Ama emails aherutse gushikirizwa yerekana ko hari abaterankunga ku giti cabo bari biteguye gutanga amahera y’amafoto yemewe ya Trump n’uwahoze ari umukenyezi wa mbere Melania Trump kugira ngo akoreshwe mu nzu y’amafoto y’igihugu ya Smithsonian, ariko amaherezo iyo Smithsonian yemeye kwemera amadolari 650.000 Trump yatanze ku kigo PAC Save America.
Iryo shirahamwe ni ryo rya mbere mu vyiyumviro biheze ishirahamwe rya politike ryafashije mu gutanga amafoto y’abahoze ari abakuru b’igihugu mu nzu ndangamurage, kuko akenshi arihwa n’abaterankunga ku giti cabo bashizwe mu bikorwa n’ishirahamwe ryitwa Smithsonian. Iryo shirahamwe ridasanzwe, ryatangajwe ubwa mbere n’ikinyamakuru Business Insider muri Myandagaro, na ryo nyene ryatumye abantu benshi bavyiyumvira nabi iyo nzu ndangamurage, kandi ryatumye abantu bagira amakenga ku bijanye n’uwugira kabiri yatanze ingabirano y’inyongera y’amadolari 100.000 yo gufasha amafoto yatunganijwe n’ishirahamwe ryitwa Citizens for Responsible and Ethical Washington. ryasubiwemwo ku wa mbere n’ikinyamakuru The Washington Post.
Umuvugizi w’ikigo ca Smithsonian, Linda St. Thomas, yasubiyemwo ku wa mbere yuko uwugira kabiri yatanze amahera ari “umunyagihugu yipfuza ko atamenyekana.” Yarabonye kandi yuko rimwe muri ayo mashusho ryamaze gutegurwa, irindi na ryo “ririko rirakora.”
Ariko rero, amategeko agenga ivy’ibibanza vy’ivya kera avuga ko iyo uwahora ari umukuru w’igihugu yongeye kwitoza kuba umukuru w’igihugu, ishusho yiwe idashobora gusohoka. Ivyo bishobora gutuma iyo nzu ndangamurage itamenyesha amazina y’abo baririmvyi babiri batumiwe gushika mu matora ya perezida yo mu 2024, niko St. Thomas yabwiye ikinyamakuru Post. Trump niyatsinda aya matora, ayo mafoto azogaragazwa gusa inyuma y’ikiringo ciwe ca kabiri, nk’uko amategeko agenga ivy’ibibanza vy’ivya kera abivuga.
Thomas mweranda ati: “Ntidusohora izina ry’umuhinga mu vy’ubuhinga bw’amasanamu imbere y’uko rifungurwa, naho muri ivyo vyoshobora guhinduka kuko haciye igihe kinini.” Ifoto ya Trump yo mu mwaka w’2019 yafashwe na Pari Dukovic mu kinyamakuru Time iri kugaragazwa mu gihe gito mw’iyerekanwa ry’amafoto ry’igihugu ryitwa “Abaperezida ba Amerika” imbere y’uko iyo foto yerekanwa. Nk’uko ikigo ca Smithsonian Institution kibivuga, iyo foto izokurwaho vuba kubera imvo zo kuyizigama.
Ibiganiro hagati y’abayobozi b’ibibanza vy’ivya kera na Trump ku bijanye n’iyo foto n’amahera yayo vyarabandanije amezi menshi, bitangura mu ntango z’umwaka w’2021, haciye igihe gito Trump avuye ku butegetsi, nk’uko ama email yerekana.
Ivyo bigenda bivugwa mu butumwa Kim Saget, umuyobozi w’ikigo c’igihugu c’amafoto, yandikiye Molly Michael, umufasha mukuru wa Trump ku biro vya posita. Sadget yavuze ko Trump azoheza yemeze canke yanke ico gishushanyo imbere y’uko kigaragazwa. (Umuvugizi w’ikinyamakuru Smithsonian yabwiye ikinyamakuru The Post ko abakozi bo mu nzu ndangamurage baciye bahamagara umugwi wa Trump kugira ngo bamusigurire ko atazoronka uburenganzira bwa nyuma).
Sadget yandikiye Michael muri email yo ku wa 18 Ntwarante 2021 ati: “Nivyo, nimba Bwana Trump afise ivyiyumviro vy’abandi baririmvyi, twokwakira neza ivyo vyiyumviro.”
