川普涉嫌逃稅,還有續集!調查記者:有很多線索丨外媒說

上週,《紐約時報》刊登了一篇重磅調查報告,指控特朗普曾幫父母逃稅數百萬美元。

特朗普涉嫌逃税,还有续集!调查记者:有很多线索丨外媒说

《紐約時報》:特朗普參與可疑的避稅方案,並從父親那裡獲得財富

調查報告稱,特朗普曾從他父親的地產帝國中獲得了至少相當於現在4.13億美元的財富,而這些財富大多是在上世紀90年代通過幫他父母偷稅得來的,其中還存在徹頭徹尾的詐騙行為。

《紐約時報》寫道:

President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents, an investigation by The New York Times has found.

《紐約時報》的一項調查發現,特朗普總統曾在上世紀90年代參與可疑的避稅方案,其中包括徹頭徹尾的詐騙,並因此大大增加了他從父母那裡獲得的財產。

該調查報告稱,特朗普一直在樹立自己“白手起家”的光輝形象,稱自己幾乎從未獲得來自父親,傳奇的紐約建築商弗雷德·C·特朗普(Fred C. Trump),的任何財產支持。

但《紐約時報》的調查卻稱,事實並非如此:

The Times’s investigation, based on a vast trove of confidential tax returns and financial records, reveals that Mr. Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father’s real estate empire.

《紐約時報》的調查發現,大量保密的納稅申報表和財務記錄顯示,特朗普從他父親的地產帝國中收到了至少相當於現在4.13億美元的好處。

特朗普涉嫌逃税,还有续集!调查记者:有很多线索丨外媒说

唐納德·特朗普和父親弗雷德·C·特朗普

而這些錢大多都是他幫助父母逃稅得來的,《紐約時報》寫道:

Much of this money came to Mr. Trump because he helped his parents dodge taxes. He and his siblings set up a sham corporation to disguise millions of dollars in gifts from their parents, records and interviews show.

特朗普獲得的這些錢許多都是他幫助父母逃稅的結果。各種記錄和採訪顯示,他和兄弟姐妹設立了一個虛假公司來掩人耳目,以藏匿父母給他們的數百萬美元的禮金。

Records indicate that Mr. Trump helped his father take improper tax deductions worth millions more. He also helped formulate a strategy to undervalue his parents’ real estate holdings by hundreds of millions of dollars on tax returns, sharply reducing the tax bill when those properties were transferred to him and his siblings.

記錄表明,特朗普幫助其父親進行不正當的稅務減免,價值達數百萬美元有餘。他也參與制定了一個方案,將納稅申報單上父母所持有的財產低估數億美元,後來這些財產轉入他和兄弟姐妹名下時,稅金得以大幅減少。

特朗普涉嫌逃税,还有续集!调查记者:有很多线索丨外媒说

《紐約時報》稱這項報道基於一項長期調查,包括翻閱了逾十萬頁的財務文件,採訪了特朗普父親的商業合作伙伴以及來自“公共性資源——抵押事實、保險記錄、財務披露報告、監督管理記錄與民事法庭檔案”等文件。

《紐約時報》的這顆重磅炸彈立刻引來白宮的回應。據路透社報道:

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders called the story “misleading” and said in a statement “many decades ago the IRS reviewed and signed off on these transactions.”

白宮發言人莎拉·桑德斯在一份聲明中稱,這篇報道充滿“誤導性”,“國稅局早在幾十年前就審查並簽結相關事項”。

特朗普涉嫌逃税,还有续集!调查记者:有很多线索丨外媒说

特朗普的律師查爾斯·哈德(Charles Harder)也發表聲明稱《紐約時報》的指控是“誹謗”(defamatory):

“The New York Times’ allegations of fraud and tax evasion are 100 percent false, and highly defamatory.”

《紐約時報》對詐騙和逃稅的指控百分之百錯誤,簡直是誹謗。

哈德稱特朗普幾乎沒有參與相關事務:

“President Trump had virtually no involvement whatsoever with these matters.”

特朗普幾乎沒有參與這些事務。


“The affairs were handled by other Trump family members who were not experts themselves and therefore relied entirely upon the aforementioned licensed professionals to ensure full compliance with the law.”

