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简·多伊的律师称“她当时无法同意性行为”，指责康奈尔大学存在“掩盖行为”
2026-10-02T17:02:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
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简·多伊的律师辩称，她在2024年10月据称遭到性侵的当晚抵达康奈尔大学兄弟会会所时“完全、严重醉酒”，因此“无法同意性行为”。
“从她走进门的那一刻起，她就没有同意能力；她当时无法做出同意，”她的律师托马斯·吉夫拉告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。
吉夫拉声称，简·多伊被强迫服用氯胺酮，这种药物让她感觉自己“漂浮在身体上方”，像个布娃娃——无法阻止事情的发生。
“她感觉自己就像个性工作者，被随意地从一个地方挪到另一个地方，完全无力阻止，”他在提及简·多伊在康奈尔大学Title IX（反性别歧视）调查中的证词记录时说道。
“确信存在掩盖行为”
吉夫拉表示，针对她所指控性侵的调查几乎在每个环节都出现了失误，他如今认为校方官员当时更关注保护康奈尔大学的声誉，而非追究责任。简·多伊已对该大学以及七名前兄弟会成员提起诉讼。
哥伦比亚广播公司纽约站已联系所有被告，截至周五下午，已有两名被告的律师回复，否认了相关指控。据《纽约时报》报道，第三名男子的律师也公开否认存在不当行为。康奈尔大学在一份声明中表示，该校耗时数月开展了“彻底的Title IX调查”，并支持汤普金斯县地区检察官重新审理此案的决定。
“我越来越确信存在掩盖行为。起初我以为只是办案拙劣，但现在我认为确实存在掩盖。我认为他们当时担心保护学校的声誉。他们要保护这个县最大的收入来源，”他说道。
这名女子当时是20岁的大二学生，在 alleged 性侵事件发生三周后向康奈尔大学警方报案。吉夫拉认为，调查人员未能采取基本措施，包括询问兄弟会群组聊天中被点名的证人、盘问涉案男子，并在证据还未灭失时扣押他们的手机及其他物证。
“无论是民事案件还是刑事案件，都应尽可能在事件发生后第一时间获取证据，但他们却完全搞砸了。我真的很震惊，”他声称康奈尔大学警方“能力不足，无法处理这类严重犯罪”。
纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔也表示，她对康奈尔警方和汤普金斯县地区检察官处理此案的方式“深感不安”，称警方将受害者长达六页的宣誓证词而非完整笔录移交给地区检察官的决定是“失误”，并批评地区检察官未开展任何约谈。周五，霍楚尔任命纽约州总检察长莉蒂西亚·詹姆斯担任此案的特别检察官。
吉夫拉表示，诉讼是在简·多伊完成康奈尔大学的Title IX调查流程后提起的，当时她已经准备好采取法律行动。
“我们需要确保她状态良好。曾有一段时间，她觉得自己无法承受此事带来的任何负面反应，而如今她已经做好了准备。就在那时我们提起了诉讼，”吉夫拉说道，并补充说整理这份101页的诉状花费了不少时间。
“关键证据”
诉讼文件中附带的一张截图显示，其中一名被告在一个包含数十名兄弟会成员的Snapchat群组中发送消息称，楼上有一名女子可以“免费”发生性关系。
“听着，这个群组有超过50名成员。这50个人没有一个出手阻止，”吉夫拉认为。
吉夫拉表示，唯一做得正确的人是泄露群组聊天记录的那个人，因为如果没有这份记录，“我们就不会拥有这一关键证据”。
哥伦比亚广播公司纽约站调查记者马哈·赛迪迪获取了简·多伊与其中一名被告在 alleged 性侵发生后几天内互发的短信截图，在短信中多伊写道“所有性行为都不违法”。吉夫拉证实，简·多伊确实在 alleged 性侵后不久与这名被告有过短信往来，但他无法确认具体的聊天内容。
这条消息引发了审视，社交媒体用户质疑其与诉讼中的指控如何自洽。
吉夫拉表示，她最初是否认的。随着校园内谣言四起，简·多伊称她“逐渐意识到自己遭到了轮奸”，这一点来自从Title IX调查中新获取的记录。
诉讼中被点名的七人中有四人被明确指控犯有强奸罪。
“他们并非都是轮奸犯，但都属于性虐待者，”吉夫拉说道，并补充称其他人也行为不当，需要承担责任。
珍妮弗·厄尔为本报道撰稿。
Jane Doe’s attorney says “she was incapable of consent,” accuses Cornell of “cover-up”
2026-10-02T17:02:00-0400 / CBS News
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Updated on: October 2, 2026 / 6:29 PM EDT / CBS News
Jane Doe’s attorney argues she was “incapable of consent” because she was “completely, grossly intoxicated” when she arrived at a Cornell fraternity house the night she was allegedly raped in October 2024.
“She didn’t have consent from the time she walked in the door; she was incapable of consent,” her lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, told CBS News.
Giuffra claims Jane Doe was pressured to take ketamine, which he says left her feeling as though she were “floating above herself” and like a ragdoll — unable to stop what was happening.
“And she felt like, you know, like a sex worker just being shuffled from place to place in a bit, unable to stop it,” he said, referring to transcripts of Jane Doe’s testimony in Cornell’s Title IX investigation.
“Convinced there was a cover-up”
Giuffra says the investigation into her alleged rape failed at nearly every turn, and he now believes university officials were more focused on protecting Cornell’s reputation than seeking accountability. Jane Doe has filed a lawsuit against the university as well as the seven former fraternity brothers.
CBS News New York has reached out to all of the accused and, as of Friday afternoon, heard back from attorneys for two, who denied the allegations. A third man’s attorney has also publicly denied wrongdoing, according to The New York Times. Cornell University said in a statement that it conducted a “thorough Title IX investigation” over several months and it supports the Tompkins County district attorney’s decision to reopen the case.
“I’m more and more convinced there was a cover-up. I mean, at first I thought it was just bumbling, but now I think there was a cover-up. I think they were worried about protecting the reputation of the university. They were protecting the big source of revenue in the county,” he said.
The woman, who was a 20-year-old sophomore at the time, filed a report with Cornell University Police three weeks after the alleged rapes. Giuffra believes investigators failed to take basic steps, including interviewing witnesses identified in the fraternity’s group chat, questioning the men involved and securing their phones and other evidence while it was still fresh.
“Any case, civil, criminal, you get the evidence as close to the event as possible, and they just blew it. I was shocked, really,” he said, claiming that Cornell University Police “were in over their heads” handling a serious crime.
