2022届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：美国政治话题.docx

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜ 亲信被指控，特朗普“大厦将倾”？ 虽卸任已近半年，但特朗普依然牵动着 美 国政界的神经。近日，一项针对特朗普集团的调查行动有了进展：上周四，特朗普集团的首席财务官、特朗普家族的密友Allen Weisselberg被正式起诉。这一纸起诉书，会对特朗普本人造成怎样的影响？这个事件的背后，是否具有政治因素？ Trump Organization, CFO Allen Weisselberg Charged With Tax Crimes By Corinne Ramey, Deanna Paul and Rebecca Ballhaus New York prosecutors on Thursday unveiled a 15-count indictment charging the Trump Organization and its finance chief Allen Weisselberg with a wide-ranging conspiracy to avoid paying taxes, launching the first criminal case resulting from a multiyear investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business affairs. The indictment said Mr. Weisselberg, a close confidant of Mr. Trump who has worked for the Trump family for almost 50 years, had illegally avoided paying taxes on $1.76 million in benefits since 2005. Mr. Weisselberg, appearing in handcuffs, pleaded not guilty. The Trump Organization, through its attorneys, also pleaded not guilty. The company was charged with 10 counts, including scheme to defraud, conspiracy and four counts of criminal tax fraud. The indictment represents a slice of a broader investigation by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. into potential bank, insurance and tax fraud by the Trump Organization and its officers. The charges could ratchet up the pressure on Mr. Weisselberg to turn on Mr. Trump, who wasn’t charged Thursday. Mr. Weisselberg has so far declined to cooperate, but some defendants change course when faced with the possibility of prison time, former prosecutors said. Mr. Trump has accused the prosecutors, both Democrats, of being politically motivated. On Thursday, he called the case a “political Witch Hunt by the Radical Left Democrats.” 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.charge [tʃɑːdʒ] v. ______________