<p>华盛顿（美联社）——一名退休的美国海军四星上将因同意以军事合同换取一份丰厚的退休后工作而被判处六年监禁，罪名为腐败。</p>
<p>退休的罗伯特·P·伯克上将曾是海军的第二高军衔官员，当他与两名商业高管勾结进行贿赂阴谋时，正指挥海军在欧洲和非洲的部队，联邦检察官表示。</p>
<p>陪审团在五月的审判中以四项罪名定罪伯克，包括阴谋和接受贿赂。伯克的两名共同被告——Next Jump 的联合首席执行官金永出（Yongchul “Charlie” Kim）和梅根·梅森杰（Meghan Messenger）——的单独审判上周四以陪审团未达成一致而宣告无效。</p>
<p>63 岁的伯克在华盛顿特区的美国地区法官特雷弗·麦克法登（Trevor McFadden）判决前拒绝在法庭上发言。</p>
<p>“这显然是违法的，你对此心知肚明，” 法官对他说。“但你还是这样做了。”</p>
<p>法官告诉伯克，他背叛了公众的信任和自己的宣誓。</p>
<p>“这是美国海军一个悲惨的日子和悲惨的一章，” 麦克法登说。</p>
<p>检察官要求对伯克判处十年监禁，称他滥用自己的权力地位，使自己在海军的利益上获利。</p>
<p>“伯克的行为既明显又极其恶劣，损害了公众对其领导者的信任，并腐蚀了采购系统的完整性，” 检察官写道。“他的罪行需要承担责任。他的犯罪行为需要受到惩罚。”</p>
<p>伯克的律师表示，他们将对他的定罪提出上诉。他们在请求法官免除伯克的监禁时提到了他 “终身的卓越公共服务”。</p>
<p>“这不是一个职业罪犯的案件，” 他们写道。“这是一个悲惨且异常的单一章节，发生在一个以荣誉、勇气和承诺为定义的生命的最后阶段。”</p>
<p>检察官表示，金和梅森杰同意支付伯克 50 万美元的薪水，并提供预计价值数百万美元的股票期权。作为交换，他们表示，伯克指示他的工作人员将合同授予 Next Jump，并向其他高级海军指挥官推广该公司的产品。</p>
<p>伯克的律师表示，像他这样经验丰富的军事指挥官本可以在私营部门找到更高薪的工作。</p>
<p>“他并不是出于贪婪，而是出于对公司使命和产品的信念，” 他们写道。</p>
<p>2018 年，Next Jump 获得了一份数百万美元的海军合同，为伯克指挥下的一个办公室提供劳动力培训。但海军在大约一年后终止了这一 “反响不佳” 的试点项目，检察官表示。</p>
<p>2021 年，伯克私下与金和梅森杰会面，讨论另一份合同。检察官表示，金和梅森杰提出了一份合同，“基本上提供两年前失败的相同项目”。几个月后，伯克指示下属确保 Next Jump 获得在意大利和西班牙培训海军人员的合同，检察官表示。</p>
<p>“事实是，伯克知道这项培训是浪费时间和金钱，不适合他的指挥，更不用说整个海军了，” 检察官写道。</p>
<p>伯克后来从海军退休，并于 2022 年 10 月加入 Next Jump。</p>
<p>梅森杰的一名律师里德·布罗德斯基（Reed Brodsky）表示，工作机会与合同之间没有关联。布罗德斯基在审判中辩称，伯克多次对梅森杰和金撒谎，隐瞒了合同过程。</p>
<p>“他们依赖于这位上将。上将是专家。上将撒谎并隐瞒了事实，” 布罗德斯基在法庭记录中告诉陪审团。</p>
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<p>美国海军退役四星上将罗伯特·P·伯克因腐败被判处六年监禁，涉及一项贿赂阴谋，试图以军事合同交换一份丰厚的退休后职位。伯克被判定犯有包括阴谋和接受贿赂在内的四项罪名，他的行为被视为对公众信任的背叛。他的共同被告，Next Jump 的联合首席执行官，面临审判无效。检方寻求十年监禁，强调对公众信任和采购诚信的损害。伯克的律师计划上诉，指出他的从军经历，并辩称他并非出于贪婪动机</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired four-star U.S. Navy admiral was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison for his conviction on corruption charges that he agreed to exchange a military contract for a lucrative postretirement job.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>华盛顿（美联社）——一名退休的美国海军四星上将因同意以军事合同换取一份丰厚的退休后工作而被判处六年监禁，罪名为腐败。</p>
</div><p>Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke — once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy — was commanding its forces in Europe and Africa when he engaged in a bribery plot with two business executives, according to federal prosecutors.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>退休的罗伯特·P·伯克上将曾是海军的第二高军衔官员，当他与两名商业高管勾结进行贿赂阴谋时，正指挥海军在欧洲和非洲的部队，联邦检察官表示。</p>
</div><p>A jury convicted Burke of four counts, including conspiracy and accepting a bribe, after a trial in May. A separate trial for Burke’s two co-defendants — Next Jump co-CEOs Yongchul “Charlie” Kim and Meghan Messenger — ended with a hung jury and a mistrial last Thursday.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>陪审团在五月的审判中以四项罪名定罪伯克，包括阴谋和接受贿赂。伯克的两名共同被告——Next Jump 的联合首席执行官金永出（Yongchul “Charlie” Kim）和梅根·梅森杰（Meghan Messenger）——的单独审判上周四以陪审团未达成一致而宣告无效。</p>
</div><p>Burke, 63, declined to address the court before U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden in Washington, D.C., sentenced him.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>63 岁的伯克在华盛顿特区的美国地区法官特雷弗·麦克法登（Trevor McFadden）判决前拒绝在法庭上发言。</p>
</div><p>“This was blatantly unlawful, as you well knew,” the judge told him. “But you did it anyway.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“这显然是违法的，你对此心知肚明，” 法官对他说。“但你还是这样做了。”</p>
</div><p>The judge told Burke that he betrayed the public's trust and his oath of office.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>法官告诉伯克，他背叛了公众的信任和自己的宣誓。</p>
</div><p>“This is a sad day and a sad chapter in the U.S. Navy,” McFadden said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“这是美国海军一个悲惨的日子和悲惨的一章，” 麦克法登说。</p>
</div><p>Prosecutors sought a 10-year prison sentence for Burke, saying he abused his powerful position to enrich himself at the Navy's expense.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>检察官要求对伯克判处十年监禁，称他滥用自己的权力地位，使自己在海军的利益上获利。</p>