Gov. Kathy Hochul also said she was “deeply disturbed” by how Cornell Police and the Tompkins County district attorney handled the case, calling the department’s decision to send the D.A. the victim’s six-page sworn statement but not the full transcript “a failure” and criticizing the D.A. for not conducting any interviews. On Friday, Hochul named New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the case.
Giuffra said the lawsuit was filed after Jane Doe went through Cornell’s Title IX process and reached a point where she felt ready to move forward.
“We needed to make sure she was in the right space. There was a time period where she didn’t feel like she would be able to handle any backlash that came out of it, and she reached a place where she felt that she was ready. And that’s when we filed the lawsuit,” Giuffra said, adding that it took time to put together the 101-page complaint.
“The smoking gun”
A screengrab included in the lawsuit appears to show one of the defendants sent a message in a Snapchat group with dozens of fraternity members saying there was a woman upstairs for “free” sex.
“Look, that group chat went out to over 50 men. Not one of those 50 men did anything to stop it,” Giuffra believes.
Giuffra said the only person who did the right thing was the man who leaked the group chat, because without it, “we wouldn’t have the smoking gun.”
CBS News New York investigative reporter Mahsa Saeidi obtained screenshots of text messages between Jane Doe and one of the defendants sent just days after the alleged assault, in which Doe wrote that “none of the sexual stuff was illegal.” Giuffra confirmed she exchanged texts with this defendant shortly after the alleged assault, but he could not confirm specific exchanges.
The message has drawn scrutiny, with social media users questioning how it aligns with the allegations in the lawsuit.
Giuffra said she was initially going through denial. As rumors around campus began to spread, Jane Doe said she “came to the realization that [she] had been gang raped,” according to newly obtained records from the Title IX investigation.
Four out of the seven named in the lawsuit are specifically accused of rape.
“They’re not all gang rapists. They’re all sexual abusers, though,” Giuffra said, adding that the others also acted inappropriately and need to be held accountable.
Jennifer Earl contributed to this report.
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病理学家将展示爱泼斯坦尸检结果，引发其是否自杀身亡的质疑
2026年10月2日 / 美国东部时间下午6:03 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：格雷厄姆·凯茨 记者
格雷厄姆·凯茨是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻数字频道负责报道刑事司法、隐私问题和信息安全的调查记者。可通过KatesG@cbsnews.com或grahamkates@protonmail.com联系格雷厄姆。阅读完整简历
据爱泼斯坦的哥哥透露，一名审阅过杰弗里·爱泼斯坦尸检记录的顶尖病理学家计划展示相关研究结果，对官方得出的这名声名狼藉的性虐待者上吊自杀的结论提出质疑。
“他们全面审视了整个事件，以科学方式进行了调查，真正开展了侦查工作，”马克·爱泼斯坦周五对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示。
《法医学与法律医学杂志》主编、教授迈克尔·弗里曼计划于11月16日在伦敦大学学院展示其研究成果后，发表他的分析报告以及从马克·爱泼斯坦处获得的纽约市法医办公室尸检文件。
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Pathologist to present Epstein findings that raise questions about whether he killed himself
October 2, 2026 / 6:03 PM EDT / CBS News
By Graham Kates Reporter
Graham Kates is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice, privacy issues and information security for CBS News Digital. Contact Graham at KatesG@cbsnews.com or grahamkates@protonmail.comRead Full Bio
A top pathologist who reviewed Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy records plans to present findings that call into question the official conclusion that the disgraced sex abuser’s death by hanging was a suicide, according to Epstein’s brother.
“They looked at this whole thing, they looked at it scientifically, they truly investigated this,” Mark Epstein told CBS News Friday.
Michael Freeman, a professor who is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, plans to publish his research and the New York City Medical Examiner’s autopsy files — which he obtained from Mark Epstein — after presenting his findings at the University College London on Nov. 16.
Mark Epstein told CBS News Friday that Freeman’s analysis bolstered his belief that his brother’s death required a deeper investigation.
“The cause on Jeffrey’s original death certificate — they further studied it in detail; this kind of study hasn’t been done before,” Mark Epstein said. “If this kind of study had been done before, they wouldn’t have come up with a suicide conclusion.”
“This report was not done on my behalf, they did this on their own volition,” he added.
Freeman’s review highlights several details that make Epstein’s death investigation “unique” for a suicide case, including that there were no photographs of Epstein’s body at the scene of his death and the ligature used wasn’t preserved or examined. Ligature refers to the rope or other material used to choke or bind a person. In Epstein’s case, according to investigators, bed sheets were used.
Freeman performed “a biomechanical analysis” of the ligature pattern and reviewed what he described to CBS News as “images that show injuries unaccounted for by the medical examiner.” For now, he has declined to describe his conclusions. The Times, a British newspaper, first reported on Freeman’s planned presentation.
“The death can only be a suicide or a homicide, and the lecture will describe the weight (of) evidence for both explanations,” said Freeman, a professor at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine and the Netherlands’ Maastricht University Medical Center. Freeman’s previous work includes advising an audit of Maryland’s medical examiner office.
Freeman’s review comes as the federal Epstein Files Transparency Act has fed a worldwide fascination with Epstein and his circle of elite, wealthy power players who socialized with him even as he became notorious for allegations of sexual abuse. Epstein died in jail in 2019, while facing federal charges for sex trafficking of minors.
The act, passed in 2025, required the Department of Justice to release its voluminous investigative records into Epstein and those in his orbit.
In May, a U.S. district judge ordered the release of an apparent suicide note from an incident less than a month before Epstein’s death. The note had been filed and sealed in May 2021 as part of a murder case involving Epstein’s former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione. It was released in response to a filing by The New York Times.
Tartaglione, a former police officer convicted of killing four people, claimed in a podcast interview that he found the note in a book the morning after Epstein’s death, and he gave it to his lawyers.
The scrawled note appears to read: “They investigated me for month — found nothing!!! So 15 year old charges resulted.” The note also includes the phrases “time to say goodbye” and “No fun — not worth it!!”
CBS News has not independently verified the note.
