英语新闻听写 司法部长巴尔批评特别检察官穆勒

According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, under pressure from Democrats¹,

据《路透社》报道，周三，在民主党人施压下，

Attorney General William Barr defended his decision to clear President Donald Trump² of criminal obstruction⁴ of justice by attempting to impede⁵ Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia inquiry⁶.

司法部长威廉·巴尔为其澄清特朗普总统的罪行的决定辩护。此前，唐纳德·特朗普总统被称因阻碍特别律师罗伯特·穆勒对俄罗斯的调查而构成妨碍司法公正的罪行。

Barr reportedly also criticized Mueller for not reaching a conclusion of his own on the issue.

据报道，巴尔还批评穆勒在这个问题上没有得出自己的结论。

In his first congressional testimony⁷ since releasing a redacted version of the report on April 18th,

据报道，自从4月18日发布了一份经过编辑的报告以来，

Barr reportedly dismissed Mueller's complaints that the attorney general had disclosed the special counsel's conclusions in an incomplete way.

巴尔在首次国会证词中驳斥了穆勒的指控，即司法部长披露的特别检察官的结论并不完整。

Reuters reports that Barr faced sharp questions from Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats on why he concluded that the president had not unlawfully sought to obstruct³ the 22 month investigation⁸.

据《路透社》报道，巴尔面临着来自参议院司法委员会民主党的尖锐的问题，问题是关于为什么他总结出特朗普总统没有试图非法阻挠长达22个月的调查。

Barr, the top U.S. law enforcement official and a Trump appointee, reportedly said, "I don't think the government had a prosecutable⁹ case."

据报道，特朗普任命的美国最高执法官员巴尔表示，“我不认为政府有可起诉的案件。”

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 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。

3 obstruct   

v.阻隔，阻塞(道路、通道等)；n.阻碍物，障碍物

参考例句：

• He became still more dissatisfied with it and secretly did everything in his power to obstruct it.他对此更不满意，尽在暗里使绊子。
• The fallen trees obstruct the road.倒下的树将路堵住了。

4 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。

5 impede   

v.妨碍，阻碍，阻止

参考例句：

• One shouldn't impede other's progress.一个人不应该妨碍他人进步。
• The muddy roads impede our journey.我们的旅游被泥泞的道路阻挠了。

6 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。

7 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。

8 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。

9 prosecutable   

[法] 可提起公诉的

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