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House Democrats¹, led by Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff, have released a 300-page report on their findings in the ongoing² impeachment⁴ investigation⁵ of President Trump⁶. As expected, the report concludes that the president used the power of his office to solicit⁷ interference from Ukraine to benefit his 2020 reelection. The House Intelligence Committee has voted to approve the report. And it will be sent to the House Judiciary Committee, which will use it to write possible articles of impeachment. NPR congressional correspondent Susan Davis joins us now.

Hey, Sue.

SUSAN DAVIS, BYLINE⁸: Hey, Ailsa.

CHANG: So far, you know, this investigation, it's largely played out on live national TV before the House Intelligence Committee. Are there really any surprises left to reveal in this report?

DAVIS: No major surprises, but there is some new information in the report. One nugget included in here is that the committee has obtained phone records — they weren't clear how they obtained them — involving players in this story, including Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer. Schiff says the phone records further corroborate⁹ the timeline of events and that there was direct coordination¹⁰ with the White House.

Schiff also made clear and the report makes clear that they're not done on their end of the investigation. Schiff told reporters today he thinks there's enough to move forward into the judiciary committee process. But intel is going to keep investigating things, specifically things like when the timeline occurred, whether it's — whether the actions of the Trump administration started earlier than we believe. And he also said they could send further supplemental reports to the judiciary committee.

The big top-line takeaway is what we already know. It concludes that President Trump pressured Ukrainian President Zelenskiy — and with the help of figures in his administration — to investigate Joe Biden's family. It concludes the president used pressure tactics, including withholding¹¹ a White House meeting and U.S. military assistance. We should note that Republicans point out that, you know, you can't impeach³ some — they argue you can't impeach the president for things that didn't ultimately happen because the president did ultimately meet with Zelenskiy, though not at the White House...

CHANG: Right. But Democrats say that's not the point.

DAVIS: ...Exactly — and that the assistance was released but only after Congress became aware of that whistleblower complaint.

The report also accuses the president of obstructing¹² the congressional investigation. And it makes a point to name-check three senior administration officials — the acting¹³ chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and secretary of Energy Rick Perry — saying all three were "part of this process and it happened with their knowledge and approval."

CHANG: Yeah. And those are the three people — or three of some people that Congress has not heard from at all during this entire impeachment inquiry¹⁴. The fact that they haven't testified still leaves large missing pieces in this story, doesn't it?

DAVIS: Yeah. I mean, there's a lot of players in this story that Congress hasn't heard from. You know, 12 current or former administration officials refused to testify, including 10 under — who defied subpoenas¹⁵. Notably¹⁶, the president, speaking to reporters today, said he was open to having people like Mulvaney and Pompeo and Perry testify but not in the House. He said he would be open to having fresh testimony¹⁷ if there is a Senate trial. It's a reminder¹⁸ that there's still, you know, some potential wild cards that could play out in this impeachment process. And we could still find out more information as it moves forward.

CHANG: So does this report from the intel committee offer any clues, any clarity on what kind of articles of impeachment we might see come out of the judiciary committee?

DAVIS: The report makes a point to break down into two sections; one that involves the president's alleged¹⁹ misconduct surrounding the requests for those investigations²⁰ and the president's obstruction²¹ of the investigation into that conduct. That's a pretty clear roadmap for possible articles of impeachment.

CHANG: OK.

DAVIS: Schiff has been the most clear that he thinks that an article of impeachment on obstruction is very likely to be one of those articles. How exactly they write that is now up to the House Judiciary Committee. It's the only committee that has the power to draft articles of impeachment.

CHANG: All right. And the judiciary committee will be holding a hearing tomorrow with legal scholars on what constitutes impeachable²² offenses²³. There could be more hearings after that. Are lawmakers still saying that they want to wrap this all up by the end of the year?

DAVIS: They are. I mean, Schiff said today he believed that they have what they need to move forward now. Judiciary isn't necessarily expected to do more investigative work. They're not hearing from more fact witnesses. One thing that the Democrats are going to need to make sure of before they move forward is if they have the votes to do it on their own. One thing this report has made clear, including the Republican prebuttal to the report — there are no defections within the Republican Party, and Democrats are going to have to do it on their own.

CHANG: That's NPR's congressional correspondent Susan Davis.

Thanks, Sue.

DAVIS: You're welcome.

在众议院情报委员会主席亚当·席夫的主导下，众议院民主党人发布了一份长达300页的报告，就正在进行的针对特朗普总统的弹劾调查进行说明。正如所料，报告得出的结论是：总统滥用职权，寻求乌克兰干预，使自已在2020年连任竞选中获益。众议院情报委员会投票批准了这份报告。接下来，报告将提交众议院司法委员会，该委员会将利用报告起草弹劾条款。NPR新闻驻国会记者苏珊·戴维斯将和我们连线。

你好，苏。

苏珊·戴维斯连线：你好，艾尔萨。

张：截至目前，众议院情报委员会的调查进展基本都进行了全国现场直播。那这份报告有揭示令人吃惊的情况吗？

戴维斯：没有特别出人意料的消息，不过报告提供了一些新信息。其中一个重要情况是，委员会获得了总统私人律师鲁迪·朱利安尼等涉案人物的通话记录，不过目前并不清楚他们是如何得到这些记录的。席夫表示，通话记录进一步证实了事件的时间线，同时证实白宫直接参与了协调。