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法官裁定联邦禁止非公民投票的法律违宪
2026年10月2日 美国东部时间晚上7:05 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：雅各布·罗森 司法部记者这一判决可能打击特朗普政府指控非公民在美国选举中投票的努力。一名法官驳回了针对一名被指控非法投票的牙买加国民的联邦案件，认定其被控依据的法律违宪。
总部位于迈阿密的美国地区法官戴维·S·莱博维茨周四在一份31页的判决书中裁定，必须驳回针对切尔西·考克斯的刑事诉讼。考克斯于2025年10月被指控在2020年非法投票，犯下轻罪。他表示，一项数十年历史的联邦法律——《美国法典》第18编第611条，禁止非美国公民在联邦选举中投票——违宪。
莱博维茨写道，根据美国宪法，只有各州有权设定选民资格，国会无权这么做。该法官表示，佛罗里达州的州检察官可以依据州法律起诉考克斯的非法投票行为，而非联邦政府。
这一判决仅适用于考克斯一案，似乎是法院首次认定该法规违宪。但它可能削弱司法部追查非公民投票行为的力度。多数选举专家认为非公民投票现象罕见，但特朗普总统长期声称该现象普遍存在，不过从未提供证据。
莱博维茨作出判决后不久，司法部便提出上诉。司法部发言人未立即回应置评请求。
此次判决涉及的联邦法律规定，非公民投票属于轻罪。该法律不适用于另一项禁止人们谎称公民身份以投票的法律，近几个月来司法部也曾利用该法律追责。
“这是一起不同寻常的刑事案件，其依据是一部已有40年历史的联邦法规，即《美国法典》第18编第611条，该条禁止非美国公民在联邦选举中投票。直到不久前，没有任何联邦法院曾就该法规提出过以下问题：国会是否有宪法权限制定该法规？仅这一点本身就非同寻常，”莱博维茨写道。
这位由拜登任命的法官继而表示，司法部“为该法规合宪性提出的主要辩护仅援引了一个最高法院判例，而这个判例非常、非常站不住脚”。
“那为什么政府要打出如此薄弱的一张牌？因为这已是它所能拿出的最好牌了，”他说。“为什么会这样？因为宪法的文本、结构和最初的公众含义都表明，国会并无宪法权力制定这项法规。”
周五晚间的电话通话中，考克斯的律师布鲁斯·乌多尔夫表示，他的当事人对莱博维茨的判决“感到欣慰”，并称这对她来说是“巨大的解脱”。乌多尔夫说，考克斯最近接受了一次医疗手术，他正与政府合作，以确定该案的下一步进展，以及特朗普政府是否会将她驱逐出境。
在法庭文件中，联邦检察官指控考克斯20多年前逾期滞留美国旅游签证，并通过提交伪造的美属维尔京群岛出生证明获得佛罗里达州驾照。他们声称，考克斯从2012年开始在多场联邦选举中投票，2020年大选的投票行为导致了去年的指控。
考克斯的律师今年早些时候请求法院驳回指控，称用于起诉她的法律“超出了国会的权限，侵犯了保留给各州的权力”。
联邦检察官进行了反驳，辩称宪法“规定联邦政府在监督此类选举方面发挥重要作用”。
“无论是规范联邦选举的方式，还是维护联邦公民身份的独特特权，美国无疑有权将非公民排除在联邦选举的投票之外，”司法部律师在文件中写道。
为协助他解决这一问题，莱博维茨邀请了一位保守派法律重量级人物提供分析意见：保罗·克莱门特，他曾在乔治·W·布什政府期间担任副检察长，是美国最知名的最高法院诉讼律师之一。
在夏季提交的一份法庭之友意见书中，克莱门特认定国会很可能“在制定第611条时逾越了宪法界限”。他指出，虽然目前没有州允许非公民在联邦选举中投票，但各州曾有过允许该做法的历史。
克莱门特写道：“决定选民资格的是各州，而非联邦政府。”
Judge says federal law banning noncitizen voting is unconstitutional
October 2, 2026 7:05 PM EDT / CBS News
By Jacob Rosen Justice Department Reporter
In a possible blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to charge noncitizens with voting in U.S. elections, a judge has dismissed a federal case against a Jamaican national accused of illegally voting, finding the law she was charged under is unconstitutional.
Miami-based U.S. District Judge David S. Leibowitz ruled Thursday in a 31-page order that the criminal case against Chelsea Cox, who was charged in October 2025 with a misdemeanor for illegally voting in 2020, must be dismissed. He said a decades-old federal law that prohibits a non-U.S. citizen from voting in a federal election, 18 U.S.C. § 611, is unconstitutional.
Under the U.S. Constitution, Leibowitz wrote, only states can set voter qualifications, not Congress. The judge said state prosecutors in Florida could prosecute Cox under state law for unlawfully voting, not the federal government.
The decision applies only to Cox and appears to be the first time a court has deemed the statute unconstitutional. But it could dent the Justice Department’s push to pursue noncitizen voting, a practice that most elections experts say is rare but that President Trump has long alleged — without evidence — is common.
Shortly after Leibowitz’s decision, the Justice Department moved to appeal the ruling. A spokesperson for the Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The decision involved a federal law that makes it a misdemeanor for noncitizens to vote. It does not cover a separate law barring people from making false claims of citizenship in order to vote, another tool used by the Justice Department in recent months.
“This is an unusual criminal case. It rests upon a forty-year-old federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 611, that prohibits the act of voting in a federal election by a non-U.S. citizen. Until very recently, no federal court has been presented with the following question about that statute: Did Congress have Constitutional authority to enact it? That’s unusual, all by itself,” Leibowitz wrote.
The Biden-appointed judge went on to say the Justice Department’s “principal defense of the statute’s constitutionality invokes a single Supreme Court case that is very, very weak.”
“So why does the Government lead with such a weak hand? Because it’s the best hand it can play,” he said. “And why is that? Because the text, structure, and original public meaning of the Constitution show that Congress does not have the constitutional power to enact this statute.”
In a phone conversation Friday night, Cox’s attorney Bruce Udolf said his client is “gratified” by Leibowitz’s ruling and said it was a “huge relief to her.” Udolf said Cox recently underwent a medical procedure, and he is working with the government to determine the next steps in the case and whether the Trump administration moves to deport her.
In court papers, federal prosecutors accused Cox of overstaying a U.S. tourist visa more than 20 years ago and obtaining a Florida driver’s license by presenting a fraudulent U.S. Virgin Islands birth certificate. They alleged she cast ballots in several federal elections starting in 2012, with a vote in the 2020 general election leading to last year’s charges.
Cox’s lawyers asked the court to dismiss the charges earlier this year, arguing the law used to charge her “exceeds Congress’s authority and intrudes on a power reserved to the States.”
Federal prosecutors pushed back, arguing the Constitution “provides that the federal government play a significant role in overseeing such elections.”
“Whether it is to regulate the manner of federal elections or to preserve a distinct privilege of federal citizenship, surely the United States has the right to exclude non-citizens from voting in federal elections,” attorneys for the Justice Department wrote.
