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House Speaker Nancy Pe- willing to losi tried to raise the political stakes on the partial government endure pain shutdown Wednesday by telling President Trump to postpone of shutdown his State of the Union address, arguing that it’s too dangerous to BY S.A. MILLER give a speech to a joint session of THE WASHINGTON TIMES Congress with the Secret Service working without pay. CENTREVILLE, MD. | The U.S. Government offi cials rebut- Department of Agriculture’s ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS ted her claims, saying they are field office on Maryland’s GROUND ZERO: A suicide bombing Wednesday demolished a Syrian restaurant frequented by U.S. and European troops as well as members of “fully prepared” for the speech as Eastern Shore was closed be- the Syrian Democratic Forces. Two U.S. service members, a Pentagon civilian employee and a U.S. contractor were among those killed. planned Jan. 29 — but the mere cause of the partial federal fact that Mrs. Pelosi called for government shutdown when FOREIGN POLICY postponing an event two weeks George Godfrey Jr. showed up away was a signal that the shut- Wednesday, leaving him with- down may drag on at least that out a reimbursement check for long. his grain crop losses. Attempts were made Wednes- Despite the setback, Mr. Syria attack infl ames debate day to resolve the impasse. Mr. Godfrey didn’t waver in his Trump met with the congres- support for President Trump. sional Problem Solvers Caucus In fact, he said he was ready Islamic State sends deadly message to U.S. and another bipartisan group to hang tough indefi nitely with on Capitol Hill. One idea pro- Mr. Trump in the shutdown president’s plan to withdraw the camera showed a huge fi reball posed was a weekslong timeout fi ght over border security. BY CARLO MUÑOZ AND BEN WOLFGANG 2,000 U.S. troops stationed there. erupting outside a restaurant to reopen the government and “I pretty much agree with THE WASHINGTON TIMES The attack targeted a joint on a busy Manbij commercial try to fi nd a deal on border wall the guy 100 percent. I think patrol of American and Kurdish district, sending passers-by and funding. his opposition is the problem,” A deadly suicide attack by forces in the northwestern Syrian debris fl ying through the air. The But key Republicans doubted said the 62-year-old farmer. the Islamic State that claimed city of Manbij — the training and Britain-based Syrian Observatory the timeout idea would gain trac- “I’ve had some really diffi cult the lives of four Americans and logistics hub for U.S. operations for Human Rights said 16 people, tion, and there was little sign of times, but there are too many seriously injured several others in Syria — killing two U.S. service including nine civilians, were substantive progress elsewhere. people in the country that just in Syria on Wednesday has re- members, a Pentagon civilian em- killed. Among the dead were at “Unless there’s an agreement want free handouts and I think MIXING MESSAGES: Vice ignited debate in Washington ployee and a U.S. contractor. The least fi ve U.S.-backed Syrian fi ght- reached that includes a wall, he’s that’s where all this noise is President Mike Pence proceeded over the Trump administration’s names of the Americans were not ers, the group said. not going to give in,” said Sen. with a speech hours aft er the claim that the terrorist group has released Wednesday night so that Turkey’s state-run Anadolu » see SUPPORT | A7 attack in Manbij, Syria, saying the been defeated and raised new their families could be notifi ed. » see SHUTDOWN | A5 Islamic State has been defeated. questions in Congress about the Video from a nearby security » see SYRIA | A9

LAWSUIT MARYLAND ‘Hate group’ Hogan breaks from uses RICO ‘debilitating’ politics Act in bid Lauds Bush, McCain as heroes

BY DAVID SHERFINSKI term as governor of Maryland. to shed label “Let’s repudiate the debilitat- THE WASHINGTON TIMES ing politics practiced elsewhere ANNAPOLIS | Maryland Gov. — including just down the road in SPLC calls center Larry Hogan on Wednesday was Washington — where insults sub- sworn in for his second term in stitute for debate, recriminations anti-immigrant offi ce, calling for a repudiation of for negotiation, and gridlock for BY STEPHEN DINAN the kinds of “debilitating” politics compromise,” Mr. Hogan said in

THE WASHINGTON TIMES plaguing Washington and holding his second inaugural address, up Republican politicians such delivered just outside the State One of the most prominent groups as late former President George House. advocating for stricter immigration went H.W. Bush and late Sen. John Mc- Mr. Hogan said people have to court Wednesday to demand a judge Cain as models to emulate. enough worries in their private order the Southern Poverty Law Center Mr. Hogan, a moderate former lives without adding politics to to stop labeling it a “hate group,” accus- businessman who has empha- the mix. ing the self-described watchdog of run- ASSOCIATED PRESS sized issues tied to taxes, jobs and “Maybe we received a tough ning an illegal racket to silence political REPUBLICAN ALLIES: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (right) shared his inauguration ceremony the economy during his fi rst four diagnosis or recently lost opponents. Wednesday with wife Yumi and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Mr. Bush, a son of the 41st president years in offi ce, is the fi rst Republi- The Center for Immigration Stud- and political rival of President Trump, said culture has become “coarsened” in the past few decades. can in six decades to win a second » see MARYLAND | A5 ies says the SPLC’s accusations that it is racist and anti-immigrant are wrong and have cost the nonprofi t support and fi nancial backing by scaring people away AFRICA from doing business with the center. The center brought its challenge to U.S. District Court for the District of Kenyans fault government after latest terror attack Columbia by fi ling a civil complaint under the Racketeer Infl uenced and Cor- BY TONNY ONYULO were wounded. rupt Organizations (RICO) Act against SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Al-Shabab reacts to Somalia mission Five men armed with guns and ex- SPLC President Richard Cohen and plosives attacked the compound at night Heidi Beirich, who runs the group’s NAIROBI, KENYA | Grief turned to anger at the mortuary. “We have lost many of national, the government said. National and held about 176 hostages until security Hatewatch blog. as Kenyans visited the Chiromo Mortu- our relatives as a result of these attacks. police chief Joseph Boinnet told report- services intervened. Mark Krikorian, the Center for Im- ary to discover whether loved ones had We demand government’s action, not ers late Wednesday that a police offi cer The militant Somali Islamist group migration Studies executive director, been killed in the latest terrorist attack just words and promises. How did they had died as a result of injuries he sus- al-Shabab, with links to al Qaeda, claimed says his organization doesn’t meet the to devastate a supposedly secure part allow terrorists to cross our borders?” tained while trying to end the assault. responsibility for the attack, the SITE SPLC’s defi nition of a hate group and the of the capital. The Tuesday attack on the DusitD2 Sixteen Kenyans and three other Af- Intelligence Group reported. Alabama-based watchdog knows it but “When will these terror attacks stop?” compound of luxury shops and hotels ricans whose nationalities had not been Terrorist attacks are far from asked Margret Mwende, a small-shop in the capital killed at least 21 people, identifi ed were counted among the dead, » see WATCHDOG | A5 owner who was looking for her niece including one American and a British including the fi ve gunmen. At least 28 » see KENYA | A7

THE LEFT HAS ‘MENOPAUSE OF THE SPIRIT’ “Machu Picchu changes ticketing policy to counter overtourism,” INSIDE THE reports Travel and Tour World, an industry publication. Behold, here’s a canny observation following President Trump’s Indeed, the UNESCO World Heritage site has introduced strict fast-food party for visiting athletes — a supreme cultural moment time slots for throngs of tourists who arrive at the rate of 5,000 a day that vexed the news media and fascinated the public earlier this BELTWAY and pay about $70 each for tickets to visit Machu Picchu, a 15th-cen- week. It’s worth a revisit, providing insight into master strategy on BY JENNIFER HARPER tury Inca citadel some 8,000 feet above sea level. a complicated battlefi eld. “Visitors are asked to follow defi ned routes around the site rather “Trump’s burger fête was great theater. It was a magnanimous than have a freewheeling experience,” says the publication, which thing to do. It was a politically savvy thing to do. The president advises that tickets are available through travel agents or the offi cial not only ate a bunch of burgers, he just ate the Left’s lunch, again,” Machu Picchu website. writes Spectator USA columnist Roger Kimball, referring, of course, to Mr. Trump’s convivial event for the champion Clemson BLAZE TV KEEPS EXPANDING University football team, who came to the White House on Mon- day and dined upon fi ne fast food, served upon silver platters. Media fare for conservatives is about to get larger — and louder. Democrats, progressives and assorted Trump rivals took off ense BlazeTV, the independent company launched in December by and deemed the event inappropriate, even though former Presi- conservative titans Mark Levin and Glenn Beck, has expanded its dents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama both enjoyed burgers and programming to include libertarian content and humor, featur- fries at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. during their time in offi ce. ing longtime grass-roots activist Matt Kibbe and comedian Chad Yeah, well. Prather. “This heart-warming (though possibly indigestion causing) “As a libertarian, I’m proud to be joining BlazeTV. I’m going to put episode demonstrates once again how nimble the President is on some new ideas forward, have thoughtful conversations with smart his feet. He thinks quickly. The White House cooks are unavail- people from diff erent perspectives and reach for new audiences out- able. He wants to do something for a great college football team. side of the usual silos,” said Mr. Kibbe, who founded the grass-roots He improvises, brilliantly,” says Mr. Kimball, who is also editor groups FreedomWorks and will anchor a new off ering called “Kibbe and publisher of The New Criterion and the publisher of Encoun- ASSOCIATED PRESS on Liberty.” ter Books. President Trump treated the Clemson football team to a fast food feast It showcases his basic guiding principle — “Don’t hurt people and “The second fact is that the Left’s yapping, hysterical reaction to on Monday at the White House, one which caused his critics to cringe. don’t take their stuff ” — and is set to debut Feb. 18. the event — ‘Sexist!’ ‘Unpresidential!’ ‘Unhealthy!’ — reminds most “As supposedly public social media platforms censor certain of America just how out of touch with most of America they are. ONE FOR THE GREATEST OF THE GREAT voices to shelter their ideological biases, BlazeTV will be a vital There is a menopause of the spirit as well as of the body, and the platform where speech is truly free,” Mr. Kibbe noted. Left is deep into heat-fl ash and night-sweats territory,” Mr. Kimball President Trump has signed into law the 75th Anniversary of Mr. Prather, meanwhile, will introduce “Humor Me with Chad observes. World War II Commemoration Act, which essentially directs acting Prather” on Jan 30. Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan to recognize this signifi cant “There’s no better combination in media than humor and THE GREAT DIVIDE occasion, honor the nation’s precious WWII veterans, educate the thought,” he says. public about historical aspects and pay tribute to Americans who Republicans and Democrats have completely diff erent visions manned the home front, as well as the sacrifi ces of U.S. allies. POLL DU JOUR on the nature of immigration. “We owe it to the veterans of WWII to recognize their service to “About two-thirds of Democrat voters want the U.S. to open this great nation, and I applaud the president for doing exactly that ⦁ 51 percent of Americans oppose “substantially expanding” the its borders to ‘anyone who wants to come here’ — as long as that by signing this bill,” says Sen. James Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, southern U.S. border wall; 16 percent of Republicans and 93 percent person isn’t either a criminal or terrorist,” writes CNSNews.com who with Rep. Sam Graves, Missouri Republican, saw the legisla- of Democrats agree. analyst Craig Bannister, citing new numbers from a Rasmussen tion through, start to fi nish. ⦁ 40 percent approve of expanding the wall; 82 percent of Repub- Reports poll. “The 75th anniversary of World War II is the last chance on a licans and 6 percent of Democrats agree. “In the national survey of 1,000 likely voters, conducted Janu- large scale to thank and honor WWII veterans for their service and ⦁ 44 percent say expanding the wall would “not have much im- ary 10-13, 2019, 65% of those identifying as Democrats said it is in sacrifi ce on behalf of the United States and to thank and honor the pact” in reducing illegal immigration; 12 percent of Republicans and America’s best interest ‘To open our borders to anyone who wants families of those veterans,” notes Th alia Ertman, a public education 70 percent of Democrats agree. to come here as long as they are not a terrorist or a criminal.’ Only offi cer for Friends of the National World War II Memorial, an active ⦁ 34 percent say expanding the wall would prompt a “major about a quarter (26 percent) of Democrats said the U.S. should and meticulous nonprofi t that has and will continue to host events reduction” in illegal immigration; 69 percent of Republicans and 7 ‘tightly control who come into the country,’” he says. marking the anniversary. percent of Democrats agree. “In contrast, 80 percent of Republican voters said the U.S. ⦁ 20 percent say expanding the wall would prompt a “minor should tightly control who enters the country, as did 56 percent OUR BUSY WORLD reduction” in illegal immigration; 18 percent of Republicans and 22 of all likely voters surveyed. Only a third (34 percent) of all voters percent of Democrats agree. said the U.S. should welcome ‘anyone’ in who isn’t a terrorist or It was once considered one of the unique and most remote spots SOURCE: A PEW RESEARCH CENTER POLL OS 1,505 U.S. ADULTS CONDUCTED JAN. 9-14. criminal,” Mr. Bannister notes. on the entire planet. It is now among the most crowded.

