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In the two years since the Trump-Russia scandal exploded into the headlines,
在特朗普“通俄門”丑聞爆到新聞頭條后的兩年里，
few have been the subject of more curiosity and speculation than Sater.
沒有誰能比薩特更能引起人們的好奇和猜測。
There were endless press reports about his background: He was an ex-con, purportedly with links to the Mafia,
關于薩特背景的新聞報道層出不窮：他有過犯罪前科，據稱和黑手黨有聯系，
who had worked with Trump on failed real estate deals in Florida and Manhattan.
他以前還參與過特朗普在佛羅里達和曼哈頓房地產交易，交易以失敗告終。
Rumors surfaced that his former real estate company, Bayrock,
謠言稱，薩特之前的房地產公司貝羅克集團，
was a money laundering vehicle for corrupt business and political figures in Russia and Ukraine (something he denies).
是俄羅斯和烏克蘭商界和政界大人物的洗錢工具（對此薩特予以否認）。
He also picked a peculiar moment, the middle of Trump's presidential campaign,
薩特還選擇了特朗普總統競選中期這個特殊時刻，
to try to revive the Moscow deal, bragging about his clout with Putin, one of Washington's most potent adversaries.
來重啟莫斯科協議，他吹噓自己對普京的影響力，而俄羅斯總統普京正是美國政府最強有力的競爭對手。
And the only public defense hinted at in court documents over the years seemed to be an improbable story
唯一的公開辯護多年來在法庭文件中有所暗示，
about how he'd wound up helping America track down Osama bin Laden, among other adventures in espionage.
內容是他是如何幫助美國追蹤奧薩馬·本·拉登，和他間諜活動的其他冒險經歷相比，這聽起來尤其像一個天方夜譚。
So who is Felix Sater?
那么菲利克斯·薩特到底是誰？
Is he connected to the mob?
他和犯罪團伙有關聯嗎？
Is he a spy?
他是間諜嗎？
Trump's man in Moscow?
是特朗普安插在莫斯科的人嗎？
Or is he a key figure in Mueller's investigation,
亦或是他檢察官穆勒的調查中的關鍵人物？
the man who will ultimately bring down the president and finally answer the questions swirling around Russia gate?
他會是那個最終打倒總統，并最終回答“通俄門”相關問題的人嗎？
Pundits have speculated about all of the above.
權威專家們對上述問題都有所猜測。
But over three meetings and more than eight hours of conversation, Sater offered new details about his life,
但是在三次會見和長達八小時以上的談話中，薩特又提供了關于其生活的新細節，
from rumors about his Mafia connections to his encounter with Russian hackers in St. Petersburg.
內容涵蓋他和黑手黨有關聯的謠言以及在圣彼得堡遇到俄羅斯黑客的事。
And his story—the way he tells it, at least—is stranger than I had ever imagined.
薩特的故事——至少是講故事的方式——比我想象的要離奇。
"I'm tired of reading all this," sater says.
“我已經看膩了這些故事，”薩特說道。
It's early May, and we're sitting at a coffee shop inside the Mandarin Oriental, a tony hotel in Washington.D.C.
現在是5月初，我們正坐在文華東方酒店內的一家咖啡店里，文華東方酒店是位于華盛頓特區的上等旅館。
Sater had traveled there to testify before the House Intelligence Committee.
薩特曾到過那里，為在美國眾議院情報委員會前作證。
The 52-year-old, wearing a blue blazer with an American flag pin affixed to the lapel,
52歲的薩特身穿藍色短上衣，翻領上別著美國國旗圖案的胸針，
explains how much of what's been written about him is false.
解釋道關于他的那些文章有多少是假的。
It's why he's been spending a lot of time with journalists.
這就是為什么他花了大量時間會見記者。
His campaign for "personal redemption," as he calls it, began earlier this year with a lengthy article on BuzzFeed,
他所謂的“個人救贖”運動，始于今年早些時候，開端是BuzzFeed上的一篇冗長的文章，
followed by a couple of TV interviews and now our coffee talk.
隨后是一系列電視采訪節目，現在則是我們的咖啡訪談。
And he wants his reputation back.
他這是想挽回他的名聲。
The most interesting thing about Sater is what that reputation consists of.
關于薩特最有意思的事情就是其名聲的組成部分。
In 1972, his family emigrated from Moscow.
1972年，他隨家人從莫斯科移民。
They were among the first wave of Jews allowed to leave the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
薩特一家是冷戰期間首批獲準離開前蘇聯的猶太人。
For a year, they lived in Israel before moving to Coney Island,
他們一家在以色列住了一年后，就搬去了科尼島，
a neighborhood in Brooklyn where many Russian immigrants wound up.
科尼島是布魯克林的一個社區，很多來自俄羅斯的移民都選擇布魯克林作為最終的落腳地。
Sater was 6 years old when he arrived in the states.
來到美國的那一年，薩特6歲。
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