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Since the first whistle-blower emerged, the White House has tried to unmask his identity,
第一位舉報者出現后，白宮一直在試圖揭露其身份，
and dismiss him as a “deep state operative” with partisan motives to “take down” Mr. Trump.
還斥其為懷著將特朗普“拉下馬”這一黨派意圖的“深層國家特工”。
The president stuck to form on Sunday evening in trying to dismiss the new whistle-blower.
總統堅持試圖開除新出現的舉報者這一立場。
“Democrat lawyer is same for both Whistleblowers?” he said on Twitter. “All support Obama and Crooked Hillary. Witch Hunt!”
“兩名舉報者聘請的是同一名民主黨律師？”他在推特上寫道。“所有人都支持奧巴馬和狡詐的希拉里。政治迫害！”
The lawyers representing both whistle-blowers said the emergence of a second account should take the focus off the identities of the individuals coming forward.
代表兩位舉報人的律師表示，二次舉報的出現應該會轉移人們對即將站出來舉報特朗普的人士的身份的注意力。
“Our hope is that the focus will appropriately shift to the substance and merits of the allegations rather than the individual whistle-blowers,
“我們希望，人們關注的重點能夠適當地轉移到指控的實質和是非上，而不是舉報者的身份上，
each of whom has a legal right to remain anonymous,” said Mark S. Zaid, one of the whistle-blower’s lawyers.
他們中的每一個人都有保持匿名的法律權利，”舉報者的律師之一馬克·S·扎伊德說道。
Mr. Zaid said the official’s act of coming forward to the inspector general had secured whistle-blower protections,
扎伊德說，這名官員主動向監察長匯報的行為確保了他能夠得到舉報庇護，
and it was not clear if the whistle-blower would file a formal complaint.
但他是否會提出正式控告目前尚不清楚。
The official has also not communicated yet with any congressional committees, Mr. Zaid said.
扎伊德還表示，這名官員目前尚未同任何國會委員會有過溝通。
But Democrats said the speed with which the case was becoming public was itself a strong sign of wrongdoing.
但民主黨人表示，此案公布于眾的速度本身就強烈說明了特朗普的確存在不當行為。
“What’s happening is that people around the president, professionals,
“目前的情況是總統身邊的那些人，
who are in the Oval Office, who are in the Situation Room, are watching what is happening
總統辦公室以及戰情室里的那些專家都在觀望這一事態的發展，
and are finally saying, ‘My God, this cannot happen anymore,’ and they are coming forward,”
他們終于意識到，‘天吶，這種事再也不能發生了，’他們也快站出來了，”
Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut, the second-ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
眾議院情報委員會民主黨二號人物、康涅狄格州眾議員吉姆·希姆斯在哥倫比亞廣播公司的《面對全國》節目中說道。
Even before the second whistle-blower’s emergence,
即便在第二個舉報者出現之前，
lawmakers leading the impeachment inquiry were preparing for another jam-packed week of fact-finding that could significantly shape their case.
領導此次彈劾調查的議員們就已經在準備迎接又一個繁忙的事實調查周，一個可能對他們的案件產生重大影響的事實調查周了。
They are scheduled to talk to at least two senior American diplomats:
他們計劃與至少兩名高級外交官會談：
Marie L. Yovanovitch, the former American ambassador to Ukraine who was abruptly removed from her post this year after running afoul of the White House,
今年因與白宮發生沖突而被突然解職的前美國駐烏克蘭大使瑪麗·L·約瓦諾維奇，
and Gordon D. Sondland, Mr. Trump’s ambassador to the European Union
以及特朗普的駐歐盟大使戈登·D·桑德蘭，
who closely managed the relationship between the White House and the new Ukrainian government.
白宮和烏克蘭新政府之間的往來都在后者的嚴格管理之下。
Two associates of Mr. Trump’s private lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani,
特朗普私人律師魯道夫·W·朱利安尼的兩名助手也被傳喚作證了，
said to have played roles in his shadow campaign to push for investigations in Ukraine that could benefit the president, have also been called to testify.
據說，二人在推動或將有利于總統的烏克蘭調查的幕后活動中發揮了一定的作用。
Additional requests for documents and witnesses are also expected.
據估計，特朗普還將要求提供更多的文件和證人。
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