TREASURY INSIDEINSIDE “Right wing media targeting me again POLITICS rather than focusing Resolution sought on the President’s reckless government on banking issues shutdown,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib SENATE (center) tweeted caused by pot laws Vote to block Russia sanctions relief fails on Wednesday in response to anti- BY ANDREW BLAKE

Democrats’ attempt to undermine President Semitism criticisms. THE WASHINGTON TIMES Trump’s decisions on Russia sanctions went “Yes, I am Muslim down to defeat in the Senate on Wednesday as and Palestinian. Get A top Treasury Department official called they weren’t able to win over enough Republi- over it.” Wednesday for Congress to resolve the banking cans to overcome a GOP fi libuster. ASSOCIATED PRESS issues caused by the confl ict between state and The failure means the Treasury Department’s federal marijuana laws. plans to relax sanctions on three Russian compa- HOUSE “Congress is going to have to act at the national nies can move forward. Tlaib blames anti-Semitism criticisms against her on ‘right wing media’ level to legalize marijuana if they want those enti- Democrats had hoped the vote would serve as a ties involved in that business to utilize the U.S. rebuke to Mr. Trump. They sought to use a resolu- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, is Zionists,” and praised Hezbollah leaders such banking system,” said Joseph Otting, a former tion of disapproval to block Treasury’s sanctions accusing “right wing media” of picking on her as Samir Kuntar, calling him a “legendary Hez- banking executive appointed comptroller of the relaxation on EN+ Group Plc, JSC EuroSibEnergo, for being Muslim for noting that she hosted bollah martyr.” currency by President Trump in 2017. and United Co. Rusal Plc, which have all been a pro-Hezbollah activist at her congressional Kuntar was convicted of murder and terror- “I would hope by 2020 we can get this issue linked to Kremlin-backed oligarch Oleg Deripaska. swearing-in ceremony in Detroit. ism in the 1979 deaths of four Israelis. Hezbol- resolved,” added Mr. Otting, Politico fi rst reported. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he “Right wing media targeting me again rather lah is recognized as a terrorist group by the Thirty-three states have legalized marijuana for was able to negotiate deals with those companies than focusing on the President’s reckless gov- U.S., the Arab League and others. either medicinal or recreational purposes, includ- to reduce Mr. Deripaska’s control, which puts ernment shutdown,” tweeted Ms. Tlaib. “Yes, I Critics accused Ms. Tlaib of using conserva- ing seven with systems in place for purchasing the them above the sanctions bar. am Muslim and Palestinian. Get over it.” tive media outlets as scapegoats and leveraging plant from licensed retail dispensaries. Marijuana Yet Democrats said they remained worried Her tweet came a day after a rash of stories her religion to escape criticism. remains illegal under federal law, however, placing about Mr. Deripaska’s ongoing involvement and about Abbas Hamideh, who posted photos of “No one is bothered by your religion. most states in direct confl ict with federal prohibi- said they wanted to send a signal to Mr. Trump. himself and Ms. Tlaib at her Saturday ceremony They’re bothered by your rank anti-Semitism tion and subsequently creating obstacles for canna- “Do you believe America should take a tough and said he attended a “private dinner afterward and your association with literal terrorists bis industry stakeholders throughout the country. line on Putin or do you think we should go easy with the entire family, friends and activists.” who spend their days devising ways to murder Banks are often reluctant to do business with on Putin and his cronies?” said Senate Minority Mr. Hamideh, co-founder of Al-Awda, which Jews,” replied Sean Davis, co-founder of The marijuana companies given the plant’s status as Leader Charles E. Schumer. means “right of return,” has declared that Federalist. a federally controlled substance, and related re- But just 11 Republicans joined Democrats, Israel has no right to exist, blasted “Criminal — Valerie Richardson strictions have prevented researchers from using leaving them at 57 votes — three shy of the num- government funds to study its eff ects. ber needed to overcome a fi libuster. A former president of both OneWest Bank and — Stephen Dinan TREASURY DEPARTMENT FEDERAL COURTS CIT Group, one of the nation’s largest banks, Mr. Union decries ‘call back’ of IRS workers Trump nominates year’s fi rst new judges Otting is not the only offi cial of his ilk to seek clar- WHITE HOUSE ity from Congress lately on the topic of marijuana Sanders praises House’s rebuke of King A Treasury employee union says the “mass President Trump announced six new picks for legalization. call back” of tens of thousands of workers for federal district court seats Wednesday in what “Many state laws permit the use of marijuana, The White House is calling Republican Rep. the tax-fi ling season is exactly why it’s suing to was his fi rst slate of judicial nominees released but federal law doesn’t, so that puts federally char- Steve King’s comments about white supremacy prevent the administration from forcing members since the start of the new Congress this year. tered banks in a diffi cult situation,” Federal Reserve “abhorrent,” distancing the administration from to work “in exchange for only an IOU.” The nominees would fi ll vacancies in Texas, Chairman Jerome Powell said last June. “I think it the prominent ally of President Trump. The National Treasury Employees Union said Louisiana, Arizona and North Dakota. would be great if that could be clarifi ed.” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee the IRS is right to prepare for the fi ling season The president saw a record number of federal Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that Sanders praised House Republicans for denying that begins Jan. 28, but the answer is to make appeals court nominees confi rmed in his fi rst two same month that “we do want to fi nd a solution to the Iowa lawmaker committee assignments. tough political choices to reopen the government. years, but the Senate let roughly 90 of his judicial make sure that businesses that have large access “Steve King’s comments were abhorrent, and “IRS employees want to work,” NTEU Na- nominees expire at the end of last Congress. Sen- to cash have a way to get them into a depository the Republican leadership, unlike Democrats, tional President Tony Reardon said. “But the ate Republicans expect the president to renomi- institution for it to be safe.” have actually taken action when their members hard, cold reality is that they’ve already missed nate nearly all those expired picks soon. More recently, William Barr, Mr. Trump’s nomi- have said outrageous and inappropriate things,” a paycheck and soon they’ll be asked to work for Wednesday’s new nominees are: Louisiana nee for attorney general, touched on the topic Tues- Mrs. Sanders told reporters Wednesday. free as long as the shutdown lasts.” Supreme Court Judge Greg Guidry for the Eastern day during his confi rmation hearing on Capitol Hill. Mr. King was quoted last week by The New The IRS announced Tuesday it will require District of Louisiana, James W. Hendrix and Mark “I think it’s incumbent on the Congress to make York Times as saying: “White nationalist, white 46,000 workers to toil without pay during fi ling T. Pittman for the Northern District of Texas, Sean a decision as to whether we are going to have a supremacist, Western civilization — how did season, if the shutdown continues. That means D. Jordan for the Eastern District of Texas, Michael federal system,” he told senators, adding that he that language become off ensive?” He has said his 43 percent of its workforce will be furloughed at T. Liburdi for the District of Arizona, and Peter D. would “not go after” marijuana companies doing comments were misconstrued. home, compared to 88 percent in late December. Welte for the District of North Dakota. business in states where the drug is legal. — Dave Boyer — Tom Howell Jr. — Alex Swoyer Lawmakers have introduced several marijuana

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COURTS Court postpones shutdown suit — because of shutdown

proceed with the litigation,” she wrote. “Denied,” wrote Judge Philip S. Guti- released, while another was mistakenly as a class, since thousands of workers Seeks back pay, “That said, neither the court nor the errez, an appointee of President George deported and may face religious persecu- may seek redress. attorneys at the Department of Justice W. Bush to the court in central California, tion back home. D.C. lawyer Heidi Burakiewicz ﬁ led damages for has the authority to change the present in a Monday order rejecting the Justice “Considering the stakes at issue in the lawsuit on behalf of two named circumstances.” Department’s request to stay a case deal- the case, the claimed danger to the com- employees in the Bureau of Prisons and, essential employees Her ruling comes as courts across the ing with DACA recipients. munity and to individual petitioners, the potentially, the 420,000 unionized federal country are grappling with the partial A federal judge in Michigan, mean- stay no longer seems appropriate,” the workers who have been forced to remain BY TOM HOWELL JR. shutdown, which began Dec. 22. while, had stayed a major case involving judge wrote. on the job. The complaint says failing to

THE WASHINGTON TIMES The courts’ funding technically deportation of Iraqis — but he reversed The Justice Department says in cases pay employees who are still reporting to lapsed that day, along with nine fed- himself this week and ordered the case where judges refuse to delay action, work violates federal labor law. A federal judge froze proceedings eral departments comprising dozens of to resume. U.S. District Judge Mark A. lawyers can work during the shutdown, “Of course, I and my clients are disap- Wednesday in a lawsuit that seeks back agencies. Goldsmith said he had granted the stay, though they won’t be paid until after it pointed with any delay, but this is noth- pay and damages for essential employ- Courts say they have been able to use fi guring the shutdown would be short. ends. ing more than a delay,” Ms. Burakiewicz ees forced to work without paychecks fees and other perennial money to keep That no longer is the case, he wrote. Other courts have been willing to put said of Wednesday’s decision. “It is not during the government shutdown. running at least through Jan. 25. “The court must treat the govern- big cases on hold. going to change the outcome of the case The reason for the halt? The govern- “But at some point in the near future, ment like any other litigant; a corporate The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th or our intent to recover back-payment ment is shut down. existing funds will run out if new appro- defendant claiming inability to fund Circuit recently shelved proceedings in or damages on behalf of all the essential Justice Department lawyers re- priated funds do not become available,” lawyers or other necessary participants the closely watched appeal of a mid- workers who are continuing to go to quested the stay, saying they generally the courts said. in litigation due to an intra-corporate December ruling that said Obamacare work every day. It’s important to note are barred from working during the Still, the Justice Department, which dispute about paying them would not is no longer constitutional because the the federal workforce continues to be shutdown, except in limited circum- is the world’s biggest law fi rm, saw its receive an indefi nite amount of time GOP tax overhaul gutted its “individual harmed.” stances such as protecting human life funding lapse, cutting its ability to pro- to resolve that dispute while its case mandate” to hold insurance or pay a Previously, Ms. Burakiewicz was able or property. vide lawyers for most of the civil cases remained stayed,” he wrote. penalty. to win damages worth minimum wage Judge Patricia E. Campbell-Smith the government is pursuing or where it’s Also, Judge Goldsmith said the stakes In the federal worker case, Judge for hours worked, plus the full value of of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ap- a defendant. are too high to force government lawyers Campbell-Smith asked both sides to any overtime, for 25,000 workers aff ected proved the request. They have asked for stays in hundreds to seek permission every time they face submit an update on their motions when by the 2013 shutdown. “The court appreciates the ironic of cases nationwide. urgent requests about the Iraqi detain- the shutdown ends. Before the stay, the Workers typically receive back pay circumstance that the very subject of this Some judges are more accommodat- ees. There are fears that one would pose plaintiff s’ were trying to fi le a revised after a shutdown ends, so some have case also triggers the parties’ inability to ing than others. a threat to the community, if he were complaint and certify aff ected employees dubbed the damages “double pay.”

CONGRESS Former staff er sues for wrongful fi ring after rape claim Says career ruined, duress caused

BY STEPHEN DINAN the intern program coordinator,

THE WASHINGTON TIMES asked her to dinner, then brought her to his home where, she says, A former congressional staff er she refused more alcohol. Her ﬁ led a lawsuit last week saying memory then becomes fuzzy she was raped by an employee at “because of the large quantity the Congressional Black Caucus of alcohol [the coordinator] had Foundation, and when she said she given her at the restaurant and/or was taking legal action against the because he drugged her at some ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS foundation, she was ﬁ red by Rep. point that night.” Attorney General nominee William P. Barr was pressured to commit to releasing all the special counsel’s eventual report to the public. Sheila Jackson Lee. She says she texted a friend The employee, who is suing as to try to get help but her eff orts SENATE a Jane Doe plaintiff , is seeking at were garbled, and at some point least $75,000 in damages for derail- her attacker took her phone. She ing her career and for emotional says at some point she realized she duress. was naked and she was forced to Democrats want Barr to promise full She says she was raped in 2015 perform oral sex. by the coordinator of her intern She had a sexual assault exam program at the foundation, and performed at a hospital and re- transparency on Mueller investigation says there was DNA, text messages ported the attack to the Metro- and phone calls that proved the politan Police Department. She BY JEFF MORDOCK encounter happened. says they found the attacker’s DNA