To help him resolve the issue, Leibowitz asked a conservative legal heavyweight to offer his analysis: Paul Clement, who served as solicitor general during the George W. Bush administration and is one of the country’s best-known Supreme Court litigators.
In an amicus brief filed over the summer, Clement found that Congress likely “overstepped constitutional bounds in enacting §611.” He noted that, while no state currently allows noncitizens to vote in federal elections, there is some history of states allowing the practice.
Clement wrote that “states, not the federal government, determine voter qualifications.”
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G7承诺释放原油柴油储备后 特朗普：美国不会实施柴油出口禁令
2026年10月3日 07:27 / 联合早报
- 七国集团（G7）承诺通过国际能源署协调，立即释放1亿桶柴油和原油储备，行动将持续四个月，但声明未列出具体释放比例。
- 特朗普在G7宣布后表示美国不会实施柴油出口禁令，尽管他过去两周曾多次称正考虑并支持该禁令。
- 有分析师指出，这更像是一份政治声明而非具约束力的承诺，庞大数字旨在说服特朗普不要实施柴油出口禁令。
- 路透社与益普索最新民调显示，特朗普支持率降至32%，仅17%美国人赞成他对生活成本危机的处理方式。
美国总统特朗普星期五（10月2日）启程前往阿拉巴马州前，在白宫南草坪与媒体记者交谈期间，指向了白宫宴会厅的施工现场。（路透社）
在美国可能实施柴油出口禁令的压力下，七国集团（G7）已承诺从紧急储备中释放1亿桶柴油和原油。美国总统特朗普在这个宣布后说，虽然之前多次考虑过，但美国不会实施柴油出口禁令。
路透社报道，特朗普星期五（10月2日）下午在白宫对记者说，实施柴油出口禁令的计划“从未真正摆在桌面上”，尽管他在过去两周曾多次表示正在考虑并支持这项禁令。
特朗普指出，拥有大量柴油储备的欧洲将为世界做出重大贡献，美国也是如此。“我们不会实施出口禁令。我们将履行应尽的职责。”
此前，美国对欧盟展开了密集的施压行动，敦促欧盟动用紧急柴油库存。特朗普政府警告，若不采取行动，美国可能会禁止柴油出口。由于欧洲日益依赖美国柴油，一旦禁令实施，可能导致欧洲供应大幅减少，并给欧盟带来经济压力。
G7联合声明未提及释放细节
G7星期五召开由法国总统马克龙主持的视频会议后，发布联合声明，承诺将通过国际能源署（IEA）协调，释放1亿桶储备。
声明说，释放行动将立即开始，持续四个月，最初20天将释放大量柴油。G7成员国也承诺避免相互实施能源产品出口限制。
不过，声明未具体列出原油、柴油和其他产品的释放比例，也未说明哪些国家将参与。
受美伊战争影响，各国在今年3月已在国际能源署协调下，共释放了4亿桶原油储备，创下有史以来最大规模的紧急库存释放。
目前尚不清楚新协议中的石油有多少来自3月协议的剩余份额。国际能源署执行干事比罗尔本周表示，成员国已释放了4亿桶协议中约三分之二的储备。
能源咨询机构Energy Aspects的分析师在报告中指出：“这更像是一份政治声明，而非具体、有约束力的承诺，庞大的标题数字旨在说服特朗普总统不要实施柴油出口禁令。”
路透社引述三名匿名知情人士称，欧盟各国星期五讨论的提议是，由欧洲国家释放5000万桶柴油，国际能源署成员国释放5000万桶原油。
欧盟统计局的数据显示，5000万桶柴油相当于欧盟柴油和轻柴油紧急储备总量的17%左右，或相当于欧盟地区年消费量的3%左右。
在释放储备的消息传出后，美国柴油期货下跌3.25%，至每加仑4.49美元（约5.74新元）；作为基准的欧洲柴油期货则下跌了约5.75%。
特朗普支持率降至新低
美国中期选举将近，面临执政生涯最低的民调支持率特朗普，正致力于降低能源价格、减轻伊朗战争和高油价对消费者以及依赖柴油行业的影响。
路透社与益普索（Ipsos）最新民调显示，特朗普的支持率仅为32%，选民对生活成本上升尤为担忧，同时仅有17%的美国人赞成特朗普目前对生活成本危机的处理方式。
G7承诺释放原油柴油储备后 特朗普：美国不会实施柴油出口禁令
2026年10月3日 07:27 / 联合早报
- G7承诺通过国际能源署协调，立即释放1亿桶柴油和原油储备，行动将持续四个月，但声明未列出具体释放比例。 – 特朗普在G7宣布后表示美国不会实施柴油出口禁令，尽管他过去两周曾多次称正考虑并支持该禁令。 – 有分析师指出，这更像是一份政治声明而非具约束力的承诺，庞大数字旨在说服特朗普不要实施柴油出口禁令。 – 路透社与益普索最新民调显示，特朗普支持率降至32%，仅17%美国人赞成他对生活成本危机的处理方式。
美国总统特朗普星期五（10月2日）启程前往阿拉巴马州前，在白宫南草坪与媒体记者交谈期间，指向了白宫宴会厅的施工现场。 （路透社）
在美国可能实施柴油出口禁令的压力下，七国集团（G7）已承诺从紧急储备中释放1亿桶柴油和原油。美国总统特朗普在这个宣布后说，虽然之前多次考虑过，但美国不会实施柴油出口禁令。
路透社报道，特朗普星期五（10月2日）下午在白宫对记者说，实施柴油出口禁令的计划“从未真正摆在桌面上”，尽管他在过去两周曾多次表示正在考虑并对支持这项禁令。
特朗普指出，拥有大量柴油储备的欧洲将为世界做出重大贡献，美国也是如此。“我们不会实施出口禁令。我们将履行应尽的职责。”
此前，美国对欧盟展开了密集的施压行动，敦促欧盟动用紧急柴油库存。特朗普政府警告，若不采取行动，美国可能会禁止柴油出口。由于欧洲日益依赖美国柴油，一旦禁令实施，可能导致欧洲供应大幅减少，并给欧盟带来经济压力。
G7联合声明未提及释放细节
G7星期五召开由法国总统马克龙主持的视频会议后，发布联合声明，承诺将通过国际能源署（IEA）协调，释放1亿桶储备。
声明说，释放行动将立即开始，持续四个月，最初20天将释放大量柴油。G7成员国也承诺避免相互实施能源产品出口限制。
不过，声明未具体列出原油、柴油和其他产品的释放比例，也未说明哪些国家将参与。
受美伊战争影响，各国在今年3月已在国际能源署协调下，共释放了4亿桶原油储备，创下有史以来最大规模的紧急库存释放。
目前尚不清楚新协议中的石油有多少来自3月协议的剩余份额。国际能源署执行干事比罗尔本周表示，成员国已释放了4亿桶协议中约三分之二的储备。
能源咨询机构Energy Aspects的分析师在报告中指出：“这更像是一份政治声明，而非具体、有约束力的承诺，庞大的标题数字旨在说服特朗普总统不要实施柴油出口禁令。”
路透社引述三名匿名知情人士称，欧盟各国星期五讨论的提议是，由欧洲国家释放5000万桶柴油，国际能源署成员国释放5000万桶原油。
欧盟统计局的数据显示，5000万桶柴油相当于欧盟柴油和轻柴油紧急储备总量的17%左右，或相当于欧盟地区年消费量的3%左右。
