Amabaruwa aherutse kwakirwa agaragaza ko hari abaterankunga ku giti cyabo biteguye gutera inkunga amafoto ya Trump n'uwahoze ari umufasha wa Perezida Melania Trump yo gukorerwa muri Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, ariko Smithsonian yaje kwemera kwakira inkunga ya Trump y'amadolari 650.000 yagenewe PAC Save America.
Iyi mpano ni ubwa mbere mu minsi ishize umuryango wa politiki utera inkunga amafoto y’abahoze ari abaperezida mu ngoro ndangamurage, kuko akunze kwishyurwa n’abaterankunga ku giti cyabo batoranijwe na Smithsonian. Iyi mpano idasanzwe, yatangajwe bwa mbere na Business Insider muri Kanama, yanateye ishozi ku mugaragaro kuri iyi ngoro ndangamurage ndetse inatera gushidikanya ku muntu wa kabiri watanze indi mpano y’amadolari 100.000 yo gutera inkunga amafoto yateguwe na Citizens for Responsible and Ethical Washington, yasuzumwe kuwa mbere na The Washington Post.
Umuvugizi w’ikigo cya Smithsonian, Linda St. Thomas, yongeye gushimangira kuwa mbere ko uwatanze umusoro wa kabiri ari “umuturage wifuza kudatangaza izina rye.” Yanavuze ko imwe mu mafoto yamaze gutegurwa, indi “iri mu kazi.”
Ariko, amategeko agenga ingoro ndangamurage avuga ko niba uwahoze ari perezida yongeye kwiyamamariza kuba perezida, ishusho ye idashobora gusohoka. Kubera iyo mpamvu, ingoro ndangamurage ishobora kudatangaza amazina y'abahanzi babiri batumiwe kugeza mu matora ya perezida yo mu 2024, nk'uko St. Thomas yabibwiye The Post. Niba Trump atsinze aya matora, amashusho azagaragazwa nyuma ya manda ye ya kabiri, nk'uko amategeko agenga ingoro ndangamurage abiteganya.
“Ntabwo dutangaza izina ry’umuhanzi mbere yuko atangira, nubwo muri icyo gihe bishobora guhinduka kuko igihe kinini cyashize,” St. Thomas yagize ati. Ifoto ya Trump yo mu 2019 yafashwe na Pari Dukovic kuri Time magazine iragaragara by’agateganyo mu imurikagurisha rya “American Presidents” rya National Portrait Gallery mbere yuko ifoto yemewe ishyirwa ahagaragara. Nk’uko ikigo cya Smithsonian Institution kibitangaza, ifoto izavanwaho vuba kubera impamvu zo kubungabunga ibidukikije.
Ibiganiro hagati y’abayobozi b’inzu ndangamurage na Trump ku ifoto n’inkunga yayo byakomeje mu mezi menshi, guhera mu ntangiriro za 2021, nyuma gato ya Trump avuye ku butegetsi, nk’uko ubutumwa bwa elegitoroniki bubivuga.
Iyi gahunda isobanurwa mu butumwa bwa Kim Saget, umuyobozi wa National Portrait Gallery, yandikiye Molly Michael, umufasha mukuru wa Trump mu biro by'iposita. Sadget yavuze ko amaherezo Trump azabyemera cyangwa akabyanga mbere yuko yerekanwa. (Umuvugizi wa Smithsonian yabwiye The Post ko abakozi b'inzu ndangamurage nyuma bahamagaye itsinda rya Trump kugira ngo basobanure ko atazahabwa uburenganzira bwa nyuma.)
“Birumvikana ko niba Bwana Trump afite ibitekerezo ku bandi bahanzi, twakwemera ibyo bitekerezo,” Sadget yandikiye Michael mu ibaruwa yo ku ya 18 Werurwe 2021. “Intego yacu kwari ugushaka umuhanzi, nk’uko bigaragazwa n’inzu ndangamurage n’umuririmbyi, wakora ishusho nziza y’ingoro ndangamurage y’Abaperezida ba Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ku buryo buhoraho.”
Nyuma y'amezi agera kuri abiri, Sadget yavuze kandi ko Ikigo cy’Igihugu gishinzwe gukusanya inkunga ku giti cyabo ku mafoto yose ya perezida, asaba ubufasha mu gushaka “inshuti n’abakunzi b’umuryango wa Trump bashobora gushyigikira izi komisiyo.”