THE WASHINGTON TIMES When she decided to take legal on her breast and another man’s action against the foundation in DNA on her pants — which she Senate Democrats said Wednesday that 2018, she told staff ers for Ms. Jack- speculates may have been the at- Attorney General nominee William P. Barr son Lee, whose offi ce she now tacker’s roommate. must give a fi rm commitment to release all worked in — and soon after she Michael Ellement, the Jane Doe of special counsel Robert Mueller’s eventual was fi red for what the offi ce said plaintiff ’s lawyer, told The Wash- report to the public. was “budgetary issues.” ington Times there was a police They said Mr. Barr’s assurances a day She says, since the attack, she’s investigation, but he could not earlier that he will make public as much as lost 50 pounds and has changed comment on the results. He said he can of the report weren’t good enough, her appearance “to be less sexu- the woman’s suff ering and losses and only a vow for full transparency is ac- alized by men,” and refuses to be far exceed the $75,000 named in ceptable when it comes to Mr. Mueller’s alone with men. the lawsuit, but that’s the mini- 20-month-old probe into Russian election She’s had mental health treat- mum amount they needed to cite meddling and Trump team behavior. ments and, since her 2018 fi ring, to bring the case in federal court. After a day of hearings with Mr. Barr, she’s also lost wages and had her The woman said she threat- Democrats said they still have a number of career derailed, she says in her ened to bring a lawsuit against the questions about how he would handle the lawsuit. CBCF in October 2016, but didn’t job as chief of the Justice Department — “Th at’s not good enough, especially with someone like Donald Trump who has treated the “Knowing that she was fi red be- pursue it. but the Mueller probe remained dominant. Justice Department as if it’s his own fi efdom,” said Sen. Charles E. Schumer, of New York. cause she reported the rape in 2015 Ms. Jackson Lee at the time was Senate Minority Leader Charles E. triggered her past symptoms, and the vice chair of the foundation’s Schumer, New York Democrat, said after a forced her to again confront the board of directors, and became private meeting Wednesday with Mr. Barr pressed Mr. Barr to make the report public “They need this man and they need him traumatic event,” her lawsuit says. chair in 2017. She remains the he still wasn’t on board with President — but said that issue isn’t enough to sink now,” he said. Requests for comment to the chair today. Trump’s nominee. the nominee, and Mr. Barr will be approved. Georgia State University law professor foundation and to Ms. Jackson The Jane Doe plaintiff says she Mr. Schumer told reporters after the “It’s not going to unanimous, but he will Neil J. Kinkopf disagreed, saying the think- Lee’s offi ce weren’t immediately won a job in Ms. Jackson Lee’s of- meeting he pressed Mr. Barr on releasing get some Democratic votes and I think if ing in Mr. Barr’s memo suggests expanding answered Wednesday. fi ce in late 2017, where she learned the special counsel’s fi nal report, but the you give every member of the Judiciary presidential powers including fi ring any The Times was not able to the offi ce was considering hiring nominee wouldn’t make that pledge. Committee truth serum, they would tell you independent public offi cial such as the reach the person accused of the her alleged attacker. She informed “That’s not good enough, especially that he did a good job yesterday and will be chairman of the Federal Reserve System, rape, and is not yet printing his the chief of staff she had a “prior with someone like Donald Trump who has a good attorney general,” Mr. Kennedy said. he told the committee. name. He worked last year as an situation” and was uncomfortable treated the Justice Department as if it’s his Mr. Barr’s appearance Tuesday was “Mr. Barr’s theory of presidential power employee on Beto O’Rourke’s Sen- with that possibility. She also told own fi efdom,” he said. followed Wednesday by testimony from is fundamentally inconsistent with our ate campaign. the offi ce in 2018 that she planned Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the friends, foes and legal experts making cases Constitution and is deeply dangerous for The accusations come at a time to move ahead with her legal com- top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Com- for and against the man poised to assume our nation,” he said. of heightened sensitivities to treat- plaint against the CBCF. mittee, said she was confused about what oversight of Mr. Mueller’s investigation. The National Association for the Ad- ment of women on Capitol Hill. Two weeks later, she was fi red. Mr. Barr was committing to do. George Washington University law pro- vancement of Colored People also weighed Congress late last year passed Among her duties during her “When I fi rst asked him about the report, fessor Jonathan Turley, a liberal who has in against Mr. Barr, pointing to his past new rules designed to give victims time in the offi ce was using her he said he would make it available. But it also been critical of Mr. Mueller, defended a opposition to sentencing reforms that an easier path to make complaints, own car — without compensation seems to me that as the day progressed, memo Mr. Barr wrote last year questioning would reduce prison time for low-level and to bring transparency to the — to drive the congresswoman, in- he mentioned writing his own report and the basis for raising obstruction of justice drug off enders. settlements lawmakers reach with cluding at one point being forced to viewed the Mueller report as confi dential,” allegations against Mr. Trump. “We are considering a nominee who is victims. drive when her lights didn’t work. she said. Mr. Turley said Mr. Barr’s loyalty lies still looking at things through a 1990s frame,” In the new lawsuit, fi led Friday, She said she was urged to buy a Mr. Barr has the fi nal say on how much with the Constitution, not Mr. Trump. He said Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the Jane Doe plaintiff says she was new car, had a deal fall through — of the Mueller probe will disclosed. noted the memo says a president can be the NAACP’s Baltimore chapter. a 19-year-old student at Howard and then when she was being fi red, He said the special counsel’s work is a prosecuted while in offi ce, diverging from Congress late last year approved a sen- University when she joined the was accused of lying about her car prosecution document, and those are typi- the claims fl oated by Mr. Trump’s legal team. tencing reform bill, and Mr. Trump signed CBCF’s internship program and situation as part of the reason for cally kept confi dential. He suggested at one Describing Mr. Barr as a man of charac- it into law. was placed in the offi ce of an her fi ring. She also said she was point that would author a report himself ter, Mr. Turley passionately argued for him Mr. Barr on Tuesday said that while he Alabama congresswoman. “routinely” used to do work for the based on Mr. Mueller’s conclusions. to lead the Justice Department through its had quibbles with some parts of that legisla- She said she attended a manda- foundation even though she was Sen. John Kennedy, Louisiana Republican, current turmoil. tion, he would “faithfully enforce” it. tory CBCF intern event in October on the congresswoman’s offi cial 2015 and her attacker, who was government staff . A4 | POLITICS ☆ R THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019

ACCOUNTABILITY Agency slammed for ignoring potential Th e inspector confl icts in Trump Hotel lease in D.C. general of the General Services BY DAVE BOYER condemnation from Democrats over The state of Maryland and the District Administration

THE WASHINGTON TIMES the deal that the Trump Organization of Columbia are suing in federal court, said the GSA entered into in February 2012, more than alleging that Mr. Trump is profi ting off failed to consider An internal government watchdog three years before Mr. Trump announced his elected offi ce by operating the hotel “issues under said Wednesday that the federal General his candidacy for president. Rep. Elijah via the Trump Organization, which is the Constitution’s Services Administration improperly ap- E. Cummings of Maryland, chairman of controlled by sons Donald Jr. and Eric. Emoluments proved a lease for the Trump Interna- the House Oversight and Government The GSA chose Mr. Trump’s fi rm as Clause that might tional Hotel in Washington by failing Reform Committee, said the president developer in February 2012 to restore cause a breach of to consider whether the deal violated “should not have any contracts with the and redevelop the historic site into a the lease.” the Constitution’s guidelines prohibit- federal government.” 260-room hotel. In a required report to ASSOCIATED PRESS ing elected offi cials from profi ting from “It is an obvious confl ict of interest, Congress, the GSA identifi ed 31 lease doing business with the government. and it is why the lease for the Trump provisions it considered “material,” but own lawyers recognized that President specifi c decision,” the report said. “He The inspector general of the GSA Hotel in Washington D.C. explicitly pro- a provision prohibiting elected offi cials Trump’s interest in the Trump Hotel stated that he had no meetings with the said the agency failed to consider “issues hibits any federal government offi cial from being “admitted to” certain inter- raised concerns under the Emoluments administrator, other GSA leadership, or under the Constitution’s Emoluments from being a party,” Mr. Cummings said ests in the lease was not included in the Clause of the Constitution and under the Presidential Transition Team about” Clause that might cause a breach of in a statement. “This devastating new re- agency’s list. the lease itself, but ‘punted’ rather than the provision on potential confl icts. the lease” for the luxury hotel, built in port from the Inspector General is proof In August 2014, the GSA authorized addressing them,” Mr. Cummings said. “We also found that the decision to the historic Old Post Offi ce Building on that President Trump should have di- the Trump Organization to begin con- The report said GSA offi cials dis- exclude the emoluments issues from Pennsylvania Avenue three blocks from vested his business interests rather than struction. The Trump International cussed a potential confl ict in general GSA’s consideration of the lease was im- the White House. ignoring the advice of ethics experts.” Hotel opened Oct. 26, 2016; Mr. Trump before and after the election, but decided proper because GSA, like all government The long-awaited report said the He said the Trump Hotel “is a glaring was elected less than two weeks later. it wasn’t their responsibility to raise the agencies, has an obligation to uphold and agency “decided not to address those physical symbol of the Trump adminis- The IG’s report said that after Mr. issue with the Trump Organization or enforce the Constitution; and because issues” of a potential confl ict of interest tration’s refusal to play by the same rules Trump’s inauguration, the Trump Orga- the president. the lease, itself, requires that consider- for the president. The inspector general as everyone else.” nization notifi ed GSA lease contracting Mr. Terry told Trump Organization ation,” the inspector general said. said the GSA “has an obligation to up- Critics argue that the Trump Interna- offi cer Kevin Terry that the president had offi cials on March 23, 2017, that the hotel The watchdog said GSA knew that hold and enforce the Constitution” and tional Hotel is a confl ict of interest for “relinquished his management” over the was in full compliance and the lease potential confl icts “might cause a breach recommended the agency reconsider the the president, in part, because foreign of- property but still retained his fi nancial was valid. of the lease, but decided not to address lease in light of the guidelines. fi cials and others could try to curry favor interest in it. “Terry stated that no one inside or those issues in connection with the The report drew renewed with Mr. Trump by patronizing the hotel. “According to this report, GSA’s outside GSA pressured him to render any management of the lease.”

In the current world climate, nice Canadians fi nish last n a recent trip to Montreal, I was the Senate Intelligence Committee. And Canada feature that bien pensants fi nd endearing.) Abe, Narendra Modi and Jair Bolsonaro, are, to disturbed by a billboard that greeted has become a country where Chinese elites store But over the past month, Canada has toppled varying degrees, strongmen. They also demand me just outside the city’s main train sta- their (in many cases ill-gotten) loot. Vancouver off the balance beam. The trouble began when that other countries pick a side. Make what you Otion: an ad for Huawei, the “controver- is to Chinese oligarchs as London is to their Rus- it fulfi lled an American request and arrested will of the policies of the current occupant of sial” Chinese technology company. sian counterparts: a preferred destina- Huawei’s chief fi nancial offi cer, Meng Wanzhou, the White House, but his outlook on the world is Huawei is ostensibly privately held, tion for real estate investment. Property at the Vancouver airport. Ms. Meng, the U.S. says, similar in that regard, separating the globe into but with deep links to the Chinese prices in the British Columbian city has systematically violated sanctions barring friends and foes. Not to mention, tight relations Communist Party and the People’s have soared over the last decade as Chi- telecommunications exports to Iran. with close friends and family excepting, the Liberation Army, has been all but nese elites, wary of their own govern- China reacted ferociously, immediately ar- president is not particularly “nice,” as Jeff Bezos, banned in a host of democratic coun- ment’s stability, have channeled their resting two prominent Canadians in China, one a Rosie O’Donnell, Ted Cruz, and roughly, oh, tries because of spying concerns. New ample cash into property. former diplomat, the other an entrepreneur. This 18,000 other people can attest. Zealand, Australia and Japan have Canada, under liberal Prime Min- week, China revised a prior sentence of 15 years This, even more so than when President barred the company from installing 5G ister Justin Trudeau, has attempted a in prison leveled on a convicted Canadian drug George W. Bush announced it 18 years ago, is equipment on their shores. The United balancing act between the two rival smuggler. Now, Beijing decided, the unfortunate the “you’re with us or against us” era. Beijing States has prohibited government em- ETHAN powers, placating China and luring convict will face the death penalty. Ottawa an- has made it clear it demands total supplication. ployees from using Huawei equipment. investment while tending to its most nounced this month that China has arrested 13 As the Huawei brouhaha makes clear, Ottawa Canada has taken a more deferential EPSTEIN important bilateral relationship: that Canadians since Ms. Meng’s arrest. eventually will have to decide if it’s with them, or approach to Huawei, and by extension, with Washington. Its neutral, Switzer- Canada’s careful balancing act, predicated on with us. China. Ottawa has signaled that it will land-but-cheaper attitude is of a piece its long-standing nice guy image, is out of step ⦁ Ethan Epstein is deputy opinion editor allow Huawei access to the country’s with Canada’s nonjudgmental, friendly with the times. Ours, after all, is not a political of The Washington Times. Contact him at eep- 5G networks, drawing a rebuke this month from and fuzzy image. (We’ll ignore for a moment era in which nice guys are prospering. Xi Jinping, [email protected] or on Twitter Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the vice chairman of that Canada is essentially a petro-state, hardly a Mohammad bin Salman, Vladimir Putin, Shinzo @ethanepstiiiine.

