美國簡報:佩洛西的回聲,民主黨新領導時代開始

美國簡報
(2023-03-03 02)

剛剛發生的美國重要新聞,來自各大媒體。

特斯拉為內華達州擴張卡車工廠獲得3.3億美元的稅收協定

AP 美聯社 / 2023-03-02 23:45:30

特斯拉週四贏得了內華達州的重大稅收減免,因為它致力於擴大其在里諾以東的汽車電池設施。州長經濟發展辦公室批准了這筆交易,理由是高薪工作的好處以及對當地經濟近十年的推動。特斯拉已經在其現有的540萬平方英尺的超級工廠上花費了62億美元,創造了17,000個建築工作崗位和11,000多個永久性工作崗位。該公司還向特拉基-里諾工業中心的兩家新工廠投資36億美元,計劃每年為150萬輛輕型汽車生產電池,並建設特斯拉的第一條電動組合卡車生產線。

這筆交易引起了民主黨控制的州立法機構的一些立法者的抱怨,稱只有三天的時間來審查20年的減稅措施。然而,它得到了白宮,內華達大學,里諾校長布萊恩桑多瓦爾和工廠所在地的幼兒園的公眾支援。特斯拉工廠所在的斯托裡縣農村的三名民選立法者稱讚該地區的經濟效益,同時指出該縣應該獲得更多的稅收來支援基礎設施和服務。

特斯拉減稅政策的批准標誌著內華達州北部成為美國向綠色能源過渡的焦點的最新舉措。2月,位於內華達州的一家電動汽車電池回收廠從拜登政府獲得了20億美元的綠色能源貸款,週三,聯邦上訴法院拒絕阻止美國最大的鋰礦的建設,該礦將在內華達州北部挖掘。特斯拉的減稅政策將大大推動經濟並創造數千個就業機會,同時也有助於進一步推動綠色能源轉型,並確保內華達州處於這一運動的最前沿。

最高法院要求就重要的選舉法案件提供更多簡報

Washington Post / 2023-03-02 23:23:47

最高法院週四呼籲就是否仍應決定該任期最重要的案件之一進行更多簡報,涉及州立法者是否可以操縱國會選區線並在不受州法院任何監督的情況下制定聯邦投票規則。該案是該術語中最重要和可能影響深遠的案件之一,因為它圍繞“獨立州立法機構理論”,該理論聲稱美國憲法賦予州立法者組織聯邦選舉的專屬權力。

問題在於共和黨領導的北卡羅來納州立法機構在2020年人口普查後創建的地圖,這將使共和黨在14個國會選區中的10個選區佔據優勢。這促使當時民主黨占多數的州最高法院拋棄了地圖,稱這些地區存在黨派傾向“無法用北卡羅來納州的政治地理來解釋”,並侵犯了州憲法規定的公平選舉權。然而,州最高法院最近批准了相關案件的重審,引發了對其對美國最高法院訴訟程序影響的質疑。

美國最高法院已要求該案各方在3月20日之前提交新的簡報,說明“北卡羅來納州最高法院2023年2月3日批准重審的命令以及任何隨後的州法院程式”的影響。在12月的口頭辯論中,大多數美國大法官似乎不願意得出州法院應該被排除在審查重新劃分選區的立法決定之外的結論。但一些大法官似乎願意在法院超越其職責時對這些決定進行聯邦司法監督。

此案的結果可能對未來國會選區的劃分方式產生重大影響。如果最高法院裁定州立法機構可以在沒有任何監督的情況下採取行動,則可能導致極端的黨派投票地圖,並違反州憲法中規定的選民保護。另一方面,如果法院允許聯邦司法監督,這可能意味著州立法機構將對其行為負責。
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/02/supreme-court-north-carolina-election-gerrymandering/
布萊克越南獸醫終於得到了應有的回報:榮譽勳章

AP 美聯社 / 2023-03-02 23:12:29

退休上校帕裡斯大衛斯是越南戰爭期間第一批領導特種部隊作戰的黑人軍官之一,他將於週五獲得榮譽勳章,以表彰他近60年前的勇敢。這位83歲的弗吉尼亞居民花了幾十年的時間才得到認可,因為他的獎章推薦丟失,重新提交 - 然後再次丟失。大衛斯的支持者認為種族主義是罪魁禍首,但大衛斯本人並沒有詳述它。

