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Elliott Broidy承认犯有非法游说活动罪 【中英对照翻译】

新闻来源:美国司法部;发布时间:October 20, 2020 / 2020年10月20日

翻译/简评:势不可挡;校对:Julia Win;审核:海阔天空 ;Page:拱卒

简评:

2020年10月20日,现年63岁的埃利奥特·布洛伊迪(Elliott Broidy)在美国地方法院法官科琳·科拉尔·科特利(Colleen Kollar-Kotelly)面前承认了一项共谋违反《外国代理人登记法》的罪名。布洛伊迪作为前共和党全国委员会财务副主席,曾帮助川普就职委员会筹集了创纪录的1.07亿美元,但是在明知道“在任何时候充当外国委托人的代理人都需要向司法部FARA登记注册”的情况下,由于其自私、贪婪和懦弱的本性,仍然暗中为中共国和其它国家利益集团进行游说。

布洛伊迪参与的非法游说犯罪活动包括:一、应中共常委孟建柱私生子,马来西亚“壹马公司”丑闻的主角刘特佐(Jho Low)要求,布洛伊迪和其搭档戴维斯同意帮助游说美国总统及其政府撤销对“壹马公司(1MDB)”的调查,并要求800万美元的预付款;二、 布洛伊迪和戴维斯在刘特佐处领取的另一个任务是,与时任中共国公安部副部长孙力军合作,游说美国总统及其政府遣返在美居住人士郭文贵先生,并且在孙力军访美期间,布洛伊迪曾努力游说美国司法部和国家安全部的最高官员与孙力军会面。但这些游说活动均未成功。

早前,司法部前雇员乔治·希金伯瑟姆(George Higginbotham),在美国哥伦比亚特区地方法院因其在游说活动中的角色而认罪;布洛伊迪搭档戴维斯也已经宣判为非法外国代理人,她也已经认罪。现在,这位声名狼藉的共和党金融家布洛伊迪也对其进行的非法游说活动认罪,他的认罪是维护美国司法制度公平透明原则的第一步。尽管中共利用“蓝金黄”战略,诱惑腐败的律师、政府官员以及贪婪的商人对美国进行大规模渗透,让他们不惜以破坏美国利益和美国司法制度为代价与中共勾兑,但是,作为三权分立的国家,美国司法部保护了司法部调查的完整性不受外国渗透势力的影响。

布洛伊迪的认罪表明,美国司法部正在用法律全面围剿和中共勾兑的暗势力,以将其绳之以法。当美国利用法律武器时,和中共勾兑的人将无法逃过法律制裁,将受到正义的审判。同时奉劝美国的中间派、墙头草以及投机主义者们能看清形势,尽早远离中共生态圈,加入到全球自动灭共的行列中来。

原文翻译:

Elliott Broidy Pleads Guilty for Back-Channel Lobbying Campaign to Drop 1MDB Investigation and Remove a Chinese Foreign National

埃利奥特·布洛伊迪(Elliott Broidy)承认犯有非法游说活动罪,该游说旨在撤销1MDB的调查并遣返一名华裔外国人

Elliott Broidy, 63, of Beverly Hills, California, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to one count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

现年63岁、来自于加州贝弗利山庄(Beverly Hills)的埃利奥特·布洛伊迪(Elliott Broidy)今天在美国地方法院法官科琳·科拉尔·科特利(Colleen Kollar-Kotelly)面前承认了一项共谋违反《外国代理人登记法》的罪名。

“In exchange for millions of dollars, Elliott Broidy and his co-conspirators agreed to secretly do the bidding of a foreign government and a foreign national by lobbying senior U.S. government officials regarding a pending Department of Justice investigation and the extradition of a foreign national,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Although his repeated efforts to influence the administration were unsuccessful, Mr. Broidy never disclosed that he was actually acting on behalf of foreign actors. This case demonstrates how foreign governments and principals seek to advance their agendas in the United States by hiding behind politically influential proxies. Such conduct poses a serious threat to our national security and undermines the integrity of our democracy. Mr. Broidy’s failure to disclose that he was acting on behalf of foreign principals deceived the American people and prevented government officials from properly evaluating the true source of and motivation for his lobbying efforts.”