START YOUR NEW YEAR BY Democrats have some explaining SAYING GOODBYE TO to do as shutdown drags on s we prepare to mark the fourth full week of the partial government shut- ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION down, there remains no visible end in Asight. President Trump rightly refuses to give up his leverage. Democrats wrongly refuse to negotiate At Metro Men’s Health, our treatment at all. When you control one-half of one-third of the is needle-free, surgery-free, and federal government, as the Democrats now do, drug-free. We treat the root cause of you cannot expect to get everything you want in a legislative battle. Here’s an inconvenient question: Charles E. Schumer ED, not just the symptoms. Over 80% Do Democrats have a border security proposal? Anything? of men receiving our treatment If a border wall is “immoral,” as some Demo- federal workers who have not been paid. But if experience long-term improvement in crats have claimed, then the logical follow-up they truly cared, they would be negotiating. They question is this: Do Democrats want exist- are not negotiating because they believe the shut- sexual performance, including men ing physical barriers on the southern border down benefi ts them politically. removed? President Trump cares far more about the with Peyronie’s Disease, Diabetes, Democrats are suggesting that Mr. Trump underlying issue of border security than he does and prostate issues. reopen the government for a few weeks while about when federal workers are paid. He can- both parties get down to serious negotiations. If not give up his leverage and receive nothing in he agrees to this, Mr. Trump gives up his leverage return. and there is no pressure to solving the issue. The Media elites constantly whine about how Mr. “I’m 56 years of old and I president obviously realizes this. Trump “violates existing norms” with the way he want to thank you for giving me my Past shutdown battles came down operates in offi ce. to which side could be credibly blamed Is there any pushback to Speaker intimacy back with my spouse! Your and which side was perceived as being Nancy Pelosi for eff ectively suggest- staff was friendly and respectful, and more reasonable. ing Wednesday that Mr. Trump forget never made me feel uncomfortable... Senate Minority Leader Chuck about giving his State of the Union on Schumer lost the shutdown battle of Capitol Hill this year? and wow I never expected such fast 2017 because the New York Democrat Homeland Security Secretary results.” - Ernie C. made unreasonable demands that Kirstjen Nielsen confi rmed that the caused the shutdown. He quickly folded. Secret Service would be able to ad- What is diff erent this time is that Mr. MATT equately protect the Capitol for the State Trump cannot give in on his signature MACKOWIAK of the Union. Mrs. Pelosi’s bluff was campaign promise and Democrats can- OUTSIDE called. not give in to Mr. Trump. Neither side’s THE BELTWAY Security is not the reason for the base can accept a loss. Pelosi ploy. The California speaker is Average Americans look at this and deeply worried about giving Mr. Trump must be wondering why don’t both sides look for an hour to make his case for border security a compromise. before millions of Americans, without the main- Democrats were fi ne with $1.6 billion in border stream media fi lter. This is the real reason she is security funding last year. Presumably they begin playing games with the State of the Union address at that amount now. President Trump has been until the shutdown ends. asking for $5 billion. Why can’t they meet in the No one can predict how this will end, but the middle? way ahead is clear. Bipartisan groups of legislators Democrats claim to want certainty for De- should continue to meet to forge consensus. The ferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) White House should continue to provide detail on recipients — the so-called “Dreamers.” Law- what they want and why such funding is needed. makers know the program off ering “temporary We have now had 27 days of both parties refus- protection” to some immigrant groups needs ing to make any tangible progress toward a deal. reform. There is a grand bargain to be had where Both sides want something. Why can’t they get neither side will get everything they want, but together and make a deal? both sides can live with it. A legislative proposal One thing is certain — Mr. Trump cannot make (301) 276-7165 like this would likely pass with veto-proof mar- a deal by himself. gins. It could be on the House and Senate fl oor ⦁ Matt Mackowiak is president of Austin, Texas, 11300 Rockville Pike, STE 406 in 48 hours and the shuttered parts of the federal and Washington, D.C.-based Potomac Strategy Rockville, MD 20852 government could reopen Monday. 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have hamstrung the department, which a postponement. Agriculture Department recalled 2,500 country’s toughest problems and fi x SHUTDOWN was her reasoning for a postponement Republicans said it was a cheap ploy. employees to temporarily reopen Farm them. But that conversation can only From page A1 of the State of the Union address. “I think Speaker Pelosi is playing Service Agency offi ces beginning Thurs- begin in earnest once the government “Sadly, given the security concerns politics,” said House Minority Leader day to process payments and take care is reopened,” the Democrats said in a John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican and unless government re-opens this Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, of other immediate priorities. statement. who fl ew with Mr. Trump aboard Air week, I suggest that we work together who called the move unbecoming. Mr. Trump also quietly signed into Another bipartisan eff ort in the Sen- Force One this week. “On this issue, the to determine another suitable date,” she Homeland Security Secretary law Wednesday legislation to ensure that ate is seeking support for a letter urging president is a carnivore.” said in a letter to Mr. Trump. She said Kirstjen Nielsen batted aside Mrs. Pe- all employees — including those who Mr. Trump to agree to a three-week The shutdown is nearing the end of the annual speech is deemed a special losi’s reasoning, saying her department have done no work over the past month pause in the shutdown, giving Congress a its fourth week. The White House said security event and places “extraordinary and the Secret Service are “fully pre- — are paid once the shutdown ends. chance to debate his border wall request it has made two off ers — one of them it demands” on the government, requir- pared to support and secure the State The White House said Mr. Trump’s in the usual legislative process. has publicly revealed — but has received ing weeks of planning among dozens of the Union.” meeting with the bipartisan Problem “We will make our best eff orts to no counteroff ers from Democrats. Senate of agencies. Congress approved funding for itself Solvers Caucus was constructive. negotiate in good faith a resolution on Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of By tradition, the State of the Union for 2019, so it is operating as usual. “They listened to one another, and border security,” said Sen. Christopher New York insisted that Democrats did is delivered each year to a joint session Democrats and Republicans trade now both have a good understanding of A. Coons, Delaware Democrat. make a counteroff er, but he wouldn’t of Congress in the House chamber. The blame for the shutdown and debate what the other wants,” said White House Also working on the letter is Sen. detail it for reporters Wednesday. speaker offi cially invites the president which side is hurting public employees press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Re- Without new funding, hundreds of — though they usually agree ahead of who are left out of work or without pay. “We look forward to more conversations publican who has forged a curious strong thousands of federal government em- time on the date. The White House signaled Tuesday that like this.” working relationship with Mr. Trump. ployees are on furlough and hundreds of Mrs. Pelosi said no State of the Union the shutdown could cut into economic But the Democrats at the meeting said But Republican leaders doubted the thousands of “essential” employees are has been delivered during a government growth this quarter. their message to Mr. Trump was to agree letter would break the impasse. They working with their paychecks delayed shutdown for the past four decades. Yet 4 in 5 people told an ABC/Wash- to immediately reopen the government, pointed to Mrs. Pelosi’s fi rm “no” to Mr. until the shutdown ends. The shutdown If Mr. Trump wants to go through ington Post poll this weekend that putting off his demands for a border wall. Trump last week when he asked whether covers nine departments, including with the speech as scheduled, she said, they haven’t felt any eff ects from the “There is also strong agreement that she would agree to allocate money for a Homeland Security, which oversees the he should deliver it from the White shutdown. if we reopen the government, the pos- border wall if he agreed to reopen the Secret Service. House. The Trump administration continued sibility exists to work together and fi nd government. Mrs. Pelosi said the funding diffi culties Fellow Democrats backed her call for to make moves to limit the impact. The common ground to tackle some of our ⦁ Dave Boyer contributed to this report.

Mr. Hogan is hamstrung to an extent MARYLAND by Democratic supermajorities in the From page A1 state House and Senate, but those attending the inaugural ceremony said they someone we love,” said Mr. Hogan, who were hopeful that the governor would has battled skin cancer. “We all suff er continue steering the state back toward enough challenges in our lives that give the middle after years of one-party rule. us plenty to worry about. You shouldn’t “I know they say ‘Don’t be in the have to obsess over or argue constantly middle of the road unless you’re a dead about angry and divisive politics.” skunk’ … but middle of the road’s what He lauded his late father, Lawrence you have to be in Maryland,” said former Hogan Sr., a former Republican con- state Sen. Gail Bates, a Republican who gressman who supported impeaching lost her re-election bid last year. “We’re a President Nixon amid the Watergate very diverse state, and I think Gov. Hogan scandal, as an example of someone who is amazing at steering that course.” did what they believed was right regard- Others were pondering what could be less of politics. next for the governor when he leaves offi ce. “No man — not even the president Mr. Hogan, who cannot run for a third of the United States — is above the law,” consecutive term, is vice chairman of the said the governor, quoting his father. National Governors Association and is Mr. Hogan, who boasts eye-popping in line to become the bipartisan group’s approval ratings and cruised to a double- next chairman. digit victory last year, has distanced him- “He could run for president,” said self from President Trump, who remains Namrata Ram of Rockville, who works unpopular in a state where registered in the state education system. “He’s able Democrats outnumber Republicans by to work both sides of the aisle, and we a 2-1 margin. need that.” Mr. Hogan said his father was proud ASSOCIATED PRESS Ms. Ram said she thought it was great to serve in Congress with Bush, who Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, accompanied by his wife Yumi and other family members, greeted House Speaker Michael E. Busch, a that Mr. Hogan cited Bush and McCain died in November, and called the 41st Democrat, aft er taking the oath of offi ce Wednesday. Th e Republican governor called for “bipartisan, common sense” solutions. in his speech. president “a true American hero who “These are role models,” she said. represented the very best of our nation.” “There’s a vast diff erence between what’s He also lauded McCain, a gradu- ahead of his address. “They’re seen. Their microphone appreciate the distinction,” he said. “Do happening today and what happened in ate of the nearby U.S. Naval Academy, “I think Gov. Larry Hogan is the best is louder. Their Twitter feeds, I guess, the right thing, and the politics will work the past.” as “another American hero.” McCain, example in public life today making ef- [are] bigger … and so they have a greater itself out — that was our plan.” Roy Johnson, a retiree from Mont- who died in August, tangled with Mr. forts each and every day to less coarsen responsibility, I think, to turn our culture He touted progress on lowering taxes, gomery County, said he could see Mr. Trump when he was in the Senate, and our culture — to make it stronger, more into a more loving place,” he said. cutting back regulations, funding educa- Hogan on a national ticket someday if the president did not attend McCain’s loving,” he said. As for Maryland, Mr. Hogan said re- tion, protecting health care coverage, he is interested. memorial service. Mr. Bush, who famously clashed with cent years have shown that people can investing in infrastructure and cleaning “In a year that was dismal for Re- “As we look back on the lives of these Mr. Trump during the 2016 campaign rise above partisan rancor. He touted “bi- up the Chesapeake Bay. publicans, he did very well — one of leaders, it makes us yearn for something for the Republican nomination, said partisan, common sense” solutions that “Today, I ask my partners in the legis- the best nationwide,” Mr. Johnson said. better and more noble than the politics culture has become “coarsened” in the have worked for the people of the state. lature to join in reaffi rming our pledge to “Certainly, if he wanted to stay in poli- of today,” Mr. Hogan said. past few decades and that people in the “We didn’t surrender our principles; continue on this bold new path,” he said. tics I don’t see him running for county Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a son of public square have a disproportionate we simply practiced the art of the pos- “Let’s keep putting people’s priorities executive or county council anyplace or the 41st president, introduced Mr. Hogan inﬂ uence on it. sible, and we trusted Marylanders to before partisan interests.” anything like that.”

characteristic, so maligning migrants “It has a history of making racially is the center’s association with John GuideStar CEO Jacob Harold said WATCHDOG wouldn’t qualify as hate anyway. infl ammatory statements, associating Tanton, whom the SPLC labels a racist. it reversed course because there were From page A1 The center’s work is widely cited in with white nationalists and circulating CIS counters that it is independent of “reasonable disagreements” over the the press, including in The Washington the work of racist writers,” he said. “Its Mr. Tanton. labels and because he feared for his persists anyway — which he said was Times. It issues awards for press cover- lawsuit is nothing more than a heavy- The SPLC cut its teeth on taking on employees’ safety after he said they re- evidence of the racket. age of immigration, including, in the past, handed eff ort to try to silence us from the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s and built ceived threats for relying on the SPLC’s “SPLC and its leaders have every right to The Times. Its analysts are regularly exercising our First Amendment right to a sterling reputation and a massive bank determinations. to oppose our work on immigration, called to testify before Congress and express our opinion.” account in doing so. AmazonSmile, a program by internet but they do not have the right to label have been invited to meet with top se- The SPLC, in its write-up, said the In recent years, the group has become commerce giant Amazon to allow users us a hate group and suggest we are rac- curity offi cials in the Obama and Trump center made the list in 2016 after circulat- a major player in questions of Muslim to donate money to nonprofi ts, also has ists,” he said. “The Center for Immigra- administrations. ing a weekly reading list that sometimes rights and the immigration debate, and it cited SPLC’s designation as a reason to tion Studies is fi ghting back against the The center’s work also is used by linked to “white nationalist and antise- has expanded its list of haters to include terminate the account for the Center SPLC smear campaign and its attempt independent fact-checkers such as Politi- mitic writers” and by commissioning groups that may have taken politically for Immigration Studies, according to to stifl e debate through intimidation and Fact.com, which in 2017 fact-checked work from a former Heritage Founda- controversial stands but had not gener- the lawsuit. name-calling.” the SPLC’s hate designation. PolitiFact tion employee who the SPLC said had ally been accused of racism. The center says that has cost it at least The Center for Immigration Studies is concluded that most of the evidence was been ousted “for his embrace of racist The more expansive role also has $10,000 in donations. not the only group to protest the SPLC’s guilt by association. pseudoscience.” earned it new headaches. Because it doesn’t meet the SPLC’s profl igate use of the hate tag, but it ap- Under the Trump administration, the Of Mr. Krikorian, the SPLC says: The SPLC last year agreed to pay a defi nition of a hate group yet the SPLC pears to be the fi rst to mount a challenge center’s profi le has grown. Some former “While capable of appearing as a sober- $3.4 million settlement to a Muslim activ- uses that label online, the center said, under RICO, a law that is usually associ- staff ers have been hired for government minded policy analyst in some settings, ist whom the group in 2016 listed among it amounts to wire fraud in violation ated with the FBI’s anti-mob eff orts. jobs, and analysts have conducted in- longtime CIS executive director Mark “anti-Muslim extremists.” Mr. Cohen is- of RICO. The center says the SPLC defi nes hate terviews with top Homeland Security Krikorian’s contributions to the immi- sued a statement in June acknowledging The center says it wants a judge to groups as organizations whose offi cial Department offi cials in events broadcast gration policy debate rarely rise above his group botched that one. award damages and order the SPLC to statements or activities “attack or malign on C-SPAN. petulant commentary dashed with ex- The group has been making increas- remove the “hate” label, and it wants the an entire class of people, typically for Those interviews raised the ire of tremist statements.” ing forays into activism, which can build SPLC to affi rmatively state on its website their immutable characteristics.” congressional Democrats. Joe Crowley, Among other evidence, the SPLC lists tension with its more long-standing role “that CIS is not a hate group.” Mr. Krikorian said that doesn’t defi ne as House Democratic caucus chair- in its 8,000-word write-up the center’s as a clearinghouse for information. RICO has been used to settle other his group, whose motto is “pro immi- man, fi red off a note last year urg- support for mandatory E-Verify, the GuideStar, another clearinghouse thorny political clashes, including by grant, low immigration.” In practice, he ing the chief of U.S. Immigration and federal government’s voluntary program for information on nonprofi ts, last year the National Organization for Women, said, that means the center makes the Customs Enforcement to cancel an to let businesses check the legal status adopted the SPLC’s hate list and at- which in the 1980s and 1990s fi led civil case for “fewer immigrants but a warmer appearance, saying the Center for Im- of potential hires. tached the label to dozens of profi les in RICO claims against pro-life activists at welcome for those admitted.” migration Studies spread “abhorrent Senate Minority Leader Charles E. its infl uential database. Among those abortion clinics. The center says it doesn’t think its viewpoints, including white suprema- Schumer, New York Democrat, spoke slapped with the label was the Center The National Organization for work amounts to attacks on people but cism and anti-Semitism.” glowingly of E-Verify this month, but the for Immigration Studies. Women said the protesters’ actions rather attempts to raise policy questions. Mr. Cohen, in a statement to The SPLC cast the program in a more nefari- After protests, GuideStar reversed amounted to extortion and asked for Beyond that, Mr. Krikorian said, Times, said the center “richly deserves ous light, saying it was a linchpin of the itself and removed the label from all of triple damages allowed under RICO. the Supreme Court has held that being the hate group label” and he looked “anti-immigrant movement.” the 46 groups it had targeted on SPLC’s Decades of litigation produced a mixed an immigrant is not an immutable forward to battling the group in court. 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“I would like to invite the Clemson Tiger football team here for a great meal.” — Michael Strahan, a co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” and former football player, off ering to Nation treat the college team to a lobster meal aft er being served fast food at a White House reception

