联邦检察官赖茨致信沃伦要求保存记录 监督权之争扩大
美国德州南区联邦检察官亚伦·赖茨 15 日致信马萨诸塞州民主党联邦参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦，要求她保存与计划中的国会调查有关的所有文件与通讯记录，称其调查意图针对与特朗普总统有关联的私人公民，可能触犯联邦民权法。信中援引《美国法典》第 241 条与第 242 条，要求沃伦在 11 月 23 日美国东部时间下午 6 时前书面确认已收到信件并采取保存措施，否则可能面临制裁等法律后果。
赖茨在信中提到沃伦 11 月 8 日在哥伦比亚广播公司《面对全国》节目中的表态、一篇《时代》杂志专栏文章，以及她与布卢门撒尔参议员、加西亚众议员联名致函一名特朗普私人筹款人的事。沃伦预计在民主党中期选举获胜后出任参议院银行委员会主席，她已表示计划调查大型科技公司首席执行官、华尔街高管、特朗普家族企业以及白宫宴会厅项目捐款人。白宫通讯主任史蒂文·张 15 日公开支持赖茨。
这是赖茨几天内发出的第三封同类信件，此前他已致信康涅狄格州参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔与密歇根州参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金。司法部长托德·布兰奇 12 日曾表示，司法部目前没有针对议员言论的刑事调查。信中未说明是否已对沃伦展开正式刑事调查，沃伦方面尚未公开回应。
关联：司法部检察官 Aaron Reitz 致函参议员 Blumenthal：要求保全白宫宴会厅捐款调查记录并警告法律后果
U.S. Attorney Reitz Orders Warren to Preserve Records as Oversight Fight Expands
U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz of the Southern District of Texas on Sunday sent Sen. Elizabeth Warren a formal letter demanding she preserve all records tied to her planned congressional investigations into people and companies linked to President Donald Trump. Reitz wrote that Warren's planned inquiries target private Americans because of their association with Trump and could violate federal civil-rights statutes, citing 18 U.S.C. sections 241 and 242. He asked Warren to confirm in writing by 6 p.m. Eastern on November 23 that she received the letter and has taken steps to preserve the material, warning that failure to do so could bring sanctions.
The letter cited Warren's November 8 appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation," a Time magazine opinion piece, and a joint letter she signed with Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Robert Garcia seeking information from a private Trump fundraiser. Warren is expected to chair the Senate Banking Committee after Democrats' midterm gains and has signaled plans to investigate big technology chief executives, Wall Street executives, Trump family businesses and donors to the White House ballroom project. White House communications director Steven Cheung backed Reitz on Sunday.
It was the third such letter from Reitz in recent days, following similar demands to Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Elissa Slotkin. Attorney General Todd Blanche said on November 12 that the Justice Department had no ongoing criminal investigations into lawmakers' words. The letter did not say whether a formal criminal investigation of Warren has been opened, and Warren has not publicly responded.
来源：美国德州南区联邦检察官办公室
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