎尔拒绝向国会提供此信息。他说总统拥有“特权。”
众议院议长南希·佩洛西周日表示，马奎尔必须向国会提供此信息。否则，美国“将会进入严重的新时期。”
《华尔街日报》报道称，特朗普曾8次督促泽伦斯基调查拜登一家。特朗普希望调查这家乌克兰公司是否在拜登任副总统期间，想借为亨特提供工作来获得影响力。
报道称，特朗普试图让泽伦斯基与特朗普的律师鲁道夫·朱利安尼合作调查拜登一家。
安德烈·叶尔马克是乌克兰总统的助手。乌克兰媒体报道称，叶尔马克告诉朱利安尼，乌克兰的任何调查都将在“透明状态”下进行。
亨特于2014年4月开始为乌克兰天然气公司布里斯马集团工作。在此两个月前，乌克兰亲俄总统被罢免。拜登参与了帮助亲西方政府上台及其打击腐败的承诺。
这家天然气公司的老板是被罢免总统的盟友。一些观察人士认为，该公司当时试图通过向亨特提供工作获得在美国政府中的影响力。
2016年，拜登督促乌克兰政府罢免了该国的总检查长。乌克兰和西方国家的很多人指责这位检察官放任腐败。
特朗普表示，这位乌克兰官员当时正在调查拜登一家。然而，没有任何证据证明这一点。
特朗普告诉记者，他在跟泽伦斯基的通话内容“从未逾矩”。
特朗普对记者表示，他会考虑公布这次通话的细节或文本记录。他还说，外国领导人应该可以安心地跟美国总统坦诚交流，而无需担心这些言论被公开。
白宫新闻秘书史蒂芬妮·格里舍姆承认可能会有10到20人在监听这类通话。
举报人投诉发生在几起事件之后，不单是7月25日特朗普与泽伦斯基之间的通话之后。这一信息来自两位了解举报细节的人士。美联社同意了他们提出在报道中匿名的要求。
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