Haciye nk’amezi abiri, Sadget yaravuze kandi ko ikigo c’igihugu c’amafoto cariko kirarondera amahera y’abantu ku giti cabo kugira ngo akoreshe amafoto yose ya perezida, aca asaba ko bofashwa mu kurondera “abagenzi n’abakunzi b’umuryango wa Trump bashobora gushigikira izo komisiyo.”
Ku wa 28 Rusama 2021, Saget yandikiye Michael ati: “Kugira ngo tugumye dufise urugendo rwubaha hagati y’ubuzima bwabo bwite n’iragi ryabo rya bose, duhitamwo kutiyegera abagize umuryango wa Trump canke ngo duterere umusanzu mu bucuruzi ubwo ari bwo bwose bwa Trump.”
Haciye nk’indwi imwe, Michael yabwiye Sadget yuko umugwi wa Trump “waronse abaterankunga benshi, nk’abantu ku giti cabo, kumbure botanga amahera yose.”
Michael yanditse ati: “Nzoba ndiko ndashiraho amazina n’amakuru yo guhamagara mu misi mikeyi izoza kugira ngo nshire hamwe intama zacu no kumenya ico umukuru w’igihugu azokunda.”
Haciye indwi imwe, Michael yararungitse urundi rutonde, ariko ayo mazina yarahinduwe mu ma email ya bose yabonywe n’ikinyamakuru The Post. Michael yanditse ko “azogira iyindi cumi n’ibiri iyo bikenewe”.
Ntibisobanutse neza ivyabaye mu bijanye no gukorana amafaranga inyuma y’aho bikaba vyatumye hafatwa ingingo yo kwemera amafaranga y’ishirahamwe Trump PAC. Ivyo biganiro vyerekana ko bimwe mu biyago vyabaye kuri telefone canke mu makoraniro yo kuri interineti.
Muri Nzero 2021, barahanahana ubutumwa kuri email ku bijanye n'“ikiganiro ca mbere” c'iyo foto. Hanyuma, ku wa 17 Ruhuhuma 2022, Saget yohereza iyindi email kuri Michael asigura ingingo ngenderwako y’ivyo bibanza ku bijanye n’ibintu vy’agaciro.
Sajet yanditse avuga kuri iyo ngingo ati: “Nta muntu muzima yemerewe kwishura igishushanyo ciwe bwite.” “NPG ishobora guhamagara umuryango w’uwuriko aricara, abagenzi n’abo bazi kugira ngo bamuhe amahera yo gusaba iyo foto, igihe gusa NPG ari yo irongoye ibiganiro kandi uwutumiwe ataco akora ku mahitamwo canke ku giciro c’uwo muhinga.”
Ku wa 8 Ntwarante 2022, Saget yarabajije Michael nimba yoshobora gusangira kuri telefone amakuru mashasha y’abaseruye ko bashaka gushigikira igikorwa c’iyo nzu ndangamurage.
Sajet yanditse ati: “Turatangura gutanga amafaranga akwiye kwishurwa kandi turiko turarondera kwegera gukorana amafaranga biciye mu mugambi.”
Amaze guhuza telefone ku ma email menshi, Michael yandikiye Saget kw’igenekerezo rya 25 Ntwarante 2022, avuga ko “umuntu mwiza wo guhamagara kugira ngo tubandanye ibiganiro vyacu” ari Susie Wiles, umujanama wa politike w’umunyarepubulika yahavuye yitwa umujanama mukuru wa Trump mu 2024. – igikorwa co gutora.
Mu kete ryo ku wa 11 Rusama 2022, ku rupapuro rw’ikete rwa Smithsonian, abayobozi b’ingoro y’ivya kera bandikiye umucungezi w’itunga rya Save America PCC Bradley Clutter, bemera ko “iryo shirahamwe rya politike ryaherutse gutanga amadolari 650.000 y’ubuntu” yo gushigikira Komisiyo y’amafoto ya Trump.
”Mu kwemera iyo nkunga y’ubugwaneza, ikigo ca Smithsonian kizoshira amajambo ngo ‘Save America’ ku bimenyetso vy’ibintu vyerekanwa n’iyo foto mu gihe c’iyerekanwa be no iruhande y’ishusho y’iyo foto ku rubuga rwa NPG,” ni ko iyo nzu ndangamurage yanditse.
Bongeyeko ko ishirahamwe PAC Save America na ryo rizotumira abashitsi 10 muri iyo nsiguro, hanyuma haze ukureba amafoto y’abantu ku giti cabo y’abashitsi bashika batanu.