FEMINISM Women’s March relocates to smaller venue National Park Service denies pressuring feminist group to cancel annual event

BY VALERIE RICHARDSON

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Three days before the 2019 Women’s March, organizers announced they had moved to a smaller venue as the third annual march confronts bad weather, a government shutdown and a dramatic drop of support on the left. The Women’s March said Wednesday it had changed its starting point to Free- dom Plaza at the corner of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue — instead of the National Mall — with plans to march “past the Trump Hotel.” The Women’s March said it had been required to relocate by the National Park Service due to snow and accused the agency of pressuring the group to cancel the Saturday event, which NPS spokesman Mike Litterst denied as “patently false.” “Any assertion that the National Park Service has encouraged any organizer to cancel their First Amendment demonstration is patently false,” said Mr. Litterst ASSOCIATED PRESS in an email. “For generations, Americans Th e Women’s March said it changed its starting point Wednesday to the Freedom Plaza at the corner of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue — instead of the National Mall. have come to the National Mall to exer- cise their Constitutionally-guaranteed rights to assemble and be heard.” because of the possibility of bad weather.” National co-chair Carmen Perez also Jewish women, our leadership abhors has dipped to fewer than 200, according He referred to a Wednesday tweet “However, National Park Service wrote an op-ed for the progressive Jew- anti-Semitism and homophobia, and to the website. saying that “NPS wanted us to cancel spokesman Mike Litterst said a change ish publication Forward acknowledging these kinds of comments are and will Adding three Jewish women — Co- the march altogether. We told them we in venue came at the request of the or- that the leadership “failed to act rapid always be unacceptable.” lumbia University student Abby Stein, were marching with or without their ganizers,” the station reported. enough to condemn the egregious and The fl urry of activity came after a Bend the Arc’s April Baskin, and Yavilah permission, and we secured a permit to The forecast Saturday for Washing- hateful statements made by a fi gure golden public-relations opportunity — McCoy, founder of Ayecha — to the march on Pennsylvania Avenue, past the ton, D.C., calls for rain as well as tem- who is not associated with the Women’s an appearance on ABC’s “The View” — steering committee was seen as a major Trump Hotel.” peratures in the 30s. March in any way.” backfi red when Ms. Mallory refused to olive branch to the Jewish community, The Indigenous Peoples March and The last-minute change came as Wom- She was apparently referring to Na- condemn Mr. Farrakhan under question- although not everyone was impressed. March for Life are both scheduled for en’s March leaders undertook an eleventh- tion of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, de- ing by co-host Meghan McCain. Nisi Jacobs, founder of WoMen 4 All, Friday in Washington, D.C. hour campaign to repair relations with the scribed by the Anti-Defamation League A day later, the Democratic National a women’s group that specifi cally decries “Permits for First Amendment dem- Jewish community over allegations of anti- as “America’s leading anti-Semite.” Both Committee said it would not sponsor the anti-Semitism, called the eff ort to win onstrations that are currently being pro- Semitism that have plagued the progressive she and co-chair Tamika D. Mallory have 2019 Women’s March and send no speak- over Jewish women by including several cessed include the Indigenous Peoples group for the last year. appeared with him in photos and at ers this year’s event, which is themed on the steering committee “insulting” March, March for Life, and Women’s Organizers, who have denied the al- events, including speaking at a 2015 NOI #WomensWave. and likened the Women’s March to “a March,” Mr. Litterst said. legations, released a 32-member steering rally along with co-chair Linda Sarsour. The group has lost at least a dozen jalopy that’s going off a cliff .” Earlier Wednesday, WTOP reported committee that included three Jewish “The March has evolved over the past partners in the last two weeks. The “I don’t know why anyone would get that, “Organizers said the event is being women; announced the support of nine few months as we humbly acknowledged 2017 Women’s March had more than on it at this point, but that’s what people required to move because of the par- rabbis, and touted the backing of “Jewish our failings,” said Ms. Perez. “I want to be 500 partners, but the number of those are doing, and they’re going to go down tial federal government shutdown and women of color.” clear: our movement is a safe place for lending their support to this year’s event with it,” Ms. Jacobs said.

SUPREME COURT State residency law riles would-be ‘Amazon of liquor’

BY CHRISTOPHER VONDRACEK across the country. THE WASHINGTON TIMES Supreme Court hears Tennessee, Total Wine & More case “No, Amazon wants to operate as the Amazon of liquor, or may, at some point,” The Supreme Court heard arguments alcohol within its borders. A federal representing the trade association. talking about the use of paint, then we’re Mr. Phillips said. “My client operates [as] a Wednesday over a Tennessee law requir- judge and an appeals court struck down But Carter Phillips, an attorney for really getting pretty far aﬁ eld from the more brick-and-mortar business that says, ing liquor store owners to reside in the the two-year rule, which they said vio- Total Wine and the Ketchum family, said: state’s structuring in-state distribution ‘We’re perfectly comfortable operating state for at least two years, prompting lated the Constitution’s interstate com- “All we are seeking is the opportunity to and sale,” said Illinois Solicitor General within the sphere of regulation that the one justice to ask a big box store chal- merce clause and discriminated against compete in this market.” David Franklin, who argued on behalf state imposes on every in-state operator.’” lenging the law if it aims to become the Total Wine and the Ketchum family, who Historically, the court has allowed of 35 states and the District, who are Justice Gorsuch wasn’t satisﬁ ed and “Amazon of liquor.” owns the Memphis store. states to regulate liquor markets to pro- joining the Tennessee liquor retailers in returned to his question later in the oral Two alcohol retailers — a Memphis On Wednesday, the retail association tect the health and safety of communi- asking the court to uphold the two-year arguments. liquor store owned by a family who — along with 35 states and the District ties, but some justices questioned just residency requirement. “Why isn’t this just the camel’s nose recently had moved from Utah and of Columbia — sought to persuade the how much latitude a state could have in The case harkened back to the court’s under the tent?” he asked. Maryland-based Total Wine & More justices that Tennessee’s tough require- imposing peculiar, even protectionist decision last summer in South Dakota v. “Well, if only because under these — sought licenses from the Tennessee ments for selling alcohol is constitutional regulations. Wayfair, in which the justices ruled that circumstances, as the camel at least, or I Alcoholic Beverage Commission in 2016. under the 21st Amendment, which re- “Suppose any liquor store has to states can tax purchases from out-of-state guess I’m the nose of the camel, that’s not But a trade association representing pealed Prohibition in 1933. use paint made in Tennessee. Asphalt businesses. what I’m looking for,” Mr. Phillips replied. 500 liquor store owners in Tennessee “All along the way, this court recog- made in Tennessee for the parking lot? “But isn’t the next business model Both liquor stores currently are oper- objected, citing a rule requiring sellers nized the states’ power to do so as part of Neon — you know, I can go on,” Justice just to try and operate as the Amazon of ating in Tennessee. Total Wine opened to be in-state residents for two years. their virtually complete control over how Stephen G. Breyer said, evoking laughter liquor?” Justice Neil M. Gorsuch asked a 30,000-square-foot store in Knoxville, Wednesday’s arguments focused on to structure the liquor distraction sys- in the gallery. Mr. Phillips, whose client, Total Wine, Tennessee, which is the largest in the how far can a state go in regulating tem,” said Shay Doretzky, a D.C. lawyer “I suppose at some point, if we’re is a $3 billion operation with 200 stores state, according to a court brief.

TERROR FBI: Man planned jihad attack on White House, D.C. memorials

BY VICTOR MORTON West Wing in a composition notebook.

THE WASHINGTON TIMES “He said the group would fi ght to the end and make it a big bang,” the A Georgia man was arrested Wednes- charging document states, adding that day on suspicion of planning a jihad he discussed having a “base” for his attack on the White House, other high- group, and from there, giving speeches profi le national targets and at least one “to motivate people” and show clips of Jewish site in the nation’s capital. “oppressed Muslims.” Hasher Jallal Taheb was taken in Earlier this month, he completed after a year-long FBI sting operation and uploaded to Google Docs a 40- that grew out of local authorities’ fears page manifesto on “defensive jihad” that that the 21-year-old Muslim living in talked of “creating and leading his group Cumming had “become radicalized, to conduct violent attacks,” according to changed his name and made plans to the complaint. travel abroad,” according to a criminal ASSOCIATED PRESS Over the weekend , according to the complaint fi led Wednesday with a fed- A Georgia man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of planning a jihad attack on the White House, Washington Monument, aff adavit, Mr. Taheb gave the FBI infor- eral court in Atlanta. Lincoln Memorial and a synagogue not specifi ed in the complaint beyond being in the Washington metropolitan area. mant a camera, an American fl ag and “The [Joint Terrorism Task Force] ini- an Israeli fl ag and said the attack would tiated the case after receiving a tip from happen Thursday. the community,” B. J. Pak, U.S. attorney AT-4,” an anti-tank rocket launcher. included the Washington Monument, all to do jihad today.” He met his two “accomplices” Wednes- for the Northern District of Georgia, said According to the criminal complaint, the Lincoln Memorial and a “specifi c He also purportedly told the infor- day in the parking lot of a store in Buford, in a statement. Mr. Taheb told an FBI informant in Octo- synagogue” that was not specifi ed in mant that he wanted to be a “martyr” and Georgia, but was arrested after he took pos- The attack was supposed to come ber in a meeting in Cumming, about 40 the complaint beyond its being in the do as much damage as possible. session of two weapons-laden backpacks Thursday and, the complaint states, Mr. miles north of Atlanta, that he “wished Washington metropolitan area. During weeks of conversing with the and put them in a rented car. Taheb was arrested immediately after to conduct an attack in the United States According to the document, Mr. informant and an undercover agent, the Mr. Taleb appeared in court in At- picking up the planned weapons — “three against targets such as the White House Taheb told the informant that “jihad complaint states, he sought help obtaining lanta briefl y on Wednesday to have the semi-automatic assault rifl es, three explo- and the Statue of Liberty.” was the best deed in Islam and the peak weapons and explosives and showed off a charges explained. His next court ap- sive devices with remote initiation and one The other targets of the attack plot of Islam,” and “it was not complicated at hand-drawn diagram of the White House’s pearance has been set for Jan. 24. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019 ☆ R NATION | A7