1965年6月中旬,大衛斯冒著生命危險拯救他的一些士兵與北越作戰的那一刻持續了近19個小時,持續了兩天。他領導了對敵人的衝鋒,呼籲精確炮火,與北越進行了肉搏戰,並挫敗了三名美國士兵的俘虜 - 同時遭受槍擊和手榴彈碎片的多處傷口。據報導,大衛斯在手被敵人的手榴彈擊碎後用他的小指發射步槍。

大衛斯的指揮官推薦他獲得軍隊的最高榮譽,但文書工作消失了。2016年,一個由宣導者組成的志願者小組煞費苦心地重新創建並重新提交了文書工作。2021年初,時任代理國防部長的克裡斯托弗·米勒(Christopher Miller)下令加快審查大衛斯的案件,並辯稱授予大衛斯榮譽勳章將解決不公正問題。大衛斯的女兒雷根·大衛斯·霍珀(Regan Davis Hopper)說,她直到2019年才知道父親的英雄主義,併為他感到驕傲。她說,她盡量不糾結於對如何處理這種情況的失望。陸軍表示,在大衛斯的案件中沒有種族主義的證據,大衛斯本人對他獲得的認可感到不知所措。

梅嫩德斯親自向拜登施壓,提名拉丁裔進入美聯儲董事會

Bloomberg / 2023-03-02 22:54:31

新澤西州參議員羅伯特·梅嫩德斯最近敦促喬·拜登總統任命一名拉丁裔進入美聯儲理事會。這將是一個歷史性的時刻,因為央行在其109年的歷史中從未有過拉丁裔領導人。梅嫩德斯在華盛頓國會大廈共進午餐后與拜登進行了交談,並表示他希望確認拉丁裔,無論他是他建議的人還是白宮正在考慮的其他人。

目前,由七名成員組成的美聯儲董事會因副主席萊爾·布雷納德辭職而空缺,拜登已任命他領導國家經濟委員會。雖然成為頂級競爭者的人中沒有一個是拉丁裔,但白宮表示正在考慮多元化的候選人庫,包括拉丁裔個人。梅嫩德斯提出了可以考慮擔任該職位的合格拉丁裔候選人的名字。

這一任命將是邁向美國聯邦儲備委員會多元化和代表性的重要一步。它還將表明拜登政府致力於促進政府各個領域的多樣性和包容性。任命一名拉丁裔人士進入美聯儲董事會將是一個歷史性的時刻,並可能為未來更多有色人種擔任領導職務打開大門。
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-02/biden-urged-to-nominate-latino-to-fed-board-by-menendez?srnd=us-politics
佩洛西的回聲,民主黨新領導時代開始

AP 美聯社 / 2023-03-02 22:32:13

新一代眾議院民主黨領導人正在接替南希·佩洛西,如果喬·拜登總統在 2024 年尋求第二個任期並贏回眾議院多數席位,他們渴望與他並肩競選。在紐約眾議員哈基姆·傑弗裡斯(Hakeem Jeffries)的帶領下,他是第一位在國會領導主要政黨的美國黑人,國會領導層的改組為該黨的年度務虛會帶來了一支充滿活力和熱情的團隊。他們渴望向拜登吹噓自己的成就,並反駁議長凱文·麥卡錫(Kevin McCarthy)的新共和黨多數。

這次靜修是在佩洛西的家鄉巴爾的摩舉行的,在整個活動中仍然能感受到她的影響力。她的口號已經散佈在新一波民主黨人的演講、分組會議和口號中,她仍然是有影響力的國會議員。與此同時,前2號民主黨人,馬里蘭州眾議員Steny Hoyer已被任命擔任新角色,領導一個為民主黨核心小組的地理多樣性發聲的團體。

民主黨人發現,作為少數黨,保持政治統一要容易得多,他們正在利用年度會議來加強對拜登作為下屆總統選舉潛在政黨候選人的支援。伊利諾伊州眾議員勞倫·安德伍德(Lauren Underwood)表示,她“非常高興有機會在2024年與拜登總統一起投票。明確。句號。佩洛西正在出席會議,並在場外提供她的見解、觀點和策略。該黨希望證明他們正在交付,特別是在農村地區,並提醒選民民主黨人和共和黨人優先事項之間的對比。