Ku ya 28 Gicurasi 2021, Saget yandikiye Michael ati: “Kugira ngo dukomeze kugira intera iri hagati y’ubuzima bwabo bwite n’umurage wabo rusange, twahisemo kutajya mu muryango wa Trump cyangwa ngo dutange umusanzu mu bucuruzi ubwo aribwo bwose bwa Trump.”
Nyuma y'icyumweru kimwe, Michael yabwiye Sadget ko itsinda rya Trump “ryabonye abaterankunga benshi, ku giti cyabo, bashobora gutanga impano zabo zose.”
Michael yanditse ati: “Nzashyiraho amazina n’amakuru yo guhamagara mu minsi mike iri imbere kugira ngo dushyire hamwe ibigwi byacu no kugena icyo perezida ashaka kugeraho.”
Nyuma y'icyumweru kimwe, Michael yohereje urundi rutonde, ariko amazina yakuwe mu butumwa bwa rubanda bwabonetse na The Post. Michael yanditse ko "azahabwa andi icumi nibiba ngombwa".
Ntibirasobanuka neza icyabaye nyuma y’ibyo mu bijyanye no gukusanya inkunga, bigatuma hafatwa icyemezo cyo kwakira amafaranga ya Trump PAC. Ayo makuru y’ubutumwa agaragaza ko bimwe mu biganiro byabereye kuri telefoni cyangwa mu nama zo kuri interineti.
Muri Nzeri 2021, bohererejwe ubutumwa bwa elegitoroniki ku bijyanye n'"isomo rya mbere" ry'ifoto. Hanyuma, ku ya 17 Gashyantare 2022, Saget yoherereje Michael ubundi butumwa bwa elegitoroniki asobanura politiki y'inzu ndangamurage ku bijyanye no gukusanya.
“Nta muntu ukiriho wemerewe kwishyura ishusho ye,” Sajet yanditse, asobanura iyi politiki. “NPG ishobora kuvugana n'umuryango w'umurera, inshuti n'abo baziranye kugira ngo yishyure amafaranga yo gukoresha iyo foto, mu gihe NPG ari yo iyoboye ibiganiro kandi uwatumiwe ntagire icyo ahindura ku mahitamo y'umuhanzi cyangwa ku giciro cye.”
Ku ya 8 Werurwe 2022, Saget yabajije Michael niba yashobora gusangiza kuri telefoni amakuru mashya aturutse ku bantu bagaragaje ko bashishikajwe no gushyigikira imirimo y’inzu ndangamurage.
Sajet yanditse ati: “Tutangiye gukoresha amafaranga agomba kwishyurwa kandi turashaka kwegera gahunda yo gukusanya inkunga binyuze muri uyu mushinga.”
Nyuma yo guhuza terefone akoresheje ubutumwa bwinshi, Michael yandikiye Saget ku ya 25 Werurwe 2022, avuga ko "umuntu mwiza wo gukomeza ibiganiro byacu" ari Susie Wiles, umujyanama wa politiki w’umurepubulikani waje kugirwa umujyanama mukuru wa Trump mu 2024. - kwiyamamaza mu matora.
Mu ibaruwa yo ku ya 11 Gicurasi 2022, ku gapapuro k’ibaruwa ka Smithsonian, abayobozi b’inzu ndangamurage bandikiye umubitsi wa Save America PCC, Bradley Clutter, bemeza ko “uyu muryango wa politiki wiyemeje gutanga amadolari 650.000” yo gushyigikira Komisiyo Ishinzwe Ifoto ya Trump.
“Mu rwego rwo gushimira iyi nkunga ikomeye, Ikigo cya Smithsonian kizagaragaza amagambo 'Save America' ku birango by'ibintu byerekanwe hamwe n'ifoto mu gihe cy'imurikagurisha no iruhande rw'ishusho y'ifoto iri ku rubuga rwa interineti rwa NPG,” ni ko byanditswe n'ingoro ndangamurage.
Bongeyeho ko PAC Save America izatumira abashyitsi 10 muri iki gikorwa, hanyuma hakazakurikiraho ifoto yihariye y’abashyitsi bagera kuri batanu.
