Name: 美國國會將傑佛瑞·愛潑斯坦檔案法案送交川普！BBC新聞 (US Congress votes to send Jeffrey Epstein files bill to Donald Trump | BBC News)
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The release of the Epstein files looks to be a step closer today after lawmakers in both the House of Representatives and the Senate agreed to order the Justice Department to disclose records related to the convicted sex offender.

眾議院和參議院的議員們同意命令司法部公開與這名被定罪的性犯罪者相關的記錄，今天愛潑斯坦檔案的公佈似乎又往前邁進了一步。

The bill now heads to the desk of President Trump for signing after a long campaign by survivors of Jeffrey Epstein.

在傑弗瑞·愛潑斯坦的倖存者們長期的努力下，這項法案現在將送交川普總統簽署。

Events accelerated in the last few days with President Trump reversing his opposition to releasing the files after a growing number of Republicans said they would vote in favor of doing so.

在越來越多的共和黨員表示會支持公佈檔案後，川普總統撤銷了他先前反對的立場，近幾天的事件是以加速進行。

While in the House of Representatives, the vote was overwhelming, 427 to 1 in favor, while the Senate unanimously fast tracked the decision without a vote.

眾議院的投票結果是壓倒性的 427 票對 1 票贊成，而參議院則以全票無異議的方式迅速通過了這項決定。

Questions remain, though, over whether the Department of Justice will release all of the papers or hold some back on the basis of their ongoing investigation.

不過，司法部是否會公佈所有文件，或是基於正在進行的調查而保留部分文件，這仍然是個問題。

Let's speak now to our senior North America correspondent, Gary o'.

接下來我們請我們的資深北美特派記者 Gary o' 來談談。

How quickly could President Trump sign this?

川普總統能多快簽署這項法案？

First of all, pretty much immediately if he chose to.

首先，如果他願意，他幾乎可以立即簽署。

And of course, he doesn't even really need a bill to order the release of these documents.

而且當然，他甚至不需要法案就能下令釋出這些文件。

He could have done that without any legislation whatsoever.

他根本不需要任何立法就能這麼做。

But we'll wait to see whether he signs this with any kind of pomp and circumstance, which he often does with the signing of bills.

但我們會看看他會不會像簽署法案時那樣，盛大隆重地簽署這項法案。

You know, they have a whole row of pens, don't they?

你知道的，他們會準備一整排的筆，對吧？

And they say he signs one bit with one pen, hands it to someone who is involved, signs another bit with another pen, hands it someone else.

他會用一支筆簽署一部分，然後交給某個參與者，再用另一支筆簽署另一部分，交給另一個人。

That's all part of the normal sort of ceremony of signing bills.

這都是簽署法案時的正常儀式。

I'm not sure we're going to get that this time, because he didn't really want to be here as of a week ago.

我不確定這次我們會不會看到，因為他一週前其實不太想在這裡。

He was trying to persuade them not to pass this legislation.

他當時試圖說服他們不要通過這項立法。

And we saw that 180 degrees over the weekend.

而我們在週末看到情況來了個一百八十度的轉變。

as soon as he signs it, Department of Justice has 30 days to release all the documents in what's described in the legislation as a searchable and downloadable format.

一旦他簽署，司法部就有30天的時間，依照法案的規定，以可搜尋且可下載的格式釋出所有文件。

They can withhold stuff that's involved with ongoing prosecutions.

他們可以扣留與正在進行的起訴有關的資料。

And ironically, ironically, just before last weekend, Donald, Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate Democrats.

諷刺的是，就在上週末前，川普總統命令司法部調查民主黨員。

So they might end up having to withhold some material relating to Democrats, which would not please the president.

所以他們可能會被迫扣留一些與民主黨員有關的資料，這總統可不會高興。

And there'll be some protections for some of Epstein's victims, the survivors of.

而且也會有一些保護措施，給予愛潑斯坦的受害者，也就是其虐待的倖存者。

所以我們就等著看這些事情何時會發生。

And of course, once all that material is released, ironically, this in some ways isn't the end of it, because that could spur and spark a whole Fresh new round of questions about different people and their involvement with Epstein, what they knew about him, when they knew it, you know, and

而且當然，一旦所有這些資料都釋出，諷刺的是，這在某種程度上並不是結束，因為這可能會激發和點燃一整輪關於不同人士以及他們與愛潑斯坦的關係、他們對他的瞭解、何時瞭解等等的新問題，

what should be done next in terms of any potential prosecutions, etc.

以及接下來在潛在起訴方面應該做些什麼。

And to that point, you were making, Gary, about President Trump ordering that Department of Justice investigation.

而且就你剛才提到的，Gary，關於川普總統命令司法部展開調查。

Thomas Massie, the Republican, who, along with the Democrat Ro Khanna, you know, spearheaded this push to get the documents all released.

共和黨員 Thomas Massie，他與民主黨員 Ro Khanna 一起，推動了這些文件的釋出。

At that point, he said this could be a smokescreen, that investigation could be a smokescreen because it could mean that some of them, some of the documents wouldn't be released or they would be heavily redacted.

他當時說這可能是一個煙霧彈，那項調查可能是一個煙霧彈，因為這意味著其中一些文件不會被釋出，或者會被大量刪減。

But, you know, if that information isn't forthcoming in full, how much of a pushback is President Trump going to get from his base?

但是，你知道，如果這些資訊沒有完整公開，川普總統的基礎選民會有多大的反彈？

Because that MAGA base has very much been in favor of full disclosure.

因為那個 MAGA 基礎選民非常支持全面公開。

Yeah, well, in fact, Thomas Massey himself has threatened that if this stuff isn't released to go out onto the floor of the House of Representatives and read out some of these names.

對，事實上，Thomas Massie 本人也威脅說，如果這些東西不釋出，他就會到眾議院的議場上唸出一些名字。

I mean, so that would be an extraordinary moment.

我的意思是，那將會是個非同尋常的時刻。

And of course, he'd be covered by some form of privilege that Congressman gets in that sort of parliamentary context.

而且當然，他會受到國會議員在這種議會情境下所享有的某種特權保護。

So that is one potential pitfall if they don't release everything.

所以，如果他們不完全公開，這就是一個潛在的陷阱。

There is one small sort of fly in the ointment, which is that the speaker of the House, when he voted for this bill Yesterday, along with 426 others, only one vote against, he did say it should have been changed by the Senate, there should have been extra protections put in, some amendments done, and

其中有一個小小的瑕疵，就是眾議院議長，昨天他和其他 426 人一起投票通過這項法案時，只有一票反對，他說這應該由參議院來修改，應該要加入額外的保護措施，做一些修正，而且

And Mike Johnson, the Speaker Republican, says he last night said he spoke to President Trump about this and was asked, you know, might the president veto this in order to send it back for changes?

而共和黨的議長麥克·強生，他昨晚說他跟川普總統談過這件事，並且被問到，你知道，總統會不會為了送回修改而否決這項法案？

And he said, I'm not saying that, but, you know, we'll see what happens.

他說，我不能這麼說，但是，你知道，我們就看看會發生什麼事。

So there is a just a chink of a chance, I think probably only a chink of a chance that the president might veto it and send it back for these amendments, which would sort of delay that process of this stuff coming out.

所以，我認為只有極小的機會，大概只有極小的機會，總統可能會否決它並送回修改這些條款，這將會延遲這些東西被公開的進程。

Gary o' Donoghue there in Washington for us.

蓋瑞·奧多諾休，在華盛頓為我們報導。