共和黨印第安那州立法者加入取代國會議員班克斯的競賽

AP 美聯社 / 2023-03-02 20:51:14

來自印第安那州亨廷頓的共和黨州參議員安迪·扎伊(Andy Zay)宣布競選第三區國會席位,目前由眾議員吉姆·班克斯(Jim Banks)擔任。班克斯正在放棄競選美國參議院的席位。扎伊將高通脹和經濟問題歸咎於喬·拜登總統的政府,並表示他自己的競選活動將側重於 “恢復財政責任和擁護保守原則”。他是第一位參加競選的民選官員,儘管候選人的範圍可能會增加。

扎伊在2017年贏得了參議院席位,取代了班克斯,此後一直是州參議院的保守派聲音。他投票贊成一項法案,該法案將禁止對18歲以下的人進行所有性別確認護理,並支援去年夏天通過的全州墮胎禁令法。2018年,在一名居民公開了2015年的Facebook私信交流後,他面臨批評,其中扎伊寫道“種族主義不是真實的”。扎伊後來說,他應該更加小心自己的言論,他確實相信種族主義的存在。

第三區國會席位的競爭可能會激烈競爭,因為該區主要是共和黨人。扎伊是第一位參加競選的民選官員,但候選人的範圍可能會擴大。扎伊的競選活動將側重於“恢復財政責任和支援保守原則”,並將考驗他在該地區的保守派資歷。扎伊是否能夠贏得席位還有待觀察,但他的候選人資格肯定值得關注。

在逆轉中,拜登表示他將簽署共和黨華盛頓特區犯罪法案

Bloomberg / 2023-03-02 19:25:15

喬·拜登總統宣佈,他將簽署共和黨立法,禁止華盛頓特區政府修改自己的刑法,扭轉他之前的立場。該決議有足夠的支持通過參議院投票,最早可能在下周通過。在該市犯罪率飆升之際,該法律減少了對包括劫車在內的各種罪行的處罰。

白宮最初反對共和黨的法案,稱國會應尊重哥倫比亞特區管理自己地方事務的自主權。然而,拜登在國會山與民主黨人舉行閉門會議後改變了立場,並在推特上寫道:“如果參議院投票推翻華盛頓特區議會的所作所為——我會簽署它”。白宮新聞秘書卡琳·讓-皮埃爾(Karine Jean-Pierre)拒絕透露拜登認為的合理的劫車罪行強制性最低標準,廣泛認為總統是根據他認為華盛頓人的最佳利益做出一次性決定的。

共和黨領導的眾議院已經批准了廢除該市刑法變更的措施。在參議院,民主黨擁有一票多數,該決議只需要51票即可通過,因此拜登的決定意味著量刑法的改變不會繼續進行。市長穆里爾·鮑澤(Muriel Bowser)否決了犯罪法案,市議會在一月份以12-1的投票推翻了她。華盛頓特區代表埃莉諾·霍姆斯·諾頓對拜登的決定表示失望,指出 700,000 名華盛頓特區居民和納稅美國人必須忍受非當選代表其利益或價值觀的官員對其法律的審查和監督。

馬里蘭州民主党參議員克裡斯·范·霍倫(Chris Van Hollen)表示,雖然他不同意該市的行動,但國會不應該用地方官員的判斷來代替。與此同時,新墨西哥州參議員馬丁·海因里希(Martin Heinrich)認為,在犯罪率如此之高的情況下,在這個時候介入是很重要的。隨著圍繞犯罪的全國性討論繼續加劇,路線的變化也在展開。本周,拜登和民主黨人的潛在預兆發生了,因為芝加哥市長洛裡·萊特富特(Lori Lightfoot)成為該市自1983年以來第一位失去連任的市長。該市的犯罪率在很大程度上影響了比賽,預示著這個問題在2024年的比賽中可能仍然突出。
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-02/biden-tells-democrats-he-won-t-veto-gop-bill-on-crime-in-dc?srnd=us-politics
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#BREAKING Prominent US lawyer Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murdering wife and son

Alex Murdaugh found guilty in the killing of wife, son

BY JARED GANS 03/02/23 07:28 PM ET

A jury found Alex Murdaugh guilty of killing his wife and son on Thursday after just a few hours of deliberation.

