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Esinqumweni esiyingqopha-mlando ngoLwesihlanu, ijaji lombuso liyalele ummeli kaDonald Trump u-Evan Corcoran ukuthi anikeze ubufakazi obengeziwe njengengxenye yophenyo ngendlela lowo owayengumongameli aphatha ngayo imibhalo eyimfihlo, umthombo owazi lolu daba utshele i-CNN.
U-Corcoran unethuba lokuba ngomunye wofakazi ababaluleke kakhulu ophenyweni lobugebengu lukammeli okhethekile uJack Smith mayelana nokungaphathwa kahle kwamarekhodi ahlukanisiwe ngemuva kokwengamela kukaTrump kanye nokuvinjwa kobulungiswa.
IJaji lesiFunda uBeryl Howell uthe emyalweni obhalwe ukuthi abashushisi boMnyango Wezobulungiswa bahlangabezane nomkhawulo wokungatholakali kobugebengu bokukhwabanisa kukaCorcoran, kusho umthombo.
Ububanzi balokho i-DOJ ezovunyelwa ukukubuza, nokho, akuzange kucace ngokushesha. Kulindeleke ukuthi ithimba likaTrump lidlulise icala licele ukuthi isinqumo sejaji simiswe ngesikhathi kusaqhutshekwa nokuqulwa kwamacala.
Lesi sinqumo sinikeza uTrump okunye ukulahlekelwa ngaphansi kwesigxivizo enkantolo njengoba ithimba lakhe kanye nabalingani bakhe bezame ukuvimba abaphenyi bakaSmith ukuthi bafunde ngezingxoxo eziqondile lowo owayengumongameli waba nazo nabanye abeluleki bakhe abaseduze.
Intuthuko iphawuleka kakhulu ngenxa yezinsolo abashushisi abebezozenza ngoTrump njengoba bebephikisana nejaji ngobufakazi obukhulu bejaji.
Umkhulumeli kaTrump uthe lesi sinqumo “siwukwephula inqubo efanele.”
“Noma nini uma abashushisi bebhekise kubameli, lokho ngokuvamile kuyinkomba enhle ukuthi icala labo alinamandla. Ukube bebenecala langempela, bebengeke badinge ukuthi badlale imidlalo yenkohlakalo ngoMthethosisekelo. Wonke umuntu waseMelika unelungelo lokuxoxisana nabeluleki futhi babe nezingxoxo ezisobala – lokhu kukhuthaza ukulandelwa komthetho,” kusho umkhulumeli.
UCorcoran, ongummeli owaphenduka ufakazi, wayeke wethula ubufakazi phambi kwejaji elikhulu kodwa wenqaba ukuphendula eminye imibuzo, ecaphuna ilungelo lommeli. Umnyango waphikisa ijaji wathi akufanele likwazi ukukugwema ukuphendula, ngoba izingxoxo zakhe nowayengumengameli kungenzeka zibe yingxenye yemizamo yokuhlela ubugebengu.
Isinqumo sikaHowell sithi omunye wakhe wokugcina ezingxabanweni zamajaji amakhulu ezivaliwe njengejaji elikhulu. Lowo oqokwe u-Obama usecele kaningi uMnyango Wezobulungiswa okhanyise ukukhanya okuluhlaza ukuphishekela ulwazi mayelana nezenzo zikaTrump ngesikhathi sokubusa kwakhe njengenhloko yeNkantolo Yesifunda yase-DC, kodwa uyazulazula esikhundleni sokuphatha ngoLwesihlanu.
Ngenkathi uCorcoran efakaza okokuqala ejajini elikhulu ngoJanuwari, wabuzwa ngokwenzeka ngaphambi kokuseshwa kuka-Agasti kwendlu kaTrump eMar-a-Lago.
UCorcoran wayebhale isitatimende ngoJuni esafakazela ukuthi ithimba likaTrump “licwaninge ngenkuthalo” amabhokisi asuswa eWhite House aya eFlorida nokuthi yonke imibhalo eyimfihlo isibuyisiwe. UChristina Bobb, ummeli owasayina le ncwadi, wengeza isixwayiso, “ngolwazi lwami lonke.”
Ngemva kwalokho, i-FBI yasesha i-Mar-a-Lago futhi yathola amakhulu amarekhodi kahulumeni, kuhlanganise nezinto eziyimfihlo, ephakamisa imibuzo mayelana nobufakazi bommeli.
Le ndaba ibuyekeziwe ngemininingwane eyengeziwe.