“Build the wall.” The president’s Bureau of Eco- lawsuit comes 10 days after Mr. Walker left offi ce, SUPPORT “Most Republicans recognize nomic Advisers now calculates BRIEFLY replaced by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. From page A1 that Democrats have no interest that lost wages of federal con- Planned Parenthood wants to repeal laws in getting a handle on illegal tractors and employees, coupled THE NATION that require only doctors to perform abortions, coming from.” immigration. In fact, Democrats with their reduced spending and women seeking abortion-causing medicine to see Count Mr. Godfrey among are doing their best to incentiv- investment, will lower economic the same doctor on two separate visits, and doc- the president’s base that remains ize illegal immigration with the growth by 0.13 percent per week MICHIGAN tors be present when dispensing the drugs. rock-solid as the partial govern- explosion of sanctuary cities and that the hit will increase Michigan State interim president — Associated Press ment shutdown drags on for a across the country, driver’s li- over time. fourth week. censes for illegals, free health However, Mr. Hassett said the to resign amid Nassar scandal fallout NEW YORK A Quinnipiac University poll care and even voting rights in economy will rebound when the Michigan State University’s interim president Chairman puts up $5 billion to buy released this week found that some cases for illegal aliens,” Mr. shutdown ends and the workers says he’s stepping down in a week in response to 86 percent of Republican voters O’Connell said. collect their back pay. a request from the school’s governing board. ailing Sears chain; future still uncertain approve of Mr. Trump’s perfor- “Republicans see the writing The administration has made John Engler sent an 11-page letter Wednes- NEW YORK | Sears lives on — at least for now. mance, up from 82 percent in on the wall, and they recognize several moves to soften the im- day to Dianne Byrum, chairwoman of Michigan Its chairman and biggest shareholder, Eddie December before the shutdown. that Donald Trump is the last, pact of the shutdown. State’s Board of Trustees. Lampert, won tentative approval for a $5 billion Tim Malloy, assistant director best chance to get illegal immi- The Internal Revenue Ser- It makes no mention of recent criticism of his plan to keep the ailing, 132-year-old department- of the poll, called the president’s gration under control.” vice is calling back about 46,000 remarks about victims of former sports doctor store chain in business, fending off demands from base “granite strong.” He credited Stephanie Guiles, a legal aide employees to work unpaid while Larry Nassar. Instead, he lists his accomplishments creditors that it throw in the towel, according to a their loyalty with keeping Mr. who lives in Easton, Maryland, processing income tax refunds, in his one year of service and says the university is person familiar with the negotiations. Trump’s overall approval rating said the fi ght against illegal im- which will help reduce the drag a “dramatically better, stronger institution.” The person was not authorized to discuss above 40 percent despite his poor migration keeps her fi rmly en- on the economy. His resignation is eff ective on Jan. 23. the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity showings on honesty, empathy, sconced in the Trump camp, Off ering relief to people such In an editorial board meeting Friday with The Wednesday. leadership and fi tness to serve. though she worries about fed- as Mr. Godfrey, the USDA on Detroit News, Mr. Engler said women sexually as- Mr. Lampert, the hedge fund owner who What’s more, Mr. Trump sus- eral workers going without pay- Wednesday recalled about 2,500 saulted by the now-imprisoned Nassar have been in steered Sears into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protec- tained the party’s support despite checks. She said her cousin is a furloughed employees to tempo- the “spotlight” and are “still enjoying that moment tion in October, aims to keep open roughly 400 polls showing that Americans Transportation Security Admin- rarily reopen some Farm Service at times, you know, the awards and recognition.” stores and preserve tens of thousands of jobs. blame him more than Demo- istration agent. Agency offi ces. Nassar, who molested hundreds of girls and But how long Sears can survive under the crats for the partial government “I’m sick of illegal aliens. I The offices will be open women while employed at Michigan State, is serv- 56-year-old billionaire, who has tried and failed shutdown. know all about illegals, and I Thursday, Friday and Tuesday ing a decades-long prison sentence for molesting to turn it around many times before, remains an Standing fi rm in opposition, thank God I don’t live in Califor- during normal business hours, patients and possessing child pornography. open question. Democrats say Mr. Trump’s de- nia anymore,” said Ms. Guiles, 50. helping farmers and ranchers — Associated Press The company that was the Amazon of its day, mand for $5.7 billion for a fence “They want our illegal aliens to process loans and tax fi lings. selling everything from girdles to snow tires, still or barrier is an ineff ective and have housing [and] health ben- “We are doing our best to CALIFORNIA faces cutthroat competition from the likes of Ama- wasteful border security strategy. efi ts, but our own veterans are minimize the impact of the par- San Francisco pier shooter zon, Target and Walmart. Its stores are looking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, not being taken care of.” tial federal funding lapse on drab and old. And Mr. Lampert hasn’t spelled out California Democrat, calls the The question for the White America’s agricultural produc- seeks dismissal of gun charge how he plans to change the company’s fortunes. wall “immoral” and has signaled House is how long the support ers,” said Agriculture Secretary SAN FRANCISCO | A Mexican national who “While there’s no doubt that a shrunken Sears to the party’s liberal base that Mr. will hold if the shutdown lasts Sonny Perdue. touched off a fi erce immigration debate over his will be more viable than the larger entity, which Trump’s plan is racist. several more weeks or even Polling suggests that most role in the shooting death of a woman walking struggled to turn a profi t, we remain extremely Republican Party strategist months. Americans are not feeling much on a San Francisco pier is seeking to overturn his pessimistic about the chain’s future,” said Neil Ford O’Connell said the illegal White House economic ad- pain from the shutdown. According felony gun possession conviction. Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail. immigration issue is what unites viser Kevin Hassett said Tues- to an ABC News/Washington Post It was the only charge he was found guilty of — Associated Press and energizes Mr. Trump’s sup- day that the partial shutdown poll this weekend, 4 in 5 people said after a jury acquitted him of murder. porters, which is why the crowds is delivering a bigger blow to they haven’t been aff ected. Lawyers for Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate fi led the MICHIGAN at campaign rallies in 2016 spon- the economy than he originally ⦁ Dave Boyer contributed to expected appeal last week. Kia to recall cars to fi x taneously broke out in chants of projected. this report. Garcia-Zarate says he didn’t know he was holding a gun when it fi red and fatally struck problem that can cause fi res Kate Steinle in the back as she walked with her DETROIT | Kia says it will ignore the partial father on the pier in 2015. U.S. government shutdown and recall more than Garcia-Zarate had been deported fi ve times and 68,000 vehicles to fi x a fuel pipe problem that can was wanted for a sixth deportation at the time. cause engine fi res. — Associated Press The problem stems from previous recall re- pairs due to engine failures. WISCONSIN The Korean automaker also says it will do a Planned Parenthood challenges “product improvement campaign” to install sensors in 1.7 million U.S. vehicles that will alert driv- Wisconsin abortion laws ers to possible engine failures and send the cars MADISON | Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin into a reduced-speed “limp” mode if problems asked a federal judge on Wednesday to repeal are detected. state laws that make it more diffi cult for women, Kia confi rmed the recall and improvement particularly in rural areas, to receive abortions. campaign Wednesday after The Associated Press The lawsuit fi led in federal court in Madison found in Canadian government records that the targets restrictions enacted by the Republican recall is being done in that country. Legislature under former Gov. Scott Walker. The — Associated Press

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“Th e Army has aligned itself with Secretary Mattis’ National Defense Strategy, which we will not walk away from. It’s a solid strategy, it’s written in history, it’s written in the blood of generations past, and we subscribe to it.” —Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, President Trump’s choice to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , expressing support for the policies World of the ousted defense secretary and the need for strong alliances at an Association of the U.S. Army event Wednesday

NORTH KOREA North Korean visit could set up second summit

route to Washington for private meetings Kim Jong-un and Mr. Trump, seeking to analysts that Kim Jon Un may seeking A key “objective” for administration U.S. hoping for with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo provide new momentum of a denucle- through a second face-to-face summit offi cials meeting with the North Koreans Thursday night or Friday. arization accord the two men signed at to go around those advisers and strike ahead of any second Trump-Kim summit, breakthrough in A foreign diplomatic source said last year’s milestone summit in Singapore a deal directly with Mr. Trump, seeking Mr. Maxwell added, “must be to disabuse that the North Korean delegation is also in June. some form of interim sanctions relief Kim of the notion that he can get a di- denuclearization seeking a meeting with Mr. Trump and News reports say a second Trump- in exchange for giving up Pyongyang’s rect agreement from Trump that is not Special Representative for North Korea Kim summit would likely occur some- ballistic missiles that can reach the U.S. built on the foundation of working-level BY GUY TAYLOR Stephen Biegun. The State Department time in February or March in Vietnam. homeland. negotiations.”

THE WASHINGTON TIMES said only that there are “no meetings to The South Korean newspaper Chosun Mr. Pompeo acknowledged to Fox “Sanctions relief cannot be a con- announce.” Ilbo reported that U.S. offi cials are con- News last week that the administration cession,” he added. “This isn’t rocket North Korea’s top nuclear negotia- Analysts said the administration is sidering off ering to ease economic sanc- is pursuing “lots of ideas about how we science.” tor is slated to arrive in Washington reluctant to publicize the visit out of tions on North Korea in exchange for might continue to decrease the risk to But the preparatory work for a second Thursday for meetings with the Trump concern the North Koreans may back out Pyongyang freezing its nuclear programs the American people.” summit remains unclear. U.S. offi cials administration, according to diplomatic at the last minute, a concern heightened and shipping its arsenal long-range bal- David Maxwell, a retired Army Spe- say Mr. Biegun, the main point for such sources, who say U.S. offi cials are hoping by the fact that Kim Yong Chol abruptly listic missiles out of the country. cial Forces colonel and North Korea negotiations, has been unable to set up for a breakthrough in the stalled denucle- canceled a planned November meeting But private analysts in the U.S. call expert with the Foundation for Defense a direct meeting with his North Korean arization process and a possible second with Mr. Pompeo in New York. that scenario unlikely, with Mr. Trump’s of Democracies in Washington, said counterpart, despite several attempts. summit between President Trump and South Korea’s NK News noted that top advisers on North Korea, including that the president may be eyeing a more The State Department has remained North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Mr. Kim is currently under U.S. Trea- Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Biegun and National ambitious breakthrough. mum this week on whether Mr. Biegun While U.S. offi cials have declined to sury Department sanction, meaning Security Adviser John Bolton all commit- “I have to believe that our govern- will be traveling during the coming days conﬁ rm the visit by Kim Yong-chol, a he would need an exemption to legally ted to keeping the sanctions in place until ment and the national security apparatus to try again in Sweden, where North close aide to Mr. Kim and Pyongyang’s enter the U.S. North Korea irreversibly surrenders its would never agree to such a deal, though Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe former spy chief, South Korean media re- Most see a Pompeo-Kim meeting as a nuclear and missile programs. I cannot predict what [Mr. Trump] will Son-hui is reported to be attending an ported that he left Beijing Wednesday en precursor to a second summit between But there is wariness among some do,” Mr. Maxwell said Wednesday. international conference.