</div><p>“Burke’s conduct was as blatant and egregious as it was damaging to the public’s trust in its leaders and corrosive to the integrity of the procurement system,” prosecutors wrote. “His offense demands accountability. His crime calls out for punishment.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“伯克的行为既明显又极其恶劣，损害了公众对其领导者的信任，并腐蚀了采购系统的完整性，” 检察官写道。“他的罪行需要承担责任。他的犯罪行为需要受到惩罚。”</p>
</div><p>Burke's attorneys say they will appeal his convictions. They cited his “lifetime of extraordinary public service” in asking the judge to spare Burke from a prison sentence.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>伯克的律师表示，他们将对他的定罪提出上诉。他们在请求法官免除伯克的监禁时提到了他 “终身的卓越公共服务”。</p>
</div><p>“This is not a case of a career criminal,” they wrote. “It is the case of a single, tragic, and aberrant chapter at the very end of a life defined by honor, courage, and commitment.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“这不是一个职业罪犯的案件，” 他们写道。“这是一个悲惨且异常的单一章节，发生在一个以荣誉、勇气和承诺为定义的生命的最后阶段。”</p>
</div><p>Kim and Messenger agreed to pay Burke a $500,000 salary with stock options projected to be worth millions of dollars, according to prosecutors. In exchange, they said, Burke ordered his staff to give a contract to Next Jump and promoted the company's product to other senior Navy commanders.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>检察官表示，金和梅森杰同意支付伯克 50 万美元的薪水，并提供预计价值数百万美元的股票期权。作为交换，他们表示，伯克指示他的工作人员将合同授予 Next Jump，并向其他高级海军指挥官推广该公司的产品。</p>
</div><p>Burke's attorneys said a military commander with his experience could have landed a better-paying job in the private sector.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>伯克的律师表示，像他这样经验丰富的军事指挥官本可以在私营部门找到更高薪的工作。</p>
</div><p>“He was not motivated by greed, but by a belief in the mission and product of the company,” they wrote.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“他并不是出于贪婪，而是出于对公司使命和产品的信念，” 他们写道。</p>
</div><p>In 2018, Next Jump had a multimillion-dollar Navy contract to provide workforce training to an office under Burke’s command. But the Navy terminated the “poorly received” pilot program after approximately one year, prosecutors said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>2018 年，Next Jump 获得了一份数百万美元的海军合同，为伯克指挥下的一个办公室提供劳动力培训。但海军在大约一年后终止了这一 “反响不佳” 的试点项目，检察官表示。</p>
</div><p>In 2021, Burke privately met with Kim and Messenger to discuss another contract. Kim and Messenger proposed a contract “to provide basically the same programming that had failed two years earlier,” according to prosecutors. Several months later, Burke ordered subordinates to ensure Next Jump had a contract to train Navy personnel in Italy and Spain, prosecutors said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>2021 年，伯克私下与金和梅森杰会面，讨论另一份合同。检察官表示，金和梅森杰提出了一份合同，“基本上提供两年前失败的相同项目”。几个月后，伯克指示下属确保 Next Jump 获得在意大利和西班牙培训海军人员的合同，检察官表示。</p>
</div><p>“The truth is, Burke knew this training was a waste of time and money, and not suitable for his command, let alone the entire Navy,” prosecutors wrote.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“事实是，伯克知道这项培训是浪费时间和金钱，不适合他的指挥，更不用说整个海军了，” 检察官写道。</p>
</div><p>Burke later retired from the Navy and joined Next Jump in October 2022.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>伯克后来从海军退休，并于 2022 年 10 月加入 Next Jump。</p>
</div><p>Reed Brodsky, one of Messenger's attorneys, said there was no link between the job offer and the contract. Brodsky argued at trial that Burke repeatedly lied to Messenger and Kim about the contracting process.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>梅森杰的一名律师里德·布罗德斯基（Reed Brodsky）表示，工作机会与合同之间没有关联。布罗德斯基在审判中辩称，伯克多次对梅森杰和金撒谎，隐瞒了合同过程。</p>
</div><p>“They relied on the admiral. The admiral was the expert. The admiral lied and concealed,” Brodsky told jurors, according to a transcript.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“他们依赖于这位上将。上将是专家。上将撒谎并隐瞒了事实，” 布罗德斯基在法庭记录中告诉陪审团。</p>
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退役的四星海军上将因参与贿赂阴谋被判处六年监禁