這些事都是由特朗普家族的其他成員處理的,他們不是專家,因此完全依靠前文提到的有執照的專業人士的幫助,以確保完全遵守法律。

另一方面,《紐約時報》的報道引發了紐約州當局的高度重視。

據報道,紐約州稅務部門表示,正在審查這些指控,並且“通過所有適當的調查途徑大力追查”。

James Gazzale, a spokesman for the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, said the department “is reviewing the allegations in the New York Times article and is vigorously pursuing all appropriate avenues of investigation.”

紐約州稅收與財政部發言人詹姆斯·加扎爾表示,該部門“正在評估《紐約時報》對特朗普的指控,並積極動用所有合適的渠道大力追查。”

紐約市市長白思豪(Bill de Blasio)也第一時間在推特上發文稱要追查此事:

特朗普涉嫌逃税,还有续集!调查记者:有很多线索丨外媒说

“I’ve directed NYC’s Department of Finance to immediately investigate tax and housing violations and to work with NY State to find out if appropriate taxes were paid.”

“我已指示紐約市財政局立即對逃稅和地產違規行為展開調查,並與紐約州合作,查明(特朗普)是否繳納了適當的稅款。”

參與曝光此事的記者:還有續集

特朗普涉嫌逃税,还有续集!调查记者:有很多线索丨外媒说

然而事情還沒有完。參與此案調查的《紐約時報》記者蘇珊娜·克雷格(Susanne Craig)7日表示,此報道仍可能有續集。

克雷格接受美國有線電視新聞網絡(CNN)採訪時表示:

"We've got more leads and more string to pull. We're just going to keep going on it," investigative reporter Susanne Craig told CNN's Brian Stelter on "Reliable Sources" Sunday.

“我們得到了很多的線索,還有更多可挖的東西。目前,我們還在繼續追蹤此事。”在接受CNN記者布萊恩·斯泰爾特7日採訪時,克雷格提到他們有“可靠信源”。

克雷格說,這件事很有可能還有“續集”(part two)。

特朗普涉嫌逃税,还有续集!调查记者:有很多线索丨外媒说

參與調查報道的克雷格表示,一開始,他們並沒有覺得此事將成為大新聞,但隨著一條條證據的收集,抽絲剝繭,“重磅”的真相漸漸浮出水面:

The reporters began by looking at the 2005 tax return that leaked out in March 2017. They started with some simple questions about how Trump made money that year.

記者們從2017年3月流出的2005年納稅申報單開始查起。開始時,他們只是針對特朗普當年如何賺錢這件事提了幾個簡單的問題。

Craig said there wasn't a single moment when they realized they had a big story. She called the process a "real journey of discovery."

克雷格說,在調查過程中,他們從沒意識到自己在做大新聞。她說整個過程是“真正的發現之旅”。

特朗普涉嫌逃税,还有续集!调查记者:有很多线索丨外媒说

"One thing kind of led to another, and then we started to reach out to sources and got an extraordinary amount of documents," she said. She and her colleagues spent a year and a half going through the materials.

“一件事指向著另一件,我們順藤摸瓜,漸漸開始接近信源,得到了大量的文件。”她說,她和同事們花了一年半時間來收集、研究材料。

而這一醜聞,將會打破特朗普競選時打造的白手起家的神話:

Craig said the story "will have legs" and will take a long time for people to digest." It sets down a factual narrative of his life that is very much in contrast with the one that's largely out there now," she said, referring to the image of Trump as a self-made billionaire.

克雷格說,這個報道將“持續發酵”,公眾要花很長時間去消化。“這是對特朗普形象事實性的敘述,跟他一直給人的印象將大相徑庭。”她指的是特朗普白手起家的億萬富翁形象。

特朗普涉嫌逃税,还有续集!调查记者:有很多线索丨外媒说

克雷格也提到,在採訪過程中,信源中認識特朗普父親的人,都表示特朗普白手起家的神話是個“厚顏無恥的謊言”(a bald-face lie)。

文章於本月3日刊出後,《紐約時報》非常罕見地(took the unusual step)於7日再版(reprinting)了這篇1.3萬字的報道。

該報也即將公佈一部紀錄片,還原整個調查的全貌。


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