Murdaugh was a prominent attorney who hailed from a historic, well-known South Carolina family with multiple members working in the law, but he has fallen from grace in recent years following allegations that he killed his wife and son and committed financial crimes against his clients and law firm.

The investigation into the deaths of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh began almost two years ago when Alex Murdaugh called police on June 7, 2021, telling them that he had found them dead after he returned home from visiting his mother.

Officers found Maggie, who was 52 years old, hit with four or five bullets from a rifle and Paul, who was 22, shot twice by a shotgun. A report on the crime scene indicated that they were injured near dog kennels on the family’s rural property, called Moselle, before being shot in the head.

Murdaugh’s attorneys confirmed he was a person of interest in the investigation in October 2021, but he was not arrested until one year after the killings occurred.

Prosecutors argued in the trial that Murdaugh killed his wife and son to distract from financial crimes that he committed. Without access to the weapons used in the killings, the evidence that the prosecution has focused on has been topics like the brutality of his wife and son’s deaths and information about bank records.

The defense turned to experts to scrutinize the way that investigators handled the scene. The experts testified that they found investigators did not dust for fingerprints or collect and test blood.

Family and friends were also able to walk around the crime scene. The bodies were covered by a sheet, which can absorb fluid, instead of a tarp and the sheet was not saved. Rain, on some occasions, fell on Paul’s body.

But Murdaugh’s credibility about the night the killings happened was thrown into question after the prosecution proved he lied to police about his whereabouts. A video that Paul took, which was locked in his phone for a year before authorities gained access to it, revealed that Alex was present at the kennels where his wife and son were shot five minutes before officials think it happened.

Murdaugh told officers that he was never at the kennels, but his voice was on the video that Paul took.

His attorneys made what legal experts said was a risky move in having Murdaugh himself testify in his own defense. He adamantly denied to his own attorneys and to prosecutors during cross-examination that he killed his wife or son or that he would ever hurt them.

Murdaugh admitted, though, to stealing millions of dollars from clients he represented and from his law firm.

Following the murder trial, Murdaugh will stand trial for the financial crimes he has been accused of, some of which he has admitted to. He has been charged with about 100 other counts of financial and other crimes.

For one charge of insurance fraud, prosecutors allege that Murdaugh asked someone to kill him so that his surviving son, Richard, could receive $12 million from life insurance. He is also facing charges of tax evasion and money laundering.

這則報導,看不出美國司法世家的腐敗,如此侵蝕美國的正義,很多官員捲入了這個醜聞。

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Alex Murdaugh found guilty in murder of wife, son

The jury deliberated for nearly three hours before reaching a verdict.

By


Meredith Deliso

March 2, 2023, 8:16 PM ET

• 9 min read

Guilty verdict read in courtroom in Alex Murdaugh trialThe jury deliberated for nearly three hours before reaching a verdict.Andrew J. Whitaker/Pool via USA Today Network

A jury has found disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty of brutally murdering his wife and younger son at the family’s property in 2021.

Andrew J. Whitaker/Pool via USA Today Network

Alex Murdaugh was found guilty on all four counts at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on March 2, 2023.Andrew J. Whitaker/Pool via USA Today Network

The jury reached the verdict after deliberating for nearly three hours Thursday after hearing five weeks of testimony from more than 70 witnesses – including Alex Murdaugh himself, who denied the murders but admitted to lying to investigators and cheating his clients.

He was found guilty on all four counts – two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon in the commitment of a violent crime.

Judge Clifton Newman said the court would reconvene Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. local time for sentencing. Alex Murdaugh faces 30 years to life in prison for the murder charge.

Alex Murdaugh, 54, did not appear to display any emotion during the verdict reading. He was placed in handcuffs and silently escorted out of the courtroom.

The verdict proved that “no one in society is above the law,” South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson told reporters outside the courthouse following the verdict.

“It doesn’t matter how prominent you are – if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in South Carolina,” lead prosecutor Creighton Waters told reporters.