在释放储备的消息传出后，美国柴油期货下跌3.25%，至每加仑4.49美元（约5.74新元）；作为基准的欧洲柴油期货则下跌了约5.75%。
特朗普支持率降至新低
美国中期选举将近，面临执政生涯最低的民调支持率特朗普，正致力于降低能源价格、减轻伊朗战争和高油价对消费者以及依赖柴油行业的影响。
路透社与益普索（Ipsos）最新民调显示，特朗普的支持率仅为32%，选民对生活成本上升尤为担忧，同时仅有17%的美国人赞成特朗普目前对生活成本危机的处理方式。
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参议院共和党超级 PAC 斥巨资捍卫堪萨斯州席位，缩减北卡罗来纳州投入，消息人士透露
2026-10-02 19:40:03-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
记者：莱利·卡纳南
2026年10月2日 / 美国东部时间晚7:40 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻据熟悉该决定的消息人士向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露，参议院共和党人的主要超级政治行动委员会正在转移数百万美元，以捍卫堪萨斯州的参议院席位，并缩减其在共和党掌控的北卡罗来纳州席位上的投入。
这一调整再次表明，中期选举最后几周前，争夺参议院控制权的竞选格局正在发生变化，共和党正防守多个传统上倾向共和党的州。共和党最多丢失三个席位仍可保住参议院多数党地位，但特朗普总统所在的政党正面临不利的政治环境。
据广告追踪机构AdImpact数据，截至周五，参议院领导基金已在堪萨斯州预留了980万美元的广告预算。该组织2020年马歇尔首次赢得该席位时，曾在当地投入1750万美元。
据美国联邦选举委员会（FEC）备案文件显示，参议院领导基金今年已在北卡罗来纳州参议院竞选中投入超过3000万美元。消息人士称，该组织已暂停在该州未来的广告投放。
这一从北卡罗来纳州转向堪萨斯州的调整最早由美国新闻网站Semafor报道。
在深红州堪萨斯州，现任共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔正努力阻止牧师亚当·汉密尔顿成为自1932年以来首位代表该州的联邦参议员。最近一项民调显示，这场竞选势均力敌，汉密尔顿正试图借助民众对能源价格和伊朗战争的不满情绪发起攻势。
这笔资金很可能将用于在堪萨斯州的广播电视网络中投放大量攻击汉密尔顿的广告。在周四发布的一则广告中，马歇尔的竞选团队指控汉密尔顿掩盖了其任职高级牧师的大型教会内的儿童虐待事件。汉密尔顿在回应广告中否认了这一指控，称该教会在20多年前就对一名青少年静修会志愿者的相关指控展开了调查，已向警方报案并禁止其进入教会活动——《堪萨斯城星报》对法庭记录的调查证实了这些说法。
汉密尔顿称这则广告是“人人都痛恨的那种肮脏政治……”。
汉密尔顿的发言人泰森·布罗迪在发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一份声明中表示：“华盛顿方面对走投无路、政绩失败的政客罗杰·马歇尔感到恐慌。他们投入数百万美元，试图转移人们对马歇尔支持伊朗战争、削弱医保以及推高汽油和食品等所有商品价格的记录的注意力。”
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系马歇尔的竞选团队置评。
与此同时，北卡罗来纳州参议院竞选的民调显示，两届前民主党州长罗伊·库珀领先共和党候选人迈克尔·沃特利——一名特朗普盟友，此前曾担任共和党全国委员会主席。
当被记者问及是否担心沃特利的竞选前景时，特朗普表示：“我确实担心。”
“我希望他能获胜，”特朗普说道，他上个月在北卡罗来纳州为沃特利举办了一场竞选集会。“他是个很棒的人，在我胜选期间，他为整个共和党担任了出色的领袖，他也会成为一名出色的参议员。”
库珀的竞选经理杰夫·艾伦向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，北卡罗来纳州仍是一个“势均力敌的州”，并指出近20年来，该州从未选出过民主党联邦参议员或民主党总统候选人。
“我们正在开展竞选活动，争取每一张选票，确保北卡罗来纳州民众知道，罗伊·库珀会为他们而战，而迈克尔·沃特利则会继续以牺牲他们的利益为代价中饱私囊，”艾伦在一份声明中说道。
沃特利的竞选发言人DJ·格里芬在一份声明中表示：“库珀最近在谈到北卡罗来纳州的联邦选举时曾说：‘民主党人往往在领先阶段，直到突然被反超。’ 最后阶段才决定投票的未决选民决定着北卡罗来纳州的选举结果，而这些后期投票者中的大多数通常会投向共和党。我们有信心有足够资源曝光职业政客罗伊·库珀40年的失败履历，并在11月赢得选举。”
在上个月的一次闭门会议上，负责全国共和党参议院竞选的南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员蒂姆·斯科特对议员们表示，共和党仍有机会保住参议院多数党地位。他表示，该团队计划重点防守包括缅因州和得克萨斯州在内的几个席位，并夺取民主党掌控的新罕布什尔州和密歇根州的席位。
“我们正处于生死攸关的竞选之中，面临着数量空前的摇摆选区，”斯科特说道。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-campaigns-in-red-states-amid-discontent-over-rising-prices-iran-war/
Senate GOP group pours millions into defending Kansas seat, scaling back in North Carolina, sources say
2026-10-02 19:40:03-0400 / CBS News
By
Riley Callanan,
October 2, 2026 / 7:40 PM EDT / CBS NewsSenate Republicans’ main super PAC is redirecting millions of dollars to defend a Kansas Senate seat and scaling back its investments in a GOP-held seat in North Carolina, sources familiar with the decision told CBS News.
The shifts are another sign of how the race for control of the upper chamber is changing in the final weeks before the midterms, with the GOP defending several traditionally red-leaning states. Republicans can lose up to three seats and still hold onto their Senate majority, but President Trump’s party is facing an unfavorable political environment.
