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美国亚利桑那州民主党参议员马克·凯利（D-AZ）在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦参加晚间投票后离开参议院会议厅时给手表上弦。路透社/乔纳森·恩斯特/档案照片 [购买授权，新窗口打开]
- 摘要
- 大陪审团驳回起诉民主党人的企图
- 特朗普多次呼吁惩罚被视为敌人的人
- 白宫称该视频对国家安全构成威胁
- 部分民主党人正考虑采取法律行动回应
华盛顿，2月11日（路透社） – 美国国会议员直到通过媒体报道才得知，唐纳德·特朗普总统政府曾试图对他们提起指控并逮捕他们，但未成功。一些议员周三表示，他们正在考虑采取法律行动回应。
“这不是一个好的新闻故事，”亚利桑那州民主党参议员、前宇航员和海军老兵马克·凯利在新闻发布会上表示，“这是一个关于唐纳德·特朗普及其亲信如何试图破坏我们的制度，以压制任何合法反对他们的人的故事。”
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一位知情人士周二表示，大陪审团驳回了共和党总统政府针对民主党人的起诉企图，此前民主党人曾敦促军方成员不要服从非法命令。
特朗普多次呼吁惩罚他视为政治对手的人。自2025年1月重返总统职位以来，特朗普一直呼吁监禁政敌，其司法部也将前联邦官员约翰·博尔顿和詹姆斯·科米等批评者列为目标。
今年1月，美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔表示，政府曾因他在国会就美联储大楼项目作证而威胁要起诉他。
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此次调查针对的六名民主党人曾在军队或情报部门任职。去年11月，他们发布视频，要求美军成员拒绝执行非法命令，特朗普指责他们煽动叛乱，称其为“叛徒”，可能面临处决。
白宫称该视频威胁国家安全，随后表示总统并不希望国会民主党人被处决。
该视频未提及具体事件，但当时民主党人正严厉批评美军对加勒比海和太平洋地区所谓的委内瑞拉贩毒船只发动军事打击，以及特朗普向美国城市部署国民警卫队。
参议院共和党多数党领袖约翰·图恩后来告诉记者，他认为该视频“非常愚蠢”，但表示不认为应该起诉这些议员，“不，我不这么认为。我的意思是，那不是我对这种情况的反应，但我们现在就是这种情况。”
更多诉讼可能性
密歇根州民主党参议员、前情报分析师和伊拉克战争老兵埃莉萨·斯洛特金在新闻发布会上被问及是否计划提起诉讼时表示，她正在为各种可能性留有余地。
她说，议员们不知道司法部打算以什么罪名起诉他们。“如果情况有所不同，我们现在已经在准备应对逮捕了，”斯洛特金说。
她表示，政府于去年12月展开调查，一直持续到今年1月，当议员们拒绝自愿接受采访时，才向大陪审团提起诉讼。
斯洛特金称，她已要求美国检察官让娜·皮罗和其他官员保留与调查相关的文件，并确认调查已经结束。
此外，科罗拉多州众议员杰森·克劳（前陆军游骑兵，曾在伊拉克和阿富汗完成三次任务）的律师要求皮罗停止调查，并保留相关文件。
据路透社看到的信件副本，律师阿贝·洛厄尔表示，此案可能违反了美国宪法赋予克劳的言论自由权利以及对国会议员的法律保护。
凯利已起诉国防部长彼得·赫格斯，称因该视频而将其从退役海军上尉军衔降级的程序侵犯了言论自由权利。
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US lawmakers learned Trump wanted to indict them through the press
February 11, 2026 8:47 PM UTC / Reuters
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) winds his watch as he departs the Senate floor after an evening vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 12, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo [Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab]
- Summary
- Grand jury rejected attempt to indict Democrats
- Trump has repeatedly called for punishment of those seen as enemies
- White House called video national security threat
- Some Democrats considering legal action in response
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Members of the U.S. Congress learned only through press reports that President Donald Trump’s administration had tried – and failed – to have them charged and arrested, and some said on Wednesday they were considering legal action in response.
“This is not a good news story,” Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, a former astronaut and Navy veteran, told a news conference. “This is a story about how Donald Trump and his cronies are trying to break our system in order to silence anyone who lawfully speaks out against them.”
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A source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday that a grand jury had rejected an attempt by the Republican president’s administration to indict the Democrats after they urged members of the military not to comply with unlawful orders.
Trump has repeatedly called for punishment of those he sees as political enemies. Since returning to the presidency in January 2025, Trump has called for imprisoning adversaries and his Justice Department has targeted critics such as former federal officials John Bolton and James Comey.
In January, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the administration threatened to indict him over congressional testimony about a Fed building project.
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The six Democrats targeted in this probe served in the military or intelligence community. In November, they released a video telling members of the U.S. military they must refuse illegal orders, prompting Trump to accuse them of sedition and call them traitors who could face execution.
The White House, which called the video a threat to national security, later said the president did not want congressional Democrats executed.
The video did not reference specific incidents, but came as Democrats were sharply critical of military strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, and Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities.
Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune later told reporters he thought the video was “a really dumb move” but said he did not think the lawmakers should be indicted, “No, I don’t think so. I mean, that wouldn’t have been my response to that, but we are where we are.”
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Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a former intelligence analyst and Iraq war veteran, said at the news conference she was leaving her options open when asked whether she planned to file suit.
She said the lawmakers did not know what charges the Department of Justice sought against them. “If things had gone a different way, we’d be preparing for arrest,” Slotkin said.
She said the government had opened an inquiry in December, carried it forward into January and, when the lawmakers refused to sit for a voluntary interview, went to a grand jury.
Slotkin said she had asked U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and other officials to preserve documents related to the investigation and provide confirmation that the probe is over.
Separately, a lawyer for Representative Jason Crow of Colorado, a former Army Ranger who completed three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, demanded that Pirro stop pursuing the probe and also preserve documents.
The attorney, Abbe Lowell, said the case could violate Crow’s free-speech rights under the U.S. Constitution and legal protections for members of Congress, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters.
Kelly has sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, saying proceedings to demote him from his retired Navy captain rank over the video violated free-speech rights.
Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; additional reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Andrea Ricci
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