Ku ya 20 Nyakanga 2022, Wiles yoherereje ubutumwa kuri Usha Subramanian, umuyobozi ushinzwe iterambere muri National Portrait Gallery, kopi y'amasezerano yasinywe.
Komisiyo y’amadolari 750.000 yo gukoresha amafoto abiri ya Trump izishyurwa n’impano ya Save America PAC n’impano y’amadolari 100.000 y’umuntu utarivuze izina, nk’uko iyi nzu ndangamurage yabitangaje umwaka ushize.
Nubwo bidasanzwe, impano zemewe n'amategeko kuko Save America ari yo PAC iyobora, ifite imbogamizi nke ku ikoreshwa ry'amafaranga yayo. Izo PAC, uretse kuzamura abakandida bafite ibitekerezo bimwe, zishobora gukoreshwa mu kwishyura abajyanama, kwishyura amafaranga y'ingendo n'ay'imanza, n'andi mafaranga. Inkunga nyinshi ya Trump GAC ituruka ku baterankunga bato basubiza ubutumwa bwa elegitoroniki n'ibindi bibazo.
Abahagarariye Trump banze kugira icyo bavuga. Ku wa kabiri, umuvugizi wa Smithsonian Institution Concetta Duncan yabwiye The Post ko inzu ndangamurage itandukanya komite ya politiki ya Trump n'umuryango we n'ubucuruzi bwe.
Yanditse mu butumwa bwe bwa email ati: “Kubera ko PAC ihagarariye itsinda ry’abaterankunga, Portrait Gallery yishimiye kwakira aya mafaranga kuko nta ngaruka igira ku guhitamo abahanzi cyangwa ku gaciro k’ikigo gihuriweho.”
Inzu ndangamurage yahuye n'ibibazo bikomeye nyuma y'uko iyo mpano ishyizwe ahagaragara umwaka ushize. Mu butumwa bwo kuri interineti bwo muri Kanama ushize, umuhanga mu bya politiki wa Smithsonian yakusanyije ubutumwa kuri Twitter bw'abakoresha bababajwe n'itangazo ry'iyo mpano.
“Birumvikana ko abantu basa n’aho batazi ko dufite amafoto y’abaperezida bose,” uyu ni Erin Blascoe, umuhanga mu bya politiki ku mbuga nkoranyambaga. “Bababajwe no kuba twarabonye ishusho ya Trump, ariko hari n’abantu benshi bababajwe no kuba byarafatwaga nk’ ‘impano’, cyane cyane nyuma yo kunenga uburyo bakoresha mu gukusanya inkunga.”
Harimo kandi kopi y'ibaruwa yandikishijwe intoki y'umuntu wacitse intege wavuze ko afite imyaka nk'iya perezida wa kera, asaba inzu ndangamurage kutagaragaza ifoto ya Trump.
“Ndakwinginze, byibuze kugeza igihe iperereza rya DOJ na FBI rirangiye,” uyu mutangabuhamya yanditse. “Yakoresheje White House yacu y’agaciro mu gukora ibyaha.”
Icyo gihe, Mutagatifu Thomas yabwiye bagenzi be bo mu nzu ndangamurage ko yabonaga ko abatavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi ari "agace gato k'ikirunga cy'urubura".
Yanditse muri email ati: “Soma iyo nkuru. Bavuga ibindi bintu PAC itanga. Turiho.”
Nubwo Inzu Ndangamurage y’Igihugu y’Amafoto yashinzwe n’Inteko Ishinga Amategeko mu 1962, ntiyigeze ishyiraho abaperezida barangije imirimo kugeza mu 1994, ubwo Ronald Sherr yashushanyaga ishusho ya George W. Bush.
Mu bihe byashize, amafoto yaterwaga inkunga n’impano z’abantu ku giti cyabo, akenshi zituruka ku bashyigikiye guverinoma iri kuvaho. Abaterankunga barenga 200, barimo Steven Spielberg, John Legend na Chrissy Teigen, batanze umusanzu muri komisiyo y’amadolari 750.000 yo gufotora Obama yakozwe na Kehinde Wiley na Amy Sherald. Urutonde rw’abaterankunga ba Obama na Bush ntirurimo PKK.