据美国多家媒体报道，纽约州司法部长表示，对前美国总统的特朗普集团的调查现在已由民事调查升级为刑事调查，特朗普随后发文痛斥，该做法是“政治迫害”。

According to a number of US media reports, the Attorney General of New York State said that the investigation into the trump group of the former US president has now been upgraded from a civil investigation to a criminal investigation. Trump later issued an article denouncing the practice as "political persecution".据纽约时报报道，民事案件通常与对个人或私有组织（包括企业）的损害有关；而刑法适用于对包括对国家在内的整个社会的损害。

According to the New York Times, civil cases are usually related to damages to individuals or private organizations (including enterprises); The criminal law is applicable to the damage to the whole society including the state.

此前，纽约州总检察长莱蒂蒂亚詹姆斯一直在调查特朗普就职之前在集团内的财务往来。詹姆斯周二表示：“我们已通知特朗普集团，我们对该集团不再是纯粹的民事性质调查。我们正将此作为刑事案件全力调查特朗普集团。” 但他并没有提到对特朗普集团由民事调查转为刑事调查的原因，也没有提到特朗普本人是否有可能面临指控。

Previously, New York attorney general Letitia James had been investigating Trump's financial dealings in the group before he took office. "We have informed the trump group that our investigation into the group is no longer purely civil," James said on Tuesday. We are investigating the trump group as a criminal case. " But he did not mention the reason why the trump group turned from a civil investigation to a criminal investigation, nor did he mention whether trump himself might face charges.

值得一提的是，此次调查也是罕见的州检和地检的联合。纽约州检察长莱蒂蒂亚詹姆斯已经与曼哈顿地区检察官赛勒斯·万斯联手。州政府与地方政府之间的新合作本身就是一个不寻常的事件：在纽约，州检和地检历来是竞争对手。但是在这种情况下，他们选择了合作，说明了他们对这一事件的高度重视。

It is worth mentioning that this investigation is also a rare combination of state and local prosecutors. New York attorney general Letitia James has teamed up with Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance. The new cooperation between state and local governments is an unusual event in itself: in New York, state and local prosecutors have always been competitors. But in this case, they chose to cooperate, which shows that they attach great importance to this event.

据NPR报道，检察官们正在梳理特朗普集团数百万页的财务信息，以寻找犯罪证据。

Prosecutors are combing millions of pages of trump group's financial information for evidence of crime, according to NPR.

5月19日，特朗普作出书面回应，指责此次调查是“美国历史上最大政治迫害的延续”。“联邦检察官耗费了前所未有的心思，但他们都未能拉我下水，所以他们又把这份肮脏的差事交给纽约检察官。这就是我多年来的遭遇。” 特朗普写道，“他们正在拼命查找犯罪的证据，没有什么比这个行为更腐败了。州检察官詹姆斯和地方检察官赛勒斯·万斯（都是民主党人），都被政治仇视冲昏了头脑。”

On May 19, trump made a written response, accusing the investigation of "the continuation of the greatest political persecution in the history of the United States"“ The federal prosecutors put in unprecedented efforts, but they failed to pull me into the water, so they gave the dirty job to the New York prosecutors. That's what happened to me over the years. " Trump wrote, "they are desperately searching for evidence of crime, and nothing is more corrupt than this. James, the state attorney, and Cyrus Vance, the district attorney (both Democrats), were all carried away by political hatred. "

特朗普的长子小特朗普谴责该调查“公然滥用政治职务”。他在推特上发布了一段詹姆斯的旧录像。录像显示，在詹姆斯还在竞选纽约州总检察长期间，她就许诺将支持所有反对特朗普的法律手段。

Trump's eldest son, trump junior, accused the investigation of "blatant abuse of political office.". He tweeted an old video of James. The video shows that while James was still running for attorney general of New York, she promised to support all legal means against trump.

录像引来了特朗普盟友的激烈批评。特朗普前高级顾问史蒂芬·米勒说，“美国法律制度已被变成一种复仇的武器，而不是维护正义的工具。”

The video drew fierce criticism from Trump's allies. "The U.S. legal system has been turned into a weapon of revenge, not a tool of justice," said Stephen Miller, a former senior adviser to trump

纽约州检察官詹姆斯于2019年3日对特朗普集团展开民事调查，声称特朗普集团在寻求贷款时向银行夸大了其资产价值，而又为了减税，故意将集团价值大打折扣。

New York state prosecutor James launched a civil investigation into the trump group on March 3, 2019, claiming that the trump group exaggerated the value of its assets to banks when seeking loans, and deliberately discounted the value of the group in order to reduce taxes.

纽约州政府一直在寻找有关特朗普集团在曼哈顿，纽约州北部，芝加哥和洛杉矶的财产文件。

The New York state government has been looking for documents about the trump group's properties in Manhattan, upstate New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

根据法庭文件记录，曼哈顿区检察官赛勒斯·万斯去年8月就在调查特朗普集团的涉嫌“长期犯罪”。

According to court records, Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance was investigating the trump group's suspected "long-term crime" in August last year.

万斯的法律文件引用了报纸上有关特朗普集团银行和保险欺诈传闻的报道。他还一直在调查特朗普集团的财务记录是否被篡改，以掩盖特朗普在2016年给两名“秘密情人”封口费。万斯在2月表示，经过长期的法律诉讼，他已经获取了特朗普的纳税申报单作为调查的部分成果，预计将在年底前提起刑事诉讼。

Vance's legal documents cite newspaper reports of Trump's banking and insurance fraud. He has also been investigating whether the trump group's financial records have been tampered with to cover up Trump's sealing fees to two "secret lovers" in 2016. Vance said in February that after a long period of legal proceedings, he had obtained Trump's tax return as part of the investigation and was expected to file a criminal lawsuit before the end of the year.

在特朗普的总统任期内，尽管面临巨大压力，他仍坚决拒绝公开他的纳税申报表。在任职期间，特朗普驳斥了对他或他的集团财务往来上的任何调查，因为他认为这是民主党人迫切希望他下台而发起的“政治迫害”。

During Trump's presidency, he resolutely refused to make his tax returns public despite enormous pressure. During his tenure, trump refuted any investigation into his or his group's financial dealings because he thought it was a "political persecution" initiated by Democrats who were eager to see him step down.

如今特朗普连任失败便不再享有免于起诉的保权护，那么这一最新事态将给他带来麻烦，这可能会影响他的政治前途。

Now that trump is no longer protected from prosecution after his re-election failure, this latest situation will bring trouble to him, which may affect his political future.

纽约州总检察长詹姆斯明确表示，有足够的理由将调查从民事调查升级至刑事调查，再加上曼哈顿地区检察官赛勒斯·万斯对特朗普的纳税申报表的持续审查，特朗普将面临复杂的法律诉讼。

New York Attorney General James has made it clear that there are sufficient reasons to upgrade the investigation from a civil investigation to a criminal investigation. Coupled with the ongoing review of Trump's tax returns by Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance, trump will face complex legal proceedings.

纽约州总检察长莱蒂蒂亚詹姆斯

NewYork attorney general Letitia James