席夫明确指出，这份报告清楚表明他们的调查还没有结束。席夫今天对记者表示，他认为现在足以进入司法委员会进程。但情报委员会将继续调查，特别是查清准确的时间线，以及特朗普政府开始行动的时间是否比我们所认为的还要早。他还指出，他们会将补充报告提交司法委员会。

最关键的内容我们已经得知。报告的结论表明，特朗普总统向乌克兰总统泽连斯基施压，在其政府官员的帮助下，调查乔·拜登的家人。报告指出，总统使用了高压策略，包括拒绝在白宫与乌克兰总统会面以及扣留美国对乌克兰的军事援助。我们应该说明的是，共和党人指出，不能因为最终并未发生的事情而弹劾总统，因为总统最后与泽连斯基举行了会谈，即使地点不是在白宫。

张：好。但民主党人认为这不是重点。

戴维斯：没错，军事援助虽然发放，但那是在国会知道举报信的存在之后。

报告还指责总统阻挠国会调查。需要强调的是，报告称，三名高级政府官员——代理白宫办公厅主任米克·马尔瓦尼、美国国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥以及时任能源部长里克·佩里——“均参与其中，而且三人知道并批准了这一行为”。

张：好。在整个弹劾调查中，国会并未听取这三个人的证词。事实上，他们并未作证使这一事件缺失了大量内容，对吧？

戴维斯：对。许多涉案人物都没有出席国会听证会。你知道，有12名现任或前政府官员拒绝作证，其中10人藐视国会传唤。值得注意的是，总统今天对记者表示，他愿意让马尔瓦尼、蓬佩奥和佩里作证，但不是在众议院作证。他说，如果参议院进行审理，他愿意有新的证词出现。这提醒我们，这一弹劾进程仍有一些潜在的未知因素会发挥作用。随着进程的推进，我们仍会发现更多信息。

张：就我们可能看到司法委员会公布的弹劾条款来说，情报委员会公布的这份报告是否提供了一些线索，或是否明确了一些事情？

戴维斯：该报告主要分为两个部分：其一，就调查要求来说，总统涉嫌存在不当行为，其二，总统妨碍了针对这些不当行为的调查。这对可能的弹劾条款来说是一份明确的路线图。

张：好。

戴维斯：席夫最确定的是，他认为弹劾条款中极有可能包含阻碍调查这项。现在，弹劾条款具体要如何起草将由众议院司法委员会来决定。该委员会是唯一有权起草弹劾条款的委员会。

张：好。司法委员会将在明天举行听证会，就构成弹劾罪名的法律基础询问法律专家。之后可能还将举行更多听证会。现在议员依然计划在今年年底前结束调查吗？

戴维斯：没错。席夫今天表示，他相信他们现在已经得到了推动进程所需的条件。司法机关不一定会进行更多调查工作。他们不会听取更多事实证人的证词。民主党人需要在推进调查之前确认的一件事是，他们是否掌握了足够票数。报告明确指出，包括预先驳斥这份报告的共和党人在内，共和党内没有反水者，因此，民主党必须依靠自已。

张：以上是NPR新闻驻国会记者苏珊·戴维斯带来的报道。

谢谢你，苏。

戴维斯：不客气。

1 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

3 impeach   

v.弹劾；检举

参考例句：

• We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.我们一定要检举法官收受贿赂。
• The committee decided to impeach the President.委员会决定弹劾总统。

4 impeachment   

n.弹劾；控告；怀疑

参考例句：

• Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
• The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

7 solicit   

vi.勾引；乞求；vt.请求，乞求；招揽(生意)

参考例句：

• Beggars are not allowed to solicit in public places.乞丐不得在公共场所乞讨。
• We should often solicit opinions from the masses.我们应该经常征求群众意见。

8 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

9 corroborate   

v.支持，证实，确定

参考例句：

• He looked at me anxiously,as if he hoped I'd corroborate this.他神色不安地看着我，仿佛他希望我证实地的话。
• It appeared that what he said went to corroborate my account.看来他所说的和我叙述的相符。

10 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

11 withholding   

扣缴税款

参考例句：

• She was accused of withholding information from the police. 她被指控对警方知情不报。
• The judge suspected the witness was withholding information. 法官怀疑见证人在隐瞒情况。

12 obstructing   

阻塞( obstruct的现在分词 )； 堵塞； 阻碍； 阻止

参考例句：

• You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway. 你不能在这里停车，你挡住了我家的车道。
• He was charged for obstructing the highway. 他因阻碍交通而受控告。

13 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

14 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

15 subpoenas   

n.（传唤出庭的）传票( subpoena的名词复数 )v.（用传票）传唤（某人）( subpoena的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• My company has complied with committee subpoenas by supplying documents confirming all that I have said. 本公司按照委员会的要求，提供了能够证实我刚才发言的文件。 来自辞典例句
• Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power. Report for Congress April 2, 2003. 金灿荣：《美国国会的监督功能》，载《教学与研究》2003年第2期。 来自互联网

16 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

17 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

18 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

19 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

20 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

21 obstruction   

n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物

参考例句：

• She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
• The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。

22 impeachable   

adj.可控告的，可弹劾的

参考例句：

• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• The government officer committed an impeachable offence. 那位政府官员犯了可能招致弹劾的罪行。 来自辞典例句

23 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法