2026-09-09T16:14:49.925Z / 路透社
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2026年9月9日 世界标准时间16:14 更新于3小时前
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2026年9月2日，美国华盛顿白宫椭圆形办公室，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在与旅游业高管举行会晤时发表讲话，其行政助理娜塔莉·哈普在一旁聆听。路透社/伊夫林·霍克斯坦
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- 摘要
- 财务披露文件显示，哈普、马丁和哈里斯每人获得4.5万美元现金节日礼品
- 披露文件显示，纳塔获得2万美元现金礼品
- 白宫称礼品符合道德规范
华盛顿9月9日路透电 — 根据白宫公布的财务披露文件，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普去年向西翼办公室的行政助理娜塔莉·哈普及其他三名亲密助手赠送了数万美元现金礼品。
这笔付款引发了道德层面的担忧，因为联邦法律通常禁止联邦雇员领取除政府薪资之外的报酬。
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哈普、通讯顾问玛戈·马丁以及椭圆形办公室行动副主任张伯伦·哈里斯每人都收到了4.5万美元，在披露文件中被标注为“节日现金礼品”。
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根据白宫提交给国会的年度人事报告，这笔付款约相当于这些助手每年15万美元联邦薪资的三分之一。另一名担任椭圆形办公室行动主任的助手沃尔特·纳塔获得了2万美元现金，披露文件显示。他的年薪为17.5万美元。
《华盛顿邮报》于周二率先报道了这批礼品。
“白宫职员可不是你第五大道公寓的门房，”曾在2005年至2007年担任乔治·W·布什总统首席白宫道德法律顾问的法学教授理查德·W·佩因特在社交媒体帖子中说道。
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白宫：礼品符合规定
白宫发言人戴维斯·英格尔表示，这批礼品符合道德规范。
“总统一直有向身边人士赠送圣诞礼物的惯例，包括在政府任职期间以及此前私营部门任职时期的雇员和助手，”英格尔周三在一份声明中称。“此次涉及的礼品与这些人员的官方政府职责毫无关联，因此完全符合相关法律和道德标准。”
哈普和纳塔是特朗普最信任的助手之一，无论是在外出公务还是在白宫期间，他们都能随时接近总统。
上月，《华盛顿邮报》报道称，哈普和纳塔曾搭乘一辆餐车秘密转移特朗普，使其于7月从土耳其乘坐航班前往英国，当时存在来自伊朗的潜在威胁担忧，哈普因此受到公众关注。
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据一位熟悉其工作职责的人士透露，哈普负责管理特朗普的Truth Social账号，以其名义发布帖子并协助撰写社交媒体声明。同事们有时会称她为“人形打印机”，因为她会随身携带便携式打印机，随时为特朗普打印有利于其的新闻报道。
纳塔曾是白宫贴身男仆，此前曾被联邦检察官指控帮助特朗普隐瞒这位共和党总统在2021年第一任期结束时带走的绝密文件。纳塔对此拒不认罪，在特朗普再次就职后，该案被撤销。
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Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to close aide Natalie Harp and others
2026-09-09T16:14:49.925Z / Reuters
By Humeyra Pamuk and Doina Chiacu
September 9, 2026 4:14 PM UTC Updated 3 hours ago
Item 1 of 3 U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive assistant Natalie Harp listens as Trump speaks during a meeting with travel executives in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
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- Summary
- Financial disclosures show Harp, Martin and Harris each receive $45,000 cash holiday gifts
- Nauta receives $20,000 cash gift, disclosures show
- White House says gifts comply with ethics rules
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump gave tens of thousands of dollars in cash gifts last year to executive assistant Natalie Harp and three other close aides working in the West Wing, according to financial disclosures released by the White House.
The payments raised ethics concerns because federal employees are generally barred by statute from receiving compensation beyond their government salaries.
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Harp, communications adviser Margo Martin and deputy director of Oval Office operations Chamberlain Harris each received $45,000, described in their disclosures as “Cash Gift for Holidays.”
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The payments were equivalent to roughly one-third of the aides’ federal salaries of $150,000 per year, according to the White House annual personnel report to Congress. Walt Nauta, another aide who works as the director of Oval Office operations, received $20,000 in cash, the disclosures show. His annual compensation is $175,000.
The Washington Post first reported the gifts on Tuesday.
“A White House staffer is not your Fifth Avenue doorman,” Richard W. Painter, a law professor who served as the chief White House ethics lawyer between 2005 and 2007 under President George W. Bush, said in a social media post.
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GIFTS COMPLY WITH RULES: WHITE HOUSE
White House spokesman Davis Ingle said the gifts complied with ethics rules.
“The President has a longstanding practice of giving Christmas gifts to people in his orbit, including at times employees and aides, both in government and in his time in the private sector,” Ingle said in a statement on Wednesday. “The gifts at issue here have nothing to do with any of these individuals’ official government duties, and therefore are entirely permissible under relevant legal and ethical standards.”
Harp and Nauta are among Trump’s most trusted aides, with near-constant access to the president during long days on the road or at the White House.
Harp drew public scrutiny last month when the Washington Post reported that she and Nauta were in a catering truck that secretly moved Trump to a flight he took in July from Turkey to the United Kingdom amid concerns about potential threats from Iran.
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Harp exercises control over Trump’s Truth Social account, posting on his behalf and helping draft social media statements, according to a person familiar with her role. Colleagues sometimes call her the “human printer” as she provides often favorable news coverage to Trump from a portable printer that she carries.
Nauta, a former White House valet, faced accusations from federal prosecutors of helping Trump hide top-secret documents that the Republican president took when he completed his first term at the White House in 2021. Nauta pleaded not guilty, and the case was dropped after Trump returned to office.
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Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk, Doina Chiacu and Susan Heavey; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Rod Nickel
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