司法部刑事司代理助理总检察长布莱恩·C·拉比特(Brian C. Rabbitt)说:“以数百万美元为交换,埃利奥特·布洛伊迪和他的同谋者同意秘密地听命于一个外国政府和一个外国公民,就司法部正在进行的调查和引渡一位外国公民的问题游说美国政府高级官员。尽管他不断影响政府的努力均没有成功,但布洛伊迪先生从未透露他实际上是代表外国行为者行事。此案表明,外国政府和委托人是如何通过隐藏在具有政治影响力的代理人背后,以寻求在美国推进其议程的。这种行为对我们的国家安全构成了严重威胁,并破坏了我们民主的完整性。布洛伊迪先生没有披露他是代表外国委托人行事,这欺骗了美国人民,并使政府官员无法正确评估其努力游说工作的真正来源和动机。”

“Elliott Broidy sought to lobby the highest levels of the U.S. government to drop one of the largest fraud and money laundering prosecutions ever brought and to deport a critic of the Chinese Communist Party, all the while concealing the foreign interests whose bidding he was doing,” said Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. “His guilty plea is the first step in vindicating the principle of transparency that undergirds the free flow of ideas in our democratic system.”

司法部国家安全部助理总检察长约翰·C·德默斯(John C. Demers)说:“埃利奥特·布洛伊迪试图游说美国政府最高层,以撤销有史以来规模最大的欺诈和洗钱起诉之一,并驱逐一名对中国共产党的批评者,同时隐瞒了他受命于外国利益集团。他的认罪是维护透明原则的第一步,而透明原则是我们民主制度中自由思想的基础。"

“The FBI is committed to rooting out corruption in whatever form it occurs,” said Assistant Director Calvin Shivers of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division. “Working with our partners at DOJ-OIG, the FBI uncovered and thwarted Elliott Broidy's scheme to engage in illegal lobbying in exchange for millions of dollars. This case should stand as an example to all those who engage in international corruption schemes. The FBI and our partners will investigate, and we will bring you to justice.”

联邦调查局(FBI)刑事调查部助理局长卡尔文·希弗斯(Calvin Shivers)说:“FBI致力于根除任何形式的腐败。FBI与我们在司法部-监察局(DOJ-OIG)的合作伙伴合作,揭露并挫败了埃利奥特·布洛伊迪从事非法游说以换取数百万美元的计划。此案应该成为所有参与国际腐败计划的人的范例。FBI和我们的合作伙伴将对你进行调查,我们将把你绳之以法。”

“Broidy worked on behalf of foreign officials to influence the Department of Justice, and in doing so, failed to disclose his lucrative relationship with the foreign officials,” said Special Agent in Charge Keith A. Bonanno of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (DOJ-OIG) Cyber Investigations Office. “Though he was unsuccessful, this case underscores the importance of protecting the integrity of DOJ investigations from foreign influence.”

司法部-监察局网络调查办公室的特别负责人基思·波南诺(Keith A. Bonanno)说:“布洛伊迪代表外国官员对司法部施加影响,在这个过程中,他并没有披露他与外国官员之间的有利可图的关系。尽管他没有成功,但此案突显了保护司法部调查的完整性免受外国影响的重要性。”

According to admissions made in connection with his plea, between March 2017 and January 2018, Broidy agreed to lobby the President of the United States, the Attorney General, and other high level officials in the Administration and the Department of Justice to drop civil forfeiture proceedings and related matters concerning the embezzlement of billions of dollars from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a strategic investment and development company wholly owned by the Government of Malaysia. For his efforts, Broidy was paid $9 million by Foreign National A, an alleged architect of the 1MDB scheme. Broidy also agreed to lobby the Administration and DOJ on behalf of Foreign National A and People’s Republic of China (PRC) Minister A, to arrange for the removal and return of PRC National A – a dissident of the PRC living in the United States. Broidy concealed from the officials whom he lobbied that he was being paid millions of dollars by Foreign National A with the expectation of tens of millions more in success fees. The lobbying campaigns were ultimately unsuccessful.