As of Friday, the Senate Leadership Fund had reserved $9.8 million in advertising in Kansas, according to AdImpact. The group spent $17.5 million in 2020, when Marshall first won the seat.
The Senate Leadership Fund has spent more than $30 million on the North Carolina Senate race this year, according to FEC filings. The group has paused future ad spending in the state, sources said.
Semafor was first to report on the shift from North Carolina to Kansas.
In deep-red Kansas, incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall is aiming to prevent pastor Adam Hamilton from becoming the first Democrat to represent the state in the Senate since 1932. One recent poll indicated the race is a statistical tie, as Hamilton aims to capitalize on discontent over energy prices and the Iran war.
The money will likely be used to flood Kansas’ airwaves with ads taking aim at Hamilton. In an ad released Thursday, Marshall’s campaign accused Hamilton of covering up child abuse in the large church where he serves as senior pastor. Hamilton denied the charge in a response ad, saying the church investigated allegations against a youth retreat volunteer more than 20 years ago, reported him to police and banned him from church programs — claims a Kansas City Star investigation of court records substantiated.
Hamilton called the ad “exactly the kind of dirty politics … that everybody hates.”
Hamilton spokesperson Tyson Brody told CBS News in a statement: “Washington is panicking over desperate failing politician Roger Marshall. They’re sending in millions to try to distract from Marshall’s record of supporting the war in Iran, gutting healthcare, and raising prices on everything from gas to groceries.”
CBS News has reached out to Marshall’s campaign for comment.
Meanwhile, polling in the North Carolina Senate contest has shown former two-term Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper with an edge over GOP nominee Michael Whatley, a Trump ally who previously chaired the Republican National Committee.
Asked by reporters if he was worried about Whatley’s chances, Mr. Trump said: “I am.”
“I hope he wins,” said Mr. Trump, who held a rally for Whatley in North Carolina last month. “He’s a great man, he was a great leader for the whole Republican Party when I won, and he’d be a great senator.”
Cooper’s campaign manager, Jeff Allen, told CBS News that North Carolina is still a “50-50 state,” noting that a Democrat hasn’t won a Senate or presidential race there in almost 20 years.
“We’re building a campaign to earn every vote and make sure North Carolinians know that Roy Cooper will fight for them, while Michael Whatley will continue to enrich himself at their expense,” Allen said in a statement.
In a statement, Whatley campaign spokesman DJ Griffin said: “Cooper recently said about federal elections in North Carolina, ‘Democrats are often ahead until they are not.’ Undecided Voters who break late decide the election in North Carolina and the majority of those Late-Breakers typically go Republican. We feel confident we have the resources to highlight Career Politician Roy Cooper’s 40 Years of Failures and win in November.”
In a closed-door meeting last month, GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told lawmakers the party still has a path to holding its majority. He said the group plans to focus on defending a handful of seats — including in Maine and Texas — and on taking Democratic-held seats in New Hampshire and Michigan.
“We’re in the fight for our lives with a record number of toss-up races,” Scott said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-campaigns-in-red-states-amid-discontent-over-rising-prices-iran-war/
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朝鲜再向半岛东部海域发射一枚弹道导弹
2026年10月3日 07:38 / 联合早报
图为9月20日，在韩国首尔一个火车站电视屏幕上，播放着朝鲜导弹试射的新闻报道。 （法新社档案照片）
韩国军方证实，朝鲜向半岛东部海域发射了一枚弹道导弹。
路透社报道，韩国联合参谋本部星期六（10月3日）发表声明说，朝鲜向东部海域发射了一枚不明发射体。
军方不久后确认，这个不明发射体是从元山一带发射的弹道导弹。
日本媒体NHK报道指，这枚弹道导弹已落在日本专属经济区（EEZ）之外的海域。
朝鲜上一次向东部海域发射弹道导弹是在9月20日，当时在一天内发射了两枚弹道导弹。
这次发射的前一天（2日），朝鲜领导人金正恩的胞妹金与正发表声明，驳回了首尔方面要求朝鲜为地雷炸伤韩国士兵事件道歉的要求。
首尔此前称，两名韩国士兵本周在横跨韩半岛、宽约4公里的边境非军事区（DMZ）内执行巡逻任务时，因朝方埋设的地雷发生爆炸而受重伤。
朝鲜再向半岛东部海域发射一枚弹道导弹
2026年10月3日 07:38 / 联合早报
图为9月20日，在韩国首尔一个火车站电视屏幕上，播放着朝鲜导弹试射的新闻报道。 （法新社档案照片）
韩国军方证实，朝鲜向半岛东部海域发射了一枚弹道导弹。
路透社报道，韩国联合参谋本部星期六（10月3日）发表声明说，朝鲜向东部海域发射了一枚不明发射体。
