2026-08-08T10:04:16.71Z / 路透社
华盛顿8月8日路透电）据四位熟悉相关讨论的消息人士透露，正为可能重新执掌众议院做准备的民主党议员，正在制定一项针对特朗普总统及其关联企业和金融机构的全面调查策略，而非立即启动弹劾程序。
消息人士称，众议院资深民主党议员及委员会助手已讨论过通过听证会、传票和文件要求，从与特朗普政治和商业圈子相关的实体获取记录。他们认为，调查私营企业和外部金融机构，会比直接对抗预计会阻挠监督工作的白宫更有成效。
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这一策略既体现了民主党人的谨慎，也反映出该党许多人在特朗普第一任期内吸取的教训：弹劾程序可能会消耗国会的精力，同时让特朗普将自己塑造成党派政治迫害的受害者。
参与筹备工作的民主党人设想，在11月中期选举后利用众议院的调查权力，仔细审查政府的决策过程，调查特朗普是否利用职权为自己、盟友或捐赠者谋利。
“我们参选不是为了弹劾，”一位资深民主党助手在描述党领袖和委员会工作人员的想法时说道，“没人想在履职首日就遭遇失败的投票。我们的重点是通过调查建立证据链，以此追究特朗普的责任。”
共和党目前在众议院仅占微弱多数，民调显示民主党有望在11月夺回多数席位。若赢得控制权，民主党将有权发出传票、强制作证和提交文件、举办公开听证会，并启动藐视国会程序。
消息人士称，民主党预计白宫会阻挠或无视针对行政部门的相关要求，因此与政府合作的企业、承包商和金融机构将成为获取信息的重要渠道。
白宫在一份声明中表示，特朗普一直在阻挠“激进左翼的议程”，并将继续致力于在国会保留共和党多数席位。一位白宫官员称，政府“已准备好回应任何监督请求，无论参众两院由哪个党派掌控”。
三位消息人士透露，苹果公司（AAPL.O）、字母表公司（GOOGL.O）、帕兰蒂尔公司（PLTR.O）、黑石集团（BX.N）、贝莱德集团，以及埃隆·马斯克旗下的特斯拉公司（TSLA.O）等企业因合同关系、监管风险或与政府的交易，已出现在讨论名单中。消息人士称，目前尚未确定最终目标清单，也未启动正式调查。
消息人士未提供有关调查的进一步细节。路透社无法确认这些企业是否面临任何不当行为指控。
字母表公司、帕兰蒂尔公司、黑石集团和贝莱德集团拒绝置评。苹果公司和特斯拉公司未回应置评请求。
两位消息人士称，民主党预计将审查国土安全部的合同、特朗普计划中的白宫舞厅融资情况、企业捐赠者以及所谓的“以权谋私”安排。他们还计划调查与特朗普相关的金融工具，包括小唐纳德·特朗普担任合伙人的风险投资公司1789 Capital，以及对特朗普家族关联实体进行投资的外国主权财富基金，这类投资可能引发有关政府影响力的质疑。
1789 Capital未回应置评请求。
由于外国基金可能更难被国会委员会触及，两位消息人士称，民主党正讨论从与特朗普家族及其他中介机构相关的美国本土企业和基金中获取记录。
筹备基础工作
两位消息人士称，民主党已开始为调查工作奠定基础。
他们表示，民主党领袖已向与潜在调查相关的企业、承包商和其他组织发送信函。消息人士称，这些请求旨在获取相关记录，并为民主党若夺回众议院后发出传票铺平道路。
众议院监督委员会和司法委员会的最高民主党议员、来自加利福尼亚州的众议员罗伯特·加西亚和来自马里兰州的杰米·拉斯金分别表示，若民主党夺回众议院，现有的调查将得到扩大。
“从让总统儿子们中饱私囊的可疑五角大楼合同，到特朗普的加密货币巨额财富，再到为特朗普捐赠者进行的见不得光的幕后交易，我们将确保在11月民主党夺回众议院后打击腐败，”加西亚在一份声明中说道。
这些信函包括要求媒体公司派拉蒙天舞（Paramount Skydance）提供其与特朗普政府的交易及与华纳兄弟探索公司的拟议收购交易相关信息，同时要求视频平台YouTube及其母公司字母表公司（GOOGL.O）提供该公司去年9月与特朗普达成2450万美元和解协议的相关信息。信函还被送往私营监狱运营商GEO集团和安全公司Salus Worldwide Solutions，要求提供它们与国土安全部的合同相关信息，以及大宗商品贸易商维多集团和托克集团，要求提供政府出售委内瑞拉石油的相关信息，两位消息人士称。
字母表公司和托克集团拒绝置评。其他公司未回应置评请求。
在民主党仍处于少数党地位期间，这些企业可以无视相关请求。但两位消息人士称，这些信函已向潜在目标发出了警告，并表明了民主党可能会传唤的记录范围。
弹劾并非首要举措
众议院民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯6月在NBC的《与媒体见面》节目中表示，民主党并未排除若夺回众议院后弹劾特朗普的可能性，但该党的重点将放在民生经济议题上。
参与筹备工作的民主党人士称，如果调查发现可弹劾的证据，弹劾仍是一个选项，但不会作为第一步举措。
这一考量反映了该党在特朗普第一任期内的经历：特朗普成为美国首位两次被众议院弹劾的总统，且两次都在参议院被判无罪。
“如果调查发现我们认为符合弹劾门槛的证据，我们会毫不犹豫地采取行动，”那位资深民主党助手说道。
Nandita Bose 华盛顿报道；Patricia Zengerle 补充报道；Colleen Jenkins 与 Deepa Babington 编辑
Democrats plan Trump investigations over impeachment if they win House, sources say
2026-08-08T10:04:16.71Z / Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (Reuters) – U.S. House Democrats preparing for a possible return to power are developing a broad investigative strategy targeting companies and financial firms surrounding President Donald Trump, instead of trying to impeach him immediately, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and committee aides have discussed using hearings, subpoenas and document requests to obtain records from entities tied to Trump’s political and business orbit, the sources said. It is a bet that investigating private companies and outside financial players will prove more fruitful than directly confronting a White House they expect to resist oversight, they said.