BRITAIN BRIEFLY May keeps job, still faces blocked Brexit deal THE WORLD

BY JILL LAWLESS AND DANICA KIRKA nothing seems to faze her,” he said. “She IRAN ASSOCIATED PRESS just keeps on going.” Anchorwoman on state TV Mrs. May’s determination — or, as her LONDON | British Prime Minister The- critics see it, her infl exibility — might reportedly detained in U.S. resa May survived a no-confi dence vote not be an asset in a situation calling for TEHRAN | A prominent American in Parliament on Wednesday to remain in a change of course. The prime minister anchorwoman on Iranian state televi- offi ce — but saw more of her power ebb has until Monday to come up with a new sion’s English-language service has away as she battled to keep her plan to Brexit plan. been arrested by the FBI after fl ying take Britain out of the European Union Many lawmakers think a softer de- into the U.S., the broadcaster reported on track after lawmakers demolished her parture that retained a single market or Wednesday. The FBI did not immedi- compromise divorce deal with the EU. customs union membership with the EU is ately respond to requests for comment Mrs. May won a narrow victory, 325 the only plan capable of winning a majority and it was unclear what was the basis votes to 306 votes, on an opposition in Parliament. They fear the alternative is for detentions. Labor Party motion seeking to topple an abrupt “no-deal” withdrawal from the The reported detention of Press TV’s her government and trigger a general bloc, which businesses and economists fear Marzieh Hashemi, born Melanie Franklin election. would cause turmoil. of New Orleans, comes as Iran faces Now it’s back to Brexit, where Mrs. But Brexit hawks within the Conserva- increasing criticism of its own arrests of May is caught between the rock of her tive Party are pressing for a clean break, dual nationals and others with Western own negotiating red lines and the hard dismissing Mrs. May’s warnings as fear- ties, previously used as bargaining chips place of a Parliament that wants to force mongering that defi es the result of the 2016 in negotiations with world powers. a radical change of course but can’t agree national referendum in favor of leaving. Iran’s state broadcaster, Press TV, on which way to go. With no clear majority in Parlia- said Ms. Hashemi, who has worked at After winning the vote, Mrs. May said ment for any single alternative, there’s the state broadcaster service for 25 years, she would hold talks “in a constructive a growing chance that Britain may seek had been arrested after arriving at St. spirit” with leaders of opposition parties to postpone its departure date while Louis Lambert International Airport on and other lawmakers, starting immedi- politicians work on a new plan — or even Sunday. Her son, Reza Hashemi, report- ately, in a bid to fi nd a way forward for hand the decision back to voters in a new edly had been detained as well. Britain’s EU exit. referendum on Britain’s EU membership. — Associated Press Legislators ripped up Mrs. May’s European leaders are now preparing Brexit blueprint Tuesday by rejecting the for the worst, although German Chancel- CONGRESS exit agreement she has been negotiating lor Angela Merkel said there was still Republicans protest plan with the EU over the last two years. That ASSOCIATED PRESS time for further talks. She told report- it would lose was widely expected, but British Prime Minister Th eresa May survived a no-confi dence vote in Parliament, but ers in Berlin that “we are now waiting for fold House terror panel the scale of the rout — 432 votes to 202, lawmakers demolished her Brexit deal with the European Union on Wednesday. to see what the British prime minister House Republicans are up in arms the biggest defeat government defeat proposes.” over a reported plan by the new Demo- in British parliamentary history — was But her measured remarks contrasted cratic chairman of the House Foreign devastating for Mrs. May’s leadership division when we need unity, it would they fear could bring Mr. Corbyn and a with the blunt message from French Aff airs Committee that could abolish the and her Brexit deal. bring chaos when we need certainty, left-wing Labor government to power. President Emmanuel Macron, who told panel’s anti-terrorism subcommittee and Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and it would bring delay when we need Had the government lost, Britain Britons to “fi gure it out yourselves.” He replace it with one focusing in part on responded with the no-confi dence mo- to move forward.” would have faced a snap election within said London needed to get realistic about President Trump’s business interests. tion, and urged the government to “do The government survived Wednes- weeks, just before the country is due to what was possible. The reorganization eyed by new the right thing and resign.” day’s vote with support from the minor- leave the European Union on March 29. EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier committee Chairman Eliot Engel, New Mrs. May, dealing with a fractious ity government’s Northern Irish ally, the Political analyst Anand Menon, from said the bloc was stepping up prepara- York Democrat, was fi rst reported by government, a divided Parliament and a Democratic Unionist Party. Many pro- the research group U.K. in a Changing tions for a disorderly “no-deal” Brexit The New Yorker. gridlocked Brexit process, said she was Brexit Conservatives who voted against Europe, said Mrs. May has displayed a after Parliament’s actions left Europe “Since 9/11, the [Terrorism, Nonpro- staying put. The Conservative prime Mrs. May’s deal backed her in the no- remarkable ability to soldier on. “fearing more than ever that there is a liferation and Trade Subcommittee] has minister said an election “would deepen confi dence vote to avoid an election that “The thing about Theresa May is that risk” of a cliff -edge departure. been vital in better securing America and promoting trade,” Texas Rep. Mi- chael McCaul, the ranking Republican on the House foreign aff airs panel, said in DEFENSE missiles — which can travel roughly 1 threats.” an interview. “I hear the new one will be mile per second — is a top priority inside Still, it’s clear that nuclear tensions dedicated to partisan politics. I strongly the Pentagon and is widely viewed as one with Moscow form the backdrop of any urge my friend to reconsider.” Trump to unveil deep of the next great military threats facing discussion about missile defenses. Mr. Engel, who became chairman the U.S. and its allies. In October, Mr. Trump announced with the Democratic takeover of The Chinese military is actively test- he’d pull the U.S. out of the 1987 Inter- the House in November’s midterm review of missile defense ing and researching such weapons, and mediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) election, has repeatedly questioned Russian President Vladimir Putin last Treaty, a Cold War-era deal that limits Mr. Trump’s commercial empire and month boasted that Moscow already has both the U.S. and Russia from possessing, how they may be aff ecting foreign First sweeping study in nearly 10 years a hypersonic nuclear missile known as building or deploying any missiles and policy. the Avangard that’s capable of evading launch systems with a range of between — Lauren Meier B Y BEN WOLFGANG of rogue nations aiming nuclear weap- any missile defense system on earth. 300 and 3,400 miles.

THE WASHINGTON TIMES ons at American shores, necessitated a “The Avangard is invulnerable to in- Mr. Trump cast the decision as nec- HONDURAS broader look at the nation’s defenses, tercept by any existing and prospective essary because Moscow has already Caravan marching through Amid heightened threats around the offi cials said. missile defense means of the potential violated the agreement and the U.S. world and Russia’s claim of a new in- “We’re expanding the scope of what adversary,” the Russian leader said. must keep pace and begin building up Guatemala on way to U.S. vulnerable weapon, President Trump we’re postured to defend against with Officials didn’t specifically men- its own arsenal. AGUA CALIENTE, GUATEMALA | More and Pentagon leaders on Thursday will this new review,” a senior Trump admin- tion Russia’s hypersonic capability, but “Until people come to their senses, than 1,000 Hondurans were walking release the fi rst sweeping review of istration offi cial told reporters Wednes- stressed that the review is built on pre- we will build it up,” the president said and hitchhiking through Guatemala U.S. missile defense systems in nearly day on a conference call. paring the U.S. for the next generation in October. on Wednesday, heading toward the a decade. Mr. Trump will speak at the Penta- of threats. The oft-delayed report faces a num- Mexico border as part of a new cara- The study, fi rst commissioned in 2017 gon on Thursday morning and formally “The review does look at the com- ber of signifi cant changes since its fi rst van of migrants hoping to reach the as part of the Trump administration’s release the comprehensive study, the prehensive environment that the United target release date in early 2017, including United States. broader national security strategy, will fi rst such review since 2010. Ahead of States faces and our allies and partners Mr. Trump’s surprise nuclear diplomacy Guatemala’s migration authority serve as both a review of current U.S. mis- that speech, administration offi cials re- face, and it does posture our forces to with North Korea and the Democratic said just over 1,300 people were able to sile defense systems and also a blueprint mained mum on many of the key details, be prepared for the capabilities that cur- takeover of the House in November’s register at the border and pass through for how to confront new threats, includ- though they did specifi cally say that the rently exist and that we anticipate in the midterm elections. frontier controls under the watchful ing those posed by North Korea, Iran and military is weighing a “space-based layer future,” an administration offi cial said. “With new Democratic leadership in eyes of about 200 police and soldiers at Russia. The review comes as Mr. Trump of sensors” capable of detecting missile But that offi cial also stressed that the the House, the administration is likely to the Agua Caliente crossing. is pulling the U.S. out of a decades-old launches almost instantly. review shouldn’t be viewed as provoca- face much more skepticism than it did Miria Zelaya, who left the Hondu- nuclear treaty with Moscow on shorter- Offi cials also cited advances in so- tive by either Moscow or Beijing. in recent years,” Stephen Young, a senior ran city of Colon and was traveling range nuclear weapons, raising fears that called hypersonic weapons by rivals such “Our defense capabilities are purely analyst with the Union of Concerned with 12 relatives, said she was not the two Cold War foes are positioning as Russia and China as one specifi c area defensive,” the offi cial said. “Our mis- Scientists, wrote in an analysis this week. dismayed by tougher immigration poli- themselves for a 21st-century arms race. the report will address. sile defense capabilities are primarily “The Pentagon should not expect blank cies under President Trump. That reality, along with the possibility Defending against hypersonic postured to stay ahead of rogue state checks ... going forward.” — Associated Press THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019 ☆ R WORLD | A9

INSIDE TH THEHHEE NAVY CHIEF IN CHINA RING Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John BY BILL GERTZ Richardson visited China this week amid Adm. John heightened tensions over naval operations in Richardson (left ), the South China Sea, trade diff erences and the chief of naval prosecution of a senior executive from a Chi- operations, met TURKEY SENDING ARMS TO LIBYA nese telecommunications company. this week with U.S. news media were relatively silent senior offi cials of Reports from the Middle East say the Turkish on the admiral’s four-day visit, which ended China’s People’s government is covertly sending arms to Libya in a Wednesday. Liberation Army to bid to further destabilize the failed North African Chinese state media, however, took a hard continue dialogue state. line on the visit and demanded that the United and to specifi cally Brig. Gen. Ahmed al-Mismari, a spokesman States change its stance on the South China Sea address risk for the general command of the Libyan army, said and Taiwan. reduction and a shipment of Turkish weapons was seized at the The Communist Party newspaper Global operational safety Libyan port of Misrata. He said the Turkish weap- Times stated Monday that “increasing concerns measures during ons shipment was seized there Jan. 7 and that about future military friction between the two encounters at it was not the fi rst time that Turks were caught powers have emerged.” sea. violating U.N. sanctions. The report went on to issue a provocative U.S. NAVY The general told the Dubai-based Al Arabiya statement timed for the four-star U.S. admiral’s satellite news network in a statement Jan. 8 that visit: “It is defi nitely wrong if the U.S. thinks it the United States through a Marxist-Leninist in order to protect the rights, freedoms and law- two recent arms shipments — an earlier cache has more rights than China in the South China lens as an imperialist power to be vanquished, if ful uses of sea and airspace guaranteed to all,” he was intercepted Dec. 18 at a port called Khoms Sea and the Taiwan Straits. If dialogue fails to not through nonmilitary means then, ultimately, said in Nanjing. “This will not change. Enhanc- — are signs that the “Turkish administration is help Washington understand this, Beijing needs by force. ing the prosperity of all is the direct result of a following a new scenario to destabilize Libya to take practical action to help the U.S. correct Critics have said the overemphasis on secure and orderly maritime domain.” dependent on assassinations, as these shipments its vision. military exchanges undermines American and During the visit, Adm. Richardson met with have ammunition, weapons and silencers used in “China must have the ability to make rivals allied eff orts to pressure China into changing its PLA Navy commander Vice Adm. Shen Jinlong assassinations, after previously sending explosives pay unbearable costs when the country is forced aggressive behavior in the South and East China and held what were described as “frank and sub- and combat bombs found by the Libyan army with into off shore combat and also the unquestion- seas. In the East China Sea, China is demanding stantive” discussions on maritime and air safety terrorist groups in Benghazi and Darnah.” able capability of strategic nuclear counterat- that the Japanese-claimed Senkaku Islands are under international law. The two offi cials also Gen. al-Mismari stated that the large weapons tack,” the Global Times said. its territory. The United States has repeatedly discussed future opportunities for joint naval transfers from Turkey “go beyond sabotaging The newspaper, a major anti-U.S. propaganda announced that the Senkakus are covered under engagements. Libya and prolonging its crisis but also target the organ, also said China is willing to negotiate but the U.S.-Japanese defense treaty. Adm. Shen cut short a visit to the United security of neighboring countries such as Tunisia “will not tolerate others crossing its bottom line.” In the South China Sea, however, the United States in September after the Trump adminis- and Algeria.” The United States has demanded that Beijing States in the past has sought to stay neutral in tration imposed sanctions on a senior Chinese The general described the arms program as a remove advanced anti-aircraft and anti-ship mis- sovereignty disputes, a position that has embold- general and the PLA’s Equipment Department “dangerous plan” of the Islamist government of siles deployed on disputed islands in the South ened Beijing. for violating U.S. sanctions that seek to punish Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that China Sea. Washington is also building closer The commander of the Indo-Pacifi c Com- Russia for its takeover of Ukraine’s Crimea. is “based on supporting extremist movements, ties with Taiwan through arms sales and higher- mand stated in congressional testimony last year Under a major reorganization that created [and] extends to all Arab countries.” level offi cial visits. that the festering dispute of man-made islands in fi ve Chinese military regional commands, the A Libyan army offi cer investigating the Khoms China regards U.S. military visits like that of the sea has resulted in China’s ability to control commander of the navy was demoted from full arms shipment was the target of an assassination the chief of naval operations as a key element of the entire strategic waterway, which carries up admiral to vice admiral, a diminution in stature attempt, and Gen. al-Mismari said he believes the Beijing’s strategic infl uence operation designed to $5 trillion annually in trade. that refl ects the increased power of regional Ankara government was behind the attack. The to provide misleading or false information about Adm. Richards visited the PLA Navy Com- commanders. assassination attempt is aimed at shutting down the People’s Liberation Army, the Communist mand College on Tuesday in Nanjing and took “It important for all military, law enforce- probes of the weapons shipments through Turk- Party-ruled military that is nothing like its part in a roundtable discussion. ment, and civilian vessels and aircraft, includ- ish agents and Libyan militias, “most notably the American counterpart. In an indirect reference to China’s claims to ing those in the PLA Navy, the Chinese Coast Libyan Islamic Fighting Group,” he said. Pentagon policymakers for at least a decade owning large swaths of the South China Sea, Guard and the People’s Armed Forces Maritime The general urged the U.N. Security Council have promoted military exchanges as a way to Adm. Richardson emphasized the lawful and Militia, to operate in a safe and professional to investigate Turkey’s actions against Libya. attempt to “build trust” with the PLA, some- safe operations that the U.S. Navy conducts manner, in accordance with international law,” Current U.N. sanctions prohibit sending arms thing the Chinese military is incapable of doing around the world. Adm. Richardson said. “Consistent opera- to Libya, a country that descended into chaos because of the harsh anti-U.S. posture of the “The U.S. Navy will continue to conduct tions and behavior are critical to preventing after U.S.-backed NATO intervention in 2011 or- ruling Communist Party. Chinese leaders view routine and lawful operations around the world miscalculation.” dered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the Obama administration. 1981. “In the spirit of ‘Soviet Military Power,’ DIA China expert Rick Fisher said the 140-page Power’ report, as noted in Lt. Gen. Ashley’s DIA RELEASES CHINA MILITARY REPORT began in 2017 to produce a series of unclassifi ed DIA report was the original intention of those preface, it is also a fact that many in the China defense intelligence overviews of major foreign in Congress who legislated what would become watching community have waited for this for two The Defense Intelligence Agency released a military challenges we face,” the report states. the annual report on the Chinese military. That decades,” said Mr. Fisher, who is with the Interna- report Tuesday called “China’s Military Power” The fi rst relaunched DIA power report was on report never achieved the status of the DIA ver- tional Assessment and Strategy Center. that harks back to the Cold War and the Reagan Russia in June 2017. sion and was lacking for decades in content and Mr. Fisher said in the global communica- administration, which produced a similar report DIA Director Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley Jr. direction, as well as a shortage of photos and tions age it is imperative that the Pentagon take on the Soviet Union’s military. said of this week’s China report: “This product illustrations. further steps to translate the report into Chinese, The DIA noted the similarities in a preface and other reports in this series are intended to “While it is certainly welcome that after 20 Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Russian, German and stating that Defense Secretary Caspar Wein- inform our public, our leaders, the national se- years the Trump administration has decided French, at a minimum, and have the translations berger fi rst tasked the agency to produce an curity community and partner nations about the fi nally that the ‘China Military Power’ report will widely distributed. unclassifi ed review of Soviet military strength in challenges we face in the 21st century.” now follow ‘in the spirit’ of the ‘Soviet Military ⦁ Contact Bill Gertz on Twitter at @BillGertz.