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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson talks to the media after the conviction of Alex Murdaugh outside the Colleton County Courthouse on March 2, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C.Chris Carlson/AP

The jury visited the family’s estate, Moselle, on Wednesday to see the crime scene ahead of deliberations. The bodies of Margaret Murdaugh, 52, and Paul Murdaugh, 22, were found dead from multiple gunshot wounds near the dog kennels at the family’s estate in June 2021, authorities said.

Alex Murdaugh, who called 911 to report the discovery, was charged with their murders more than a year later.

MORE: Key moments from Alex Murdaugh double murder trial

Prosecutors claim that Alex Murdaugh, who comes from a legacy of prominent attorneys in the region, killed his wife and son to gain sympathy and distract from his financial wrongdoings.

Meanwhile, the defense has portrayed him as a loving husband and father, and argued that police ignored the possibility that anyone else could have killed them. While testifying, Alex Murdaugh blamed lying to investigators on his addiction to painkillers, which he said caused “paranoid thinking.”

During his nearly four-hour closing argument on Wednesday, Waters declared that Alex Murdaugh was the only person “who had the motive, who had the means, who had the opportunity to commit these crimes” and that his “guilty conduct after these crimes betrays him.”

Waters told the jurors that credibility is important and painted Murdaugh as someone good at lying who was used to anticipating how jurors read things.

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Prosecutor Creighton Waters makes closing arguments in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., March 1, 2023.Joshua Boucher/The State via AP

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Alex Murdaugh was found guilty on all four charges: two counts of murder and two counts of possessing a weapon during a violent crime, during the trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on March 2, 2023.Andrew J. Whitaker/Pool via USA Today Network

“This is an individual who was trained to understand how to put together cases, complex cases. He’s been a prosecutor,” Waters said. “He’s given closing arguments to juries before. So, when you have a defendant like that, be thinking about whether or not this individual is constructing defenses and alibis.”

Waters recounted a timeline investigators put together of the three Murdaughs’ cell phones the day of the murders, including a video from Paul Murdaugh’s phone that placed Alex Murdaugh at the kennels minutes before authorities believe the shootings occurred – contradicting earlier statements in which he said he was never at the kennels.

Waters said the last time Alex Murdaugh saw his wife and child alive was the “most important thing” he could have told law enforcement.

“Why in the world would an innocent, reasonable father and husband lie about that and lie about it so early?” Waters said.

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The defense argued that the state had failed to meet its burden to prove guilt and that investigators “failed miserably” in the case, deciding immediately that Alex Murdaugh was responsible for killing his wife and son and never looking elsewhere.

Defense attorney Jim Griffin recounted to jurors during his closing argument on Thursday the multiple missed opportunities, pointing out evidence that investigators did not collect including foot imprints, fingerprints and DNA. He also replayed videos in which prosecution witnesses testified about how much Alex Murdaugh loved his wife and son.

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Defense attorney Jim Griffin listens as Judge Clifton Newman charges the jury before they begin deliberation in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse, March 2, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C.Joshua Boucher/The State via AP

“Which brings us to the question, why?” said Griffin, discounting the state’s proposed motive that years of lies and theft were about to catch up to Alex Murdaugh and the murders were a way to divert attention.

“Even if the financial day of reckoning was impending, if it was right there, he would not have killed the people he loved the most in the world,” he said. “There’s no evidence that he would do that.”

Griffin also addressed that Alex Murdaugh admitted to lying to investigators about his alibi the evening of the shootings.

“I probably wouldn’t be sitting over there right now if he did not lie. But he did lie, and he told you he lied,” Griffin told the jurors.“He lied because that’s what addicts do. He lied because he had a closet full of skeletons and he didn’t want any more scrutiny on him.”

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In the months following his wife’s and son’s murders, Alex Murdaugh resigned from his law firm, which sued him for allegedly funneling stolen money from clients and the law firm into a fake bank account for years. He also said he entered a rehab facility for opioid addiction.

Alex Murdaugh faces about 100 other charges for allegations ranging from money laundering to staging his own death so his surviving son could cash in on his $10 million life insurance policy. He was also charged for allegedly misappropriating settlement funds in the death of his housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, who reportedly died after a falling accident at the Murdaugh family home in February 2018.

ABC News’ Janice McDonald contributed to this report.

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