美司法部長塞申斯表示將回避涉俄調查

Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's embattled attorney-general, said on Thursday that he would recuse himself from investigations involving the US presidential campaign, amid controversy over his failure to disclose meetings with the Russian ambassador.

唐納德·特朗普(Donald Trump)飽受圍攻的司法部長傑夫o塞申斯(Jeff Sessions)週四表示，他會迴避與美國總統選戰有關的調查。日前，塞申斯因未能披露與俄羅斯大使的會晤而引發極大爭議。

Mr Sessions did not reveal in his Senate confirmation hearings that he twice met Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak while acting as a close adviser to Donald Trump during last year's presidential campaign. The Trump campaign's relations with Russia are the subject of multiple inquiries amid warnings that Moscow was meddling in the US election.

去年總統大選期間，塞申斯曾在身爲唐納德·特朗普親密顧問的同時，兩次與俄羅斯大使謝爾蓋o基斯利亞克(Sergey Kislyak)會晤。而在參議院他的就職聽證會上，塞申斯卻沒有透露這一事實。在莫斯科干預美國大選的多重警告下，特朗普選舉陣營與俄羅斯的關係成爲多起調查的對象。

The attorney-general's remarks came in a brief press conference on Thursday afternoon, shortly after President Trump had insisted he did not think Mr Sessions needed to recuse himself, and that he thought the former senator had "probably" testified truthfully.

塞申斯是在週四下午一個簡短的新聞發佈會上做出上述表態的。就在不久之前，美國總統特朗普曾堅稱，他認爲塞申斯不需要回避，還認爲這位前參議員的證詞"可能"是真的。

Yet a number of senior Republicans joined Democrats in calling for Mr Sessions to step aside from any investigations into Russia and the campaign.

不過，多名資深共和黨人(Republican)聯合民主黨人(Democrat)呼籲塞申斯迴避任何對俄羅斯和選戰的調查。

Mr Sessions said he had decided to withdraw from any existing or future investigation of any matter relating to the presidential campaigns. He added that he had not intended to give a false response in his Capitol Hill testimony and that he would be writing to the Senate committee to explain his testimony.

塞申斯表示，他已決定退出任何現在或將來的、對總統大選有關事務的調查。他還表示，在國會山的證詞中，他並沒有給出錯誤回答的意圖。並表示，他正在寫信給參議院的委員會，爲證詞做出解釋。