根据他在认罪时作出的交代,2017年3月至2018年1月期间,布洛伊迪同意游说美国总统、司法部长以及政府和司法部的其他高级官员,以撤销民事没收程序和涉及从马来西亚政府全资拥有的战略投资和发展公司1Malaysia Development Berhad(1MDB)贪污数十亿美元的相关事宜。由于他的努力,布洛伊迪从外国国民A(据称是1MDB计划的设计者)那里获得900万美元的报酬。布洛伊迪还同意代表外国国民A和中华人民共和国(中共国)部长A游说政府和司法部,以安排将中国国民A(居住在美国的中国异议人士)遣送回国。布罗迪向他游说的官员隐瞒了外国国民A向他支付了数百万美元的报酬,并期望获得数千万的成功费。游说活动最终没有成功。

Among other actions, Broidy tried to arrange meetings for PRC Minister A with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and other high-level officials during the PRC Minister’s visit to the United States in May 2017; provided talking points to the Secretary of State referencing the 1MDB investigation in advance of a meeting between the Secretary of State and the Malaysian Prime Minister in August 2017; and pushed the White House Chief of Staff for a golf game between the President and the Malaysian Prime Minister to allow the Malaysian Prime Minister to raise resolution of the 1MDB investigation. As stated previously, despite Broidy’s and his co-conspirator’s efforts, the lobbying campaign was unsuccessful as to the individuals mentioned above. Of the $9 million Broidy was paid for his role in the scheme, he paid roughly $2.4 million to co-conspirator Nickie Lum Davis. Broidy has agreed to forfeit the balance of $6.6 million as part of his plea agreement.

在其它行动中,布洛伊迪试图在2017年5月中共国部长访美期间,安排中共国部长A与司法部长、国土安全部部长和其他高级官员会面;在2017年8月美国国务卿与马来西亚总理会晤之前,向国务卿提供有关1MDB调查的谈话要点;并推动白宫幕僚长安排总统与马来西亚总理之间的高尔夫比赛,以允许马来西亚总理提出1MDB调查的解决方案。如前所述,尽管布洛伊迪和他的同谋做了很多努力,但对于上述人员的游说活动并未成功。布洛伊迪因其在该计划中的作用而获得900万美元的报酬,他向同谋尼基·卢姆·戴维斯(Nickie Lum Davis)支付了大约240万美元。作为认罪协议的一部分,布罗迪已经同意没收660万美元的余额。

George Higginbotham, a former Justice Department employee, previously pleaded guilty for his role in the scheme on Nov. 30, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Lum Davis previously pleaded guilty for her role in the scheme on Aug. 31, 2020.

司法部前雇员乔治·希金伯瑟姆(George Higginbotham)曾于2018年11月30日在美国哥伦比亚特区地方法院因其在该计划中的角色而认罪。卢姆·戴维斯此前于2020年8月31日因其在该计划中的角色而认罪。

Sentencing for Broidy will be set on a date to be determined.

对布洛伊迪的宣判将择日进行。

The Los Angeles Field Division of the FBI and DOJ-OIG investigated the case. Principal Deputy Chief John D. Keller, Deputy Director of Election Crimes Sean F. Mulryne, and Trial Attorneys Nicole R. Lockhart and James C. Mann of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section (PIN) are prosecuting the case. Former PIN Trial Attorney Ryan Ellersick also provided significant assistance in the investigation.

FBI洛杉矶外勤部和司法部-监察局调查了此案。首席副主任约翰-D-凯勒(John D. Keller)、选举犯罪部副主任肖恩-F-穆林(Sean F. Mulryne)和刑事部公共廉正科(PIN)的审判律师尼科尔·洛克哈特(Nicole R. Lockhart)和詹姆斯·曼(James C. Mann)正在起诉此案。前PIN审判律师瑞安·埃勒西克(Ryan Ellersick)也在调查中提供了重要协助。

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