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VOL. CLXVII ... No. 58,046 © 2018 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018 $3.00 Flashes of Fear STEEL COMPANIES And Two Blasts WITH TRUMP TIES Caught on TV VETO TARIFF RELIEF Witnesses Recall Chaos After Maduro Attack UNUSUAL CORPORATE PULL

By ANA VANESSA HERRERO and NICHOLAS CASEY Commerce Dept. Backs CARACAS, Venezuela — In the Process Tilted to Favor presidential box stood the small cadre who run the country: a loyal Domestic Products general who was now the interior minister, the chief judge of the Su- preme Court and Nicolás Maduro, By JIM TANKERSLEY the president, who looked down at WASHINGTON — Two of a parade of national guard troops. America’s biggest steel manufac- Mr. Maduro, bedecked for the turers — both with deep ties to ceremony with the gold chain and Trump administration officials — tricolor sash of his office, was end- have successfully objected to hun- ing his speech Saturday afternoon dreds of requests by American on the topic that is top of mind for companies that buy foreign steel every Venezuelan: the ravaged to exempt themselves from Presi- economy, which has left much of dent Trump’s stiff metal tariffs. the population desperate for food, They have argued that the im- emptied the hospitals of medicine ported products are readily avail- and driven hundreds of thousands able from American steel manu- to leave the country. facturers. Before a loyal audience, the Charlotte-based Nucor, which president tried to sound an opti- financed a documentary film mistic tone on improvements to made by a top trade adviser to Mr. come, despite Venezuela’s dire JOHANNES CHRISTO/REUTERS Trump, and Pittsburgh-based condition. United States Steel, which has em- “We’re going to bet on good out- Over 80 Dead in Indonesia Earthquake ployed several top administration comes for this country. The hour The second powerful quake in a week rattled Lombok, the popular resort island, and sent many to the hospital on Sunday. Page A9. officials, have objected to 1,600 ex- has arrived for economic recov- emption requests filed with the ery,” Mr. Maduro said. Commerce Department over the Then, an explosion erupted. past several months. One general ducked. Cilia Flo- To date, their efforts have never res, the first lady, stumbled and ‘I Loved the Church’: An Accuser and Her Pastor Trump Admits failed, resulting in denials for reached to clutch the arm of the companies that are based in the Supreme Court judge beside her. Mr. Hybels denied her allega- institutions, bringing down fig- United States but rely on im- Security officials rushed the plat- Meeting’s Aim: ported pipes, screws, wire and By LAURIE GOODSTEIN tions about her time working and ures like the Rev. Andy Savage, at form and surrounded the presi- living with him. “I never had an in- Highpoint Church in Memphis, other foreign steel products for dent with large black shields. SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill. — appropriate physical or emotional and the Rev. Harry L. Thomas, the Tarnish Clinton their supply chains. All looked to the sky in fear. After the pain of watching her relationship with her before that founder of the Creation Festival, a The ability of a single industry Mr. Maduro was under attack in marriage fall apart, Pat Bara- time, during that time or after that Christian music event. to exert so much influence over what the government said was an nowski felt that God was suddenly time,” he said in an email. Ms. Baranowski is not the first the exclusions process is striking showering her with blessings. By MICHAEL D. SHEAR even in Mr. Trump’s business- assassination attempt, the first Since the #MeToo movement to accuse Mr. Hybels of wrongdo- and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT such known use of drones against She had a new job at her emerged last year, evangelical ing, though her charges are more friendly White House, given the a head of state. Chicago-area megachurch, led by churches have been grappling serious than what has been re- WASHINGTON — President high stakes for thousands of The chaotic scene was the most a dynamic young pastor named with allegations of sexual abuse ported before. Trump said on Sunday that a American companies that depend striking evidence of unrest in Ven- the Rev. Bill Hybels, who in the by their pastors. A wave of accusa- In March, The Chicago Tribune Trump Tower meeting between on foreign metals. But the bound- ezuela since the violent protests of 1980s was becoming one of the tions has begun to hit evangelical Continued on Page A14 top campaign aides and a Krem- aries of trade policy are being most influential evangelical lead- last summer that were crushed by lin-connected lawyer was de- tested by the scope of Mr. Trump’s ers in the country. security forces, with more than signed to “get information on an multifront trade war with allies opponent” — the starkest ac- 100 killed and over 3,000 arrested. The pay at Willow Creek Com- and adversaries alike, which in- munity Church was much lower knowledgment yet that a state- Since the government crackdown cludes tariffs on up to $200 billion than at her old job, but Ms. Bara- ment he dictated last year about on those demonstrations, and the worth of goods from China and nowski, then 32, admired Mr. Hy- the encounter was misleading. re-election of Mr. Maduro in May possible tariffs on automobiles bels and the church’s mission so in a vote widely described as Mr. Trump made the comment and auto parts. much that it seemed worth it. She rigged, the opposition has largely in a tweet on Sunday morning that Mr. Trump’s decision to impose felt even more blessed when in been quieted. was intended to be a defense