军方不久后确认，这个不明发射体是从元山一带发射的弹道导弹。
日本媒体NHK报道指，这枚弹道导弹已落在日本专属经济区（EEZ）之外的海域。
朝鲜上一次向东部海域发射弹道导弹是在9月20日，当时在一天内发射了两枚弹道导弹。
这次发射的前一天（2日），朝鲜领导人金正恩的胞妹金与正发表声明，驳回了首尔方面要求朝鲜为地雷炸伤韩国士兵事件道歉的要求。
首尔此前称，两名韩国士兵本周在横跨韩半岛、宽约4公里的边境非军事区（DMZ）内执行巡逻任务时，因朝方埋设的地雷发生爆炸而受重伤。
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民主党议员要求就委内瑞拉问题进行简报，却因参议院提前离城未获答复而遭国务院怒斥
2026-10-02T15:03:57-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
四名参议员质疑战略资本办公室能否合法收购北美蓝色能源合作伙伴（NABEP）35%的股权
作者：摩根·菲利普斯 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年10月2日 美国东部时间下午3:03白宫吹嘘委内瑞拉石油协议为“历史性”协议，特朗普计划借此开展中期选举竞选活动
福克斯商业频道记者康纳·汉森报道雪佛龙在委内瑞拉的石油投资情况。白宫首席副新闻秘书安娜·凯利详细介绍了美国获取石油储备的情况，并阐述了中期选举的竞选策略。
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7分钟美国国务院指责民主党议员此举是在做秀式“哗众取宠”：他们要求就委内瑞拉石油协议进行全面简报，随后又推迟会议，以便参议院提前离城。
据福克斯新闻数字频道查阅的材料显示，四名资深参议院民主党议员索要了他们早已知道会收到的文件，随后参议院将原定于2026年10月1日举行的该协议国会简报会改期，以便议员们开始秋季休会。
这批议员正寻求更多有关五角大楼参与与北美蓝色能源合作伙伴（NABEP）协议的信息，该协议赋予战争部（即国防部）委内瑞拉最大石油生产商之一35%的股权。国务院表示，议员们早在几周前就已得知，政府官员计划于周四向参议院外交关系委员会通报情况并提供有关该协议的文件。
尽管出于“礼貌”，简报会被取消，但国务院还是向委员会提交了美国政府与NABEP的战略伙伴关系协议副本。
特朗普吹嘘该协议可获取650亿桶委内瑞拉石油，称将压低汽油价格
2026年1月28日，美国国务卿马可·卢比奥在华盛顿特区参议院外交关系委员会关于委内瑞拉的听证会上作证。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
“各位议员所需的美政府与NABEP战略伙伴关系协议副本已放在外交关系委员会前台办公室，”一名国务院高级官员写道，“每位议员都有一个装有副本的文件夹。”
国务院全球公共事务助理国务卿迪伦·约翰逊称，参议院民主党议员取消简报会是为了“溜回华盛顿度假”。
“这纯粹是哗众取宠，”约翰逊在X平台上写道，“他们发这封信的时候，就已经知道我们计划于10月1日当天向他们通报情况并提供文件。”一位熟悉本次简报会安排的国会消息人士驳斥了国务院的说法，告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，议员们在写信前并未被告知会提前收到NABEP协议的书面文本，而且本次简报会本是为了全面通报美国对委内瑞拉政策的最新情况，而非仅针对石油协议。
福克斯新闻数字频道查阅的邮件显示，推迟简报会的请求本身就来自外交关系委员会的一名共和党多数党幕僚，该幕僚在10月1日早些时候告知国务院“参议院已经离城”，并要求将简报会改至11月举行。
一名国务院官员告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，这名幕僚是代表整个委员会行事的。
该国会消息人士称，共和党领导层已经结束了本周的立法工作，两党参议员都在为下月的中期选举提前离开华盛顿。
要求召开简报会的这批民主党议员正对特朗普政府与NABEP的协议的合法性和审慎性提出质疑，该协议将赋予五角大楼委内瑞拉最大石油生产商之一35%的股权。
根据该协议，五角大楼战略资本办公室将通过所谓的“便士认股权证”获得该股权，而国务院将获得以成本价购买该公司20%产量的优先权利。
唐纳德·特朗普总统计划与一批石油业高管会面，讨论在尼古拉斯·马杜罗被抓获后对委内瑞拉进行投资。（加比·奥拉/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
这种不同寻常的架构是政府为恢复委内瑞拉石油产量、扩大美国经济影响力而采取的更广泛举措的一部分，此前尼古拉斯·马杜罗已被赶下台。民主党人士认为，五角大楼可能缺乏合法获取该股权的权力，并对政府对NABEP及其领导层的审查情况提出了质疑。
政府辩称，这种架构可以在无需纳税人提前出资收购股权的情况下为美国带来可观回报。白宫表示，如果NABEP成功开发油田，政府所持有的35%股份最终可能价值数千亿美元的股权和股息。
该协议还可为华盛顿提供新的相对低成本原油来源，而此时政府正努力增加全球供应并压低燃料价格。国务院将有权以成本价购买NABEP20%的产量，并对剩余产量拥有优先购买权，政府称这将有助于补充战略石油储备，并满足美国军方及其他敏感需求。
白宫还表示，额外数百万桶委内瑞拉石油产量最终可通过美国炼油厂运输，并使用美国钻探设备和基础设施进行开发，从而为美国创造投资和就业机会。
NABEP目前日均产量约为22万桶，并计划到2028年底将产量增加一倍多，达到日均50万桶。政府寄望于私人投资能够恢复因多年投资不足和管理不善而陷入困境的油田。
该协议是美国在今年早些时候戏剧性罢免尼古拉斯·马杜罗后，重塑委内瑞拉经济的更广泛努力的一部分。
1月3日，美国军队在委内瑞拉开展军事行动，抓获马杜罗及其妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯，并将他们引渡至美国面临联邦指控。政府将此次行动描述为一项得到军方支持的执法任务，并将重建委内瑞拉石油部门列为其稳定战略的核心内容。
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临时领导人德尔西·罗德里格斯是马杜罗的前副总统，她在与华盛顿合作的情况下继续掌权，尽管委内瑞拉的政治过渡仍不稳定，反对派人士仍在敦促举行选举。
白宫将NABEP协议描述为稳定、重建和最终民主过渡三部分战略的一部分，称恢复石油产量对于重建委内瑞拉经济、削弱中国、俄罗斯和其他美国对手在其能源领域的影响力至关重要。
特朗普“认真考虑”将委内瑞拉及其40万亿美元石油资源永久纳入美国的计划
参议员珍妮·沙欣（新罕布什尔州民主党）、杰克·里德（罗德岛州民主党）、马丁·海因里希（新墨西哥州民主党）和伊丽莎白·沃伦（马萨诸塞州民主党）在给国务卿马可·卢比奥、战争部长皮特·赫格斯瑟和能源部长克里斯·赖特的信中，对该协议的合法性和审慎性提出了质疑。
他们的核心问题之一是，用于安排这笔投资的五角大楼办公室是否拥有合法权力收购外国石油公司的股权。参议员们还要求获取协议本身、有关国务院如何支付石油费用的细节，以及政府对NABEP及其领导层的审查信息。
“拟议中的协议不太可能降低美国人高昂的能源成本，反而有可能破坏委内瑞拉人民摆脱独裁统治的过渡进程，”参议员们写道。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系所有四位签署该信件的参议员办公室置评。
自该协议宣布以来，五角大楼的不同寻常角色就一直受到审查。战略资本办公室并未立即用纳税人的钱购买股份，而是通过便士认股权证的架构获得股权，即政府有权以名义价格收购股份。
华盛顿特区——2025年11月9日：参议员珍妮·沙欣（新罕布什尔州民主党）与其他投票支持恢复政府拨款的参议院民主党人举行新闻发布会。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
民主党参议员认为，这种架构并未解决根本的法律问题。
他们辩称，设立战略资本办公室的法规授权其提供贷款和贷款担保，但并未明确赋予五角大楼收购私人外国公司股权的权力。
“目前尚不清楚，”议员们写道，“为什么美国民众应该支持让美国卷入一家相对不知名的外国石油公司的尝试，这家公司既没有能力也没有信誉开发所描述的大规模油田。”
参议员们还对NABEP主席亚历杭德罗·贝坦库尔表示担忧，指出这位委内瑞拉商人曾涉及洗钱调查。贝坦库尔尚未被指控犯罪，卢比奥此前也曾表示，他并未受到美国的积极调查。
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Dems demanding Venezuela brief face State Dept fury as senators leave town without answers
2026-10-02T15:03:57-04:00 / Fox News
Four senators question whether the Office of Strategic Capital can legally acquire a 35% equity stake in NABEP
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Published October 2, 2026 3:03pm EDT
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The State Department is accusing Democrats of performative “grandstanding” by demanding a sweeping Venezuela oil deal briefing then postponing so the Senate could leave town early.