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The approach reflects both Democratic caution and a lesson many in the party say they learned during Trump’s first term: that impeachment proceedings can consume Congress while allowing Trump to cast himself as the victim of a partisan campaign.
Instead, Democrats involved in the planning envision using House investigative powers after November’s midterm elections to scrutinize the administration’s decision-making and examine whether Trump used his power to benefit himself, allies or donors.
“We’re not going into this to impeach,” said a senior Democratic aide, describing the thinking among party leaders and committee staff. “No one wants a failed vote on day one. The focus is on building a body of evidence through investigations that can hold Trump accountable.”
Republicans hold a narrow House majority, and polls favor Democrats regaining the majority in November. Winning control would give Democrats the power to issue subpoenas, compel testimony and documents, hold public hearings and pursue contempt proceedings.
Democrats expect the White House to fight or ignore requests aimed at the executive branch, making companies, contractors and financial firms working with the administration an important route for obtaining information, the sources said.
The White House said in a statement that Trump has worked to thwart the “radical left’s agenda” and remains committed to preserving Republican majorities in Congress. A White House official said the administration is “prepared to respond to oversight requests, no matter who is in the House or Senate.”
Three sources said Apple (AAPL.O), Alphabet (GOOGL.O), Palantir (PLTR.O), Blackstone (BX.N), BlackRock and companies owned by Elon Musk, such as Tesla (TSLA.O), have surfaced in discussions because of their contracts, regulatory exposure or administration dealings. The sources said no final target list has been established and no formal investigations have begun.
The sources provided no further details about the investigations. Reuters could not determine if they face any accusations of wrongdoing.
Alphabet, Palantir, Blackstone and BlackRock declined comment. Apple and Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.
Democrats are expected to examine Department of Homeland Security contracts, financing for Trump’s planned White House ballroom, corporate donors and alleged pay-to-play arrangements, two sources said. They also plan a probe of Trump-linked financial vehicles including 1789 Capital – a venture capital firm where his son Donald Trump Jr. is a partner – and foreign sovereign wealth funds whose investments in Trump family-linked entities could raise questions about administration influence, the sources said.
1789 Capital did not respond to a request for comment.
Because foreign funds may be harder for congressional committees to reach, Democrats are discussing seeking records from U.S.-based firms and funds tied to Trump’s family and other intermediaries, the two sources said.
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK
Democrats have already begun laying the groundwork for investigations, two of the sources said.
Party leaders are sending letters to companies, contractors and other organizations connected to potential investigations, they said. The requests seek records and pave the way for subpoenas if Democrats win the House, the two sources said.
Representatives Robert Garcia from California and Jamie Raskin from Maryland, the top Democrats on the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, respectively, said existing investigations would expand if Democrats win the House.
“From sketchy Pentagon contracts lining the pockets of the president’s sons, Trump’s crypto billions, and the shady backroom deals for Trump donors, we will ensure we combat corruption when Democrats take back the House in November,” Garcia said in a statement.
The letters include requests for information from media company Paramount Skydance over its dealings with the Trump administration and the proposed Warner Bros. Discovery deal as well as video platform YouTube and parent company Alphabet (GOOGL.O) over the company’s $24.5 million settlement with Trump in September. Letters have also been sent to private prison operator GEO Group and security firm Salus Worldwide Solutions for their contracts with the DHS as well as commodity traders Vitol and Trafigura over the administration’s sale of Venezuelan oil, the two sources said.
Alphabet and Trafigura declined comment. The others did not respond to requests for comment.
The companies can ignore the requests while Democrats are in the minority. But the letters put potential targets on notice and signal records Democrats could subpoena, the two sources said.
IMPEACHMENT NOT FIRST MOVE
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in June on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Democrats haven’t ruled out impeaching Trump if they win back the House but that the party’s focus would be on pocketbook issues.
Democrats involved in the planning say impeachment remains an option if investigations uncover evidence of an impeachable offense, but not as a first move.
The calculation reflects the party’s experience during Trump’s first term, when he became the first U.S. president to be impeached twice by the House before being acquitted by the Senate each time.
“If investigations uncover evidence that we believe meets the threshold, we will not hesitate to move forward,” said the senior Democratic aide.
Reporting by Nandita Bose in Washington; Additional reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Deepa Babington
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