of the 25 percent tariffs on steel and 10 1985 Mr. Hybels and his wife invit- June 2016 meeting and the role his On Sunday, Néstor Reverol, the percent on aluminum, even from ed her to move into their home, son Donald Trump Jr. played in country’s interior minister, said allies like Canada, Mexico, the Eu- where she shared family dinners hosting it. The president claimed that “six terrorists and hit men” ropean Union and Japan, is just and vacations. that it was “totally legal” and of had been arrested, and that one one part of that battle. But it has Once, while Mr. Hybels’s wife, the sort “done all the time in poli- had attacked the government be- drawn a strong rebuke from for- Lynne, and their children were tics.” fore. eign governments, Republican away, the pastor took Ms. Bara- But the tweet also served as an lawmakers and many business The ceremony was being broad- nowski out for dinner. When they admission that the Trump team groups, including automakers, cast on live television, and the got home, Mr. Hybels offered her a had not been forthright when beverage companies, farm equip- camera, instead of going dark back rub in front of the fireplace Donald Trump Jr. issued a state- ment manufacturers and food when the attack began, panned and told her to lie face down. ment in July 2017 saying that the packagers, who say it will inflict fi- Continued on Page A8 Stunned, she remembered feel- meeting had been primarily about nancial pain on companies that ing unable to say no to her boss the adoption of Russian children. employ millions of American and pastor as he straddled her, un- That statement is being scruti- workers. hooked her bra and touched her nized by the special counsel, To help minimize the impact, near her breasts. She remem- Robert S. Mueller III, who is ex- the administration established a bered feeling his hands shake. amining a broad array of Mr. process for companies to request That first back rub in 1986 led to Trump’s tweets and public state- “exclusions” for any product they multiple occasions over nearly ments to determine whether he could not otherwise buy in the two years in which he fondled her made them as part of an effort to United States, such as tire rods or breasts and rubbed against her. Continued on Page A11 The incidents later escalated to Continued on Page A12 one occasion of oral sex. Ms. Bara- nowski said she was mortified and determined to stay silent. “I really did not want to hurt the church,” said Ms. Baranowski, Favored by White Nationalists, who is now 65, speaking publicly for the first time. “I felt like if this Candidate Keeps Them Close was exposed, this fantastic place would blow up, and I loved the church. I loved the people there. I ADRIANA LOUREIRO/REUTERS loved the family. I didn’t want to ALYSSA SCHUKAR FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES By DANNY HAKIM and STEPHANIE SAUL An investigator sought clues hurt anybody. And I was Pat Baranowski was the personal secretary to the Rev. Bill Hybels WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Corey its statues, and, as he puts it, “tak- after the attack in Venezuela. ashamed.” at Willow Creek, an eminent megachurch in the Chicago area. Stewart stands at the end of a long ing back our heritage.” driveway that leads back in time, This has made him a popular to his 18th century plantation figure with white nationalists, manor hidden in woods behind a much to the horror of many Vir- modern housing development. ginia Republicans. While Mr. Bankruptcy Booms Among Older Americans as Safety Net Frays Mr. Stewart, the Republican Sen- Stewart has disavowed some on ate nominee from Virginia, treats the extreme right, interviews with Now, new research sheds light on benefits, the replacement of em- the brick home like a living mu- dozens of his friends, colleagues, By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD the scope of the problem: The rate Costs Rise, Income Falls ployer-provided pensions with seum, complete with buttons from supporters and fellow Republi- of people 65 and older filing for 401(k) savings plans and more Redcoats, a Civil War soldier’s belt For a rapidly growing share of cans yielded a portrait of a poli- bankruptcy is three times what it out-of-pocket spending on health buckle and a room dedicated to older Americans, traditional ideas and Troubles Grow tical opportunist eager to engage was in 1991, the study found, and care. Declining incomes, whether George and Martha Washington, about life in retirement are being the coarsest racial fringes of his the same group accounts for a far in retirement or leading up to it, who were once visitors. upended by a dismal reality: party to advance his Trumpian ap- greater share of all filers. sponsibility for their own financial compound the challenge. Both Mr. Stewart and his oppo- bankruptcy. peal. Driving the surge, the study well-being as the social safety net Cheryl Mcleod of Las Vegas nent, Senator Tim Kaine, were The signs of potential trouble — Some white nationalists volun- suggests, is a three-decade shift of shrinks. filed for bankruptcy in January af- born in Minnesota, which makes it vanishing pensions, soaring medi- financial risk from government The transfer has come in the all the more unusual that Mr. teer for Mr. Stewart’s campaign, ter struggling to keep up with her cal expenses, inadequate savings and employers to individuals, who form of, among other things, long- Stewart has styled himself as a and several of his aides and advis- — have been building for years. are bearing an ever-greater re- er waits for full Social Security Continued on Page A11 champion of the Confederacy and Continued on Page A12

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