Four senior Senate Democrats demanded documents they already knew were coming, according to material reviewed by Fox News Digital — and then the Senate rescheduled a congressional briefing on the agreement planned for Oct. 1, 2026, so they could break for fall recess.
The group of lawmakers were seeking more information on the Pentagon’s involvement in an agreement with North American Blue Energy Partner (NABEP) that gives the Department of War a 35% stake in one of Venezuela’s largest oil producers. State says the lawmakers had known for weeks that administration officials planned to brief the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and provide documents on the deal on Thursday.
The department went forward with delivering copies of the U.S. government’s strategic partnership agreement with NABEP to the committee, claiming it did so despite the briefing being pulled down “as a courtesy.”
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Venezuela, in Washington, DC, United States on January 28, 2026.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“Copies of the USG Strategic Partnership Agreement with NABEP for your Members are in the SFRC front office,” a senior State Department official wrote. “Each Member has a folder with their copy.”
State Department Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson claimed Senate Democrats canceled the briefing so they could “skip town and go on vacation.”
“This is pure grandstanding,” Johnson wrote on X. “When they sent this letter, they had known for weeks that we planned to brief them and provide the documents today, on October 1.”
A congressional source familiar with the planned briefing disputed State’s characterization, telling Fox News Digital that lawmakers had not been told the written NABEP agreement would be provided before writing the letter and that the briefing was intended as a broader update on U.S. policy toward Venezuela, not specifically the oil deal.
And emails reviewed by Fox News Digital show the briefing postponement request itself came from a Republican majority staffer on the Foreign Relations Committee, who told State early Oct. 1 that “the Senate has left town” and asked to move the briefing until November.
A State Department official told Fox News Digital the staffer was acting on behalf of the full committee.
The congressional source said Republican leadership had ended legislative business for the week, with senators on both sides of the aisle preparing to leave Washington ahead of next month’s midterm elections.
The group of Democrat lawmakers demanding the briefing are challenging the legality and prudence of the Trump administration’s agreement with NABEP, which would give the Pentagon rights to a 35% stake in one of Venezuela’s largest oil producers.
Under the arrangement, the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital would receive rights to the stake through so-called penny warrants, while the State Department would receive preferential rights to purchase 20% of the company’s production at cost.
President Donald Trump is set to meet with a group of oil executives to discuss investment in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolas Maduro.(Gabby Oraa/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
The unusual structure is part of the administration’s broader effort to revive Venezuelan oil production and expand U.S. economic influence after Nicolás Maduro’s ouster. Democrats argue the Pentagon may lack legal authority to take the stake and have raised questions about the administration’s vetting of NABEP and its leadership.
The administration argues the structure could generate substantial returns for the U.S. without requiring taxpayers to buy the stake up front. The White House has said the government’s 35% position could ultimately be worth hundreds of billions of dollars in equity and dividends if NABEP succeeds in developing the fields.
The deal could also give Washington a new source of relatively low-cost crude at a time when the administration is trying to increase global supply and bring down fuel prices. State would have the right to buy 20% of NABEP’s production at cost and the right of first refusal on the remaining output, which the administration says could help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and supply U.S. military and other sensitive needs.
The White House also says millions of barrels of additional Venezuelan production could eventually flow through U.S. refineries and be developed using American drilling equipment and infrastructure, generating investment and jobs in the United States.
NABEP currently produces roughly 220,000 barrels a day and has said it plans to more than double production to 500,000 barrels a day by late 2028. The administration is betting that private investment can revive fields that have suffered years of underinvestment and mismanagement.
The agreement is part of a much broader U.S. effort to remake Venezuela’s economy following the dramatic removal of Nicolás Maduro earlier this year.
On Jan. 3, U.S. forces carried out a military operation in Venezuela to capture Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and transport them to the United States to face federal charges. The administration has characterized the operation as a law-enforcement mission supported by the military and has since made rebuilding Venezuela’s oil sector a central part of its stabilization strategy.
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Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s former vice president, has remained in power while cooperating with Washington, even as Venezuela’s political transition remains unsettled and opposition figures continue pressing for elections.
The White House has described the NABEP agreement as part of a three-part strategy of stabilization, reconstruction and eventual democratic transition, arguing that restoring oil production is necessary to rebuild Venezuela’s economy and reduce the influence of China, Russia and other U.S. adversaries in its energy sector.
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Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.; Jack Reed, D-R.I.; Martin Heinrich, D-N.M.; and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., challenged both the legality and prudence of the deal in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
Among their central questions is whether the Pentagon office being used to structure the investment has the legal authority to acquire an equity position in a foreign oil company. The senators also demanded the agreement itself, details about how State would pay for oil and information about the administration’s vetting of NABEP and its leadership.
“The proposed agreement is unlikely to reduce high energy costs for Americans, and it risks undermining the Venezuelan people’s transition away from a dictatorship,” the senators wrote.
Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of all four senators who signed the letter for comment.
The unusual Pentagon role has drawn scrutiny since the deal was announced. Rather than immediately purchasing shares with taxpayer money, the Office of Strategic Capital’s position is structured through penny warrants that give the government the right to acquire equity for a nominal price.
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 9: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats who voted to restore government funding, in Washington, DC on November 9, 2025.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The Democratic senators argue that structure does not resolve the underlying legal question.
They contend the statute establishing the Office of Strategic Capital authorizes loans and loan guarantees but does not explicitly empower the Pentagon to acquire equity stakes in private foreign companies.
“It is unclear,” the lawmakers wrote, “why the American public should support this attempt to entangle the United States with a relatively unknown foreign oil company that lacks the capacity or credibility to develop oil fields of the magnitude described.”
The senators also raised concerns about NABEP chairman Alejandro Betancourt, noting past money-laundering investigations involving the Venezuelan businessman. Betancourt has not been charged with a crime, and Rubio has previously said he is not under active U.S. investigation.
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The dispute could form the basis for broader congressional scrutiny of one of the Trump administration’s most unconventional efforts to expand U.S. economic influence in Venezuela.