Ku wa 20 Nyakanga 2022, Wiles yararungikiye Usha Subramanian, umuyobozi w’iterambere mu nzu y’amafoto y’igihugu, kopi y’amasezerano yasinywe.
Ivyo bishushanyo bibiri vya Trump bizohembwa n’amadolari 750.000 azotangwa n’intererano ya Save America PAC, hamwe n’ingabirano ya kabiri y’amadolari 100.000 y’umuntu ku giti ciwe atavuzwe izina, nk’uko iyo nzu ndangamurage yabivuze umwaka uheze.
Naho bidasanzwe, intererano ziremewe n’amategeko kubera ko Save America ari yo PAC irongoye, kandi nta n’amategeko menshi ibuza gukoresha amahera yayo. Mwene ayo ma PAC, uretse guteza imbere abafise ivyiyumviro nk’ivyawe, arashobora gukoreshwa mu kuriha abajanama, mu kwishura amafaranga y’ingendo n’ay’amategeko, mu bindi. Ivyinshi mu bihembo vya Trump GAC biva ku batererano batobato bishura ama email n’ibindi bibazo.
Abaserukira Trump ntibashatse kugira ico bavuga. Ku wa kabiri, umuvugizi w’ikigo ca Smithsonian, Concetta Duncan, yabwiye ikinyamakuru The Post ko iyo nzu ndangamurage itandukanya komite y’ibikorwa vya politike ya Trump n’umuryango wiwe n’ubucuruzi bwiwe.
Yanditse muri email ati: “Kubera ko PAC iserukira umugwi w’abaterankunga, Portrait Gallery iranezerewe no kwemera ayo mahera kuko ataco akora ku guhitamwo abahinga mu vy’ubuhinga bw’amasanamu canke ku gaciro k’ico kibanza rusangi.”
Ico kibanza c’ibintu vya kera carashikiwe n’ibintu bitari vyo inyuma y’aho iyo mpano imenyeshejwe abantu bose umwaka uheze. Mu nkuru yarungitswe kuri email mu kwezi kwa munani guheze, umuhinga mu vy’ubuhinga bwo guhanahana amakuru ku mbuga ngurukanabumenyi wo muri Smithsonian yarakusanyije ama tweets y’abakoresha bababajwe n’itangazo ry’intererano.
Erin Blascoe, umuhinga mu vy’ubuhinga bwo guhanahana amakuru ku mbuga ngurukanabumenyi, yanditse ati: “Ni ivy’ukuri ko abantu basa n’abatamenya ko dufise amafoto y’abaperezida bose. “Barababajwe n’uko twaronse ishusho ya Trump, ariko kandi hari abantu benshi bababajwe n’uko vyafatwa nk’‘intererano’, cane cane bamaze kunegura uburyo bakoresha mu gukorana amahera.”
Harimwo kandi kopi y’ikete ryanditswe n’ukuboko ry’umushigikiye Trump yari yahemukiye, yavuze ko afise imyaka imwe n’uwahoze ari umukuru w’igihugu, asaba ko iyo nzu ndangamurage idashobora kwerekana ishusho ya Trump.
Uwo mufasha yanditse ati: “Ndabinginze, n’imiburiburi gushika itohoza rya DOJ na FBI rirangiye.” “Yakoresheje Inzu yacu y’agaciro y’Ubwongereza kugira ngo akore ubugizi bwa nabi.”
Iciyo gihe, Tomasi mweranda yabwiye abo bakorana mu nzu ndangamurage ko abona ko ukurwanywa ari “isonga ry’urubura” gusa.
Yanditse muri e-mail ati: “Soma iyo ngingo. "Baratanga urutonde rw'ibindi PAC itanga.Turi ng'aho.
Naho Ingoro y’Igihugu y’Amafoto yashinzwe na Kongre mu 1962, ntiyashinze abakuru b’igihugu bariko barava ku butegetsi gushika mu 1994, igihe Ronald Sherr yashushanya ishusho ya George W. Bush.
Kera, amafoto yaterwa inkunga n’intererano z’abantu ku giti cabo, akenshi ziterwa n’abashigikiye leta iriko irasohoka. Abaterankunga barenga 200, harimwo Steven Spielberg, John Legend na Chrissy Teigen, baratanze amadolari 750.000 y’amadolari y’Amerika kugira ngo amafoto ya Obama yatanzwe na Kehinde Wiley na Amy Sherald. Urutonde rw’abaterankunga amafoto ya Obama na Bush ntirurimwo PKK.