Umucamanza wa Leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika, Beryl Howell, yavuze ko iryo tegeko rya Trump rirengera ku ngingo ya mbere, iya gatanu n’iya gatandatu y’itegeko nshinga, maze ahita aryambura agaciro burundu.
Ku wa gatanu, urukiko rw’akarere rwatesheje agaciro iteka rya perezida Donald Trump ryari rigamije gukumira Perkins Coie – ikigo cy’abavoka cyahoze gikorana na Hillary Clinton mu matora ya 2016 – maze rihamwa n’uko ryari rinyuranyije n’amategeko n’itegeko nshinga.
Mu myanzuro ye y’amapaji 102, umucamanza Beryl Howell yanenze buri kimwe mu biri muri iryo teka rya perezida, anavuga ko ari intsinzi ikomeye ku ruhande rwa Perkins Coie, kandi ko bishobora kuba urugero ku bacamanza bandi bafite imanza zisa n’iyo.
Yagize ati: “Nta wundi perezida wigeze ashyiraho iteka nk’iri mu mateka ya Amerika.” Yongeraho ati: “Mu migambi no mu ngaruka, iri teka risubira mu nyandiko za Shakespeare wavuze ati: ‘Icyambere dukore, tureke kwica abavoka bose.’”
Howell yemeje ko iri teka ryarenze ku ngingo ya mbere, iya gatanu n’iya gatandatu y’itegeko nshinga, kandi aburizamo ishyirwa mu bikorwa ryaryo. Yagaragaje impungenge z’uko hari ibindi bigo by’abavoka byahitamo kugirana amasezerano n’ubutegetsi bwa Trump kugira ngo birinde kuba ibirengero.
Perkins Coie ni cyo kigo cya mbere cyahuye n’ingaruka z’iryo teka, ryategekaga ko ibisubizo byose bya leta birivana mu masezerano n’icyo kigo, ndetse abakozi ba leta bagakumirwa kugirana imikoranire n’abo bavoka no kubemerera kwinjira mu nyubako za leta, harimo n’inkiko.
Ubuyobozi bwa Trump bwari bwatangaje ko Perkins Coie ari ikibazo cy’umutekano w’igihugu kuko cyari cyaragiranye amasezerano na Fusion GPS ku nyungu za Hillary Clinton mu 2016 – kompanyi yakoze “dossier” irimo ibirego byaje guhakwa birebana n’umubano wa Trump na Russia.
Howell yahakanye ibyo birego, ashimangira ko iryo teka ryari irya ruswa ishingiye ku kwihorera, abishingira ku kuba ryagizemo ingaruka abantu bose bakora muri Perkins Coie – kuva ku bavoka kugera ku bafasha babo.
By’umwihariko, igika cy’iryo teka cyabuzaga abo bavoka kwinjira mu nyubako za leta no kuvugana n’abakozi ba leta, Howell yavuze ko bitari ibihuha kuko hari inama zahise ziseswa nyuma y’iminsi mike rishyizweho.
Ubwunganizi bwa leta bwavugaga ko iryo teka ryakoreshwaga gusa igihe hari impungenge ku mutekano w’igihugu, ariko Howell yavuze ko ibyo nta shingiro bifite kuko iryo teka ubwaryo rivuga ko gukorana na Perkins Coie bitari mu nyungu za Amerika.
Yagize ati: “Ibi ni ukurenganya mu buryo butemewe n’amategeko, ndetse ni ivangura rishingiye ku bitekerezo, nta kindi.”
Howell yanenze cyane ingingo yasabaga ibigo byigenga bifitanye amasezerano na leta gutangaza niba byarigeze gukorana na Perkins Coie, n’ubwo byaba bitari bijyanye n’ayo masezerano.
Yavuze ko iyi ngingo ibangamiye uburenganzira bwubahirizwa n’ingingo ya mbere y’itegeko nshinga, kuko yasabaga ibigo kugira ubwoba bwo gukoresha Perkins Coie kubera iyo ngingo.
Yongeyeho ko iryo teka ryari rinini ku buryo ritandukanyaga ibintu bifite agaciro kanini n’ibifite agaciro gake – yaba ari ibikoresho by’intambara bihenze cyane cyangwa amapine y’impapuro – byose byafatwaga kimwe, kabone n’iyo ibyo bikorwa byari bitarigeze bifitanye isano n’icyo kigo.
Ubuyobozi bwa Trump bushobora kujuririra urukiko rw’ubujurire rwa DC Circuit. Uyu mwanzuro uje nyuma y’uko Howell yari aherutse gutanga itegeko rihagarika by’agateganyo ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’iryo teka, nyuma y’inkiko zabereye i Washington mu kwezi gushize.
Iryo hagarikwa ry’agateganyo ryaturutse ku kirego cyihutirwa cyatanzwe na Perkins Coie nyuma yo kugirwa inama na Williams and Connolly – ikigo cy’abavoka kizwi cyane i Washington gifite ubunararibonye mu manza zo kurwanya kurengera kw’ubutegetsi.
Perkins Coie yari yabanje kwegera Quinn Emanuel – ikigo cyigeze guhagararira bamwe mu bantu bakorana na Trump nka Elon Musk, Trump Organization, ndetse na Meya wa New York Eric Adams – ariko iyi kompanyi yanze kwakira urwo rubanza kuko byari bikomeye muri politiki kandi byashoboraga kuyibasira.
Mu gihe andi makampani y’abavoka yari ari kuganira niba yatanga inyandiko zunganira Perkins Coie, byarangiye Williams and Connolly ari bo bafashe icyo kigo. Nabo bakigiriye inama yo gusaba urubanza rwihutirwa n’itegeko ribuza ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’iryo teka, kandi Howell yabemereye byose.