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Agency, citing unidentifi ed local sources, said a number of U.S. soldiers were injured and that the U.S. military evacuated them by helicopter. President Trump was briefed on the attack Wednesday morning and later convened a high-level emergency meeting of his national security team, as well as several congressional lawmakers, to discuss the Syria situation. With the Islamic State quickly claiming responsibility, the incident sparked swift political backlash in Washington. Lawmakers, including some key Repub- licans on foreign policy, called on Mr. Trump to reconsider his argument that the Islamic State had been “decimated” in Syria and that U.S. troops could be safely withdrawn. The Manbij bombing “is a reminder that ISIS still has the capacity to carry out attacks,” Rep. Michael T. McCaul of ASSOCIATED PRESS Texas, the ranking Republican on the An Islamic State attack on a joint patrol of American and Kurdish forces in Syria stirred up debate Wednesday in Washington about President Trump’s planned troop withdrawal. House Foreign Aff airs Committee, said in a statement. Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina American lives and our hearts are with comment on whether the attack would is a step back, that would amount to a the bombing is a clear sign that the U.S. Republican and a sometime confi dant of the loved ones of the fallen. We honor aff ect the administration’s withdrawal victory for [the Islamic State].” mission has run its course and should the president, said Mr. Trump’s surprise their memory and we will never forget plan. Mr. Trump reportedly agreed to the be wound down. withdrawal plan announced a month ago their service and sacrifi ce.” Syria withdrawal plan after a December “Why are they doing patrols? They’re was emboldening the Islamic State and The death toll in Manbij is one of the Furious debate conversation with Mr. Erdogan, who in not accomplishing anything for Amer- warned that the attack Wednesday may highest from a single incident suff ered Mr. Trump’s decision to pull out of return agreed to provide Turkish forces ica,” said retired Army Lt. Col. Daniel be only the beginning. by U.S. and coalition forces in Syria since Syria has sparked a furious debate in to battle remnants of the Islamic State in Davis. He added that the attack “should “I know people are frustrated, but President Obama dispatched troops to Washington and in the Middle East. De- the wake of the American withdrawal. accelerate the withdrawal, not keep us we’re never going to be safe here unless Syria to fi ght the Islamic State in 2014. fense Secretary James Mattis and Brett The suicide bombing fueled a raging there.” we are willing to help people over there The bombing site was near the Qasr al McGurk, the White House’s top envoy debate over the strength of the Islamic Mr. Davis, now a senior fellow at who will stand up against this radical Umara restaurant in downtown Manbij, in the fi ght against the Islamic State, State. Mr. Trump noted that the terrorist Defense Priorities, said those backing a ideology,” he said. said to be frequented by American and resigned in protest over the decision. group lost virtually all of the land it once U.S. military presence in Syria continue The attack grew even more prob- European troops as well as members Since then, the president and his top controlled in Iraq and Syria, but analysts to adhere to a post-9/11 mentality — that lematic for the White House when Vice of the Syrian Democratic Forces — the aides have struggled to clarify the time- say the Islamic State still has a strong battling extremists overseas will keep President Mike Pence went ahead with Kurdish and Arab paramilitary group table and conditions under which U.S. core of supporters in the region and the them from attacking the homeland. a planned speech Wednesday morning that helped drive the Islamic State from forces will depart, alarming and angering ability to carry out deadly operations. “We don’t prevent anything here by hours — after news of the Manbij attack its self-styled capital of Raqqa in 2017. states in the region. While the Islamic State “is no longer fi ghting over there,” he said. “We just broke — strongly backing Mr. Trump’s Despite the controversy surrounding Tensions have soared with Turkey, a the force it once was … a withdrawal from make more people we have to fi ght withdrawal plan, which has been criti- the deployment of Syria deployment, at- NATO member that considers the Syr- Syria will give them new life,” Ken Pol- against.” cized by U.S. allies in the region who say tacks targeting members of the U.S.-led ian Kurds fi ghting alongside American lack, a former National Security Council The Trump White House should take it could leave a power vacuum in Syria. coalition there have been rare. In March forces as allies of Kurdish separatist offi cial and CIA Middle East analyst, said a page from the Reagan administration’s “Thanks to the leadership of [Presi- last year, a roadside bomb killed two groups that have long battled the Ankara in an interview. strategy in dealing with the political dent Trump] and the courage and sac- coalition personnel, an American and government. Turkish President Recep “There is no question [the Islamic blowback from the 1983 Marine barracks rifi ce of our armed forces, we’re now a Briton, and wounded fi ve in Manbij. Tayyip Erdogan, who has threatened State] would like to speed our exit and bombing in Beirut, Mr. Davis said. actually able to begin to hand off the fi ght At the Pentagon, acting Defense Sec- to take military action against Kurd- claim credit for pushing us out of Syria,” “Reagan suff ered horrible losses of against ISIS in Syria,” Mr. Pence said in retary Patrick M. Shanahan said the ish forces after the U.S. pullout, said said Mr. Pollack, now a resident scholar Marines who shouldn’t have ever been the speech. “We are bringing our troops Wednesday attack was “stark reminder Wednesday that he did not believe the at the American Enterprise Institute. in Beirut,” he said. “Instead of acceler- home. The caliphate has crumbled, and of the dangerous missions that men Manbij attack would derail Mr. Trump’s “You always want to get the Americans.” ating that and expanding that, he cut ISIS has been defeated.” and women in uniform perform on our withdrawal plans. While opponents of the Syria with- our losses and came home. No more Mr. Pence later issued a statement behalf” in Syria and elsewhere around “I believe that [Mr. Trump] will not drawal are pressing the White House to Americans died.” saying he and Mr. Trump “condemn the world. take a step back in the face of the act of rethink its plans in the wake of the attack, ⦁ Dave Boyer and Lauren Meier con- the terrorist attack in Syria that claimed The defense chief declined to terror,” the Turkish leader said. “If there one former Army offi cer argued that tributed to this report. A10 | METRO ☆ R THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019

“Th is inauguration is not an ordinary event that simply reﬂ ects pageantry and celebratory honors … It should not be taken lightly.” — Former Montgomery County Executive Isiah “Ike” Leggett, addressing Metro Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s inauguration ceremony

VIRGINIA BRIEFLY THE METRO AREA Cash refund for utility customers sought VIRGINIA Lawmakers introduce bill after they say residents were overcharged for power JONESVILLE School board sues state BY DANIEL BERTI of excess spending by utility companies. activities,” said Delegate Jennifer Carroll advertisements that promote conserva- CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE The bill comes a month after Clean Foy, Prince William Democrat. “These tion or more effi cient use of energy. over plan to arm staff ers Virginia, an environmental advocacy nonessential costs should never be sub- Dominion Energy has denied charging A western Virginia county school RICHMOND | Democratic lawmakers group, issued a report that claimed Vir- sidized by ratepayers, and refunding this their customers for any nonessential ex- board is suing the state after the have introduced a bill to return millions ginia utility companies Dominion Energy money ensures ratepayers get back every penses and maintains that the average bill superintendent was denied a designa- of dollars to Virginia residents who they and Appalachian Power use ratepayer cent that is rightfully theirs.” for its customers is more than 20 percent tion allowing him to carry guns on say have been overcharged by the state’s money for nonessential spending like Under the proposed legislation, the below the national average. school property — part of a plan to utility companies. political contributions, advertisements State Corporation Commission would “Our customers never pay for our lob- allow armed staff ers at schools. Bill sponsors say Dominion Energy and excessive executive compensation. conduct annual proceedings to deter- bying, political contributions or most of The lawsuit was fi led Tuesday in and Appalachian Power, the largest en- “Energy bills in Virginia have stopped mine whether each electric public utility our advertising,” said Dominion Energy Lee County Circuit Court. ergy providers in the state, are charging refl ecting the fundamental principle used revenue collected from its custom- spokesman Rayhan Daudani. “They are In July, the Lee County School residents more than they should for that ratepayers should only pay for the ers to pay for nonessential expendi- getting a great value on their power bills Board voted to arm teachers, calling utility costs. underlying cost of their energy and its tures and would determine the amount and have been for years.” it cost-eff ective protection against “Virginia consumers have suff ered delivery,” the report said. and type of expenditure found to be The REFUND Act is one of several school shootings. long enough,” said Delegate Sam Rasoul, It alleged that most Virginia residents improper. bills targeting Dominion on environmen- The board wanted armed employ- Roanoke Democrat. “My constituents are being overcharged by an average of If any nonessential expenditures are tal and regulatory issues this year: ees designated “special conservators have said their utility bills are too high, $250 on their utility bills every year due found, the commission would have the ⦁ A bill introduced by Delegate David of the peace” to exempt them from and we need to have a strong group to nonessential spending by utility com- authority to order the company to refund Reid, Loudoun Democrat, seeks to limit a ban on guns in schools, but the at- advocating for consumers to ensure panies — an excess payment that Clean an equal amount to its customers. Virginia’s reliance on fossil fuels for torney general said that would violate that ratepayers are not being taken ad- Virginia has dubbed the “Dominion tax.” Additionally, if a utility company is energy. the law. vantage of.” The proposed legislation aims to found to have used ratepayer money to ⦁ Bills sponsored by Ms. Carroll Foy In September, the Department Mr. Rasoul is the chief sponsor of the refund that money as a credit on custom- pay for any advertisements, the company and state Sen. Amanda Chase, Midlothian of Criminal Justice Services denied “Ratepayers Earned these Funds, Not ers’ bills over a period of six to 12 months. would be required to refund custom- Republican, would require the closure Superintendent Brian Austin’s applica- Dominion” (REFUND) Act. He said it “It ensures that we as ratepayers ers 10 times the cost of the advertise- and cleanup of Dominion’s coal ash land- tion for the designation. The denial seeks to compensate ratepayers for years do not pay for Dominion’s lobbying ment. Exceptions would be made for fi lls in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. was upheld Friday. Teachers are allowed to carry weapons in several states, and others are considering similar measures MARYLAND following last year’s Florida school massacre. — Associated Press Firms urged to RICHMOND Appeals court upholds state’s take succession ban on sex with animals The Virginia Court of Appeals has planning upheld a state law banning sex with an animal. The Richmond Times-Dispatch seriously reported that the court on Tues- day affi rmed the 2017 conviction of Arthur Anderson Warren, who used In legal world, it’s vital, his cellphone to record video of encounters he had with a woman and but often overlooked her dog. A search warrant was obtained BY ANAMIKA ROY after Warren asked a deputy if THE DAILY RECORD “bestiality-type stuff ” was legal and described the videos. BALTIMORE | Planning for a law fi rm’s future takes Warren’s appeal cited the U.S. many forms, depending on the size of the shop. But Supreme Court’s Lawrence v. Texas regardless of fi rm size, one thing remains consistent: decision against that state’s law Succession planning is critical and often overlooked. criminalizing same-sex sodomy in “Succession planning for large, medium and small arguing that the images showed the ASSOCIATED PRESS fi rms is something very integral to fi rm longevity and constitutionally protected “pri- Jen Vaughn and Joe Jamison, currently in active duty with the Air Force, and others participate with Warriors At success,” said Randi Lewis, Maryland-based manag- vate sexual conduct of consenting Ease teacher Lucy Lomax who leads a class at the Yoga Center of Columbia, Maryland. ing director of attorney search fi rm Major, Lindsey individuals.” & Africa. But the judges ruled that the dog MARYLAND Succession planning has two components: identi- was not a consenting adult, and fying and grooming the next generation of leadership Virginia has a legitimate interest in and maintaining client relationships, which can be preventing cruelty to animals. a bigger challenge for some fi rms, Ms. Lewis said. — Associated Press Instructors help soldiers At fi rms with roughly a dozen lawyers or more, it’s up to leadership to identify rising stars and groom RICHMOND them early on to take leadership roles in the fi rm. Republicans block governor’s That includes both putting associates on committees fi nd the ‘om’ in the ‘oorah’ within the fi rm and giving them face time with clients. appointment to military council “You want to introduce those lawyers over a period A Republican-led committee in the of time to your client and give them full responsibility state Senate has voted to block the Yoga classes tailored to military personnel, veterans for connecting and running matters for those clients,” appointment of a Democratic Senate Ms. Lewis said. “It happens over a long period of time.” candidate to an unpaid advisory coun- BY MIKE KLINGAMAN where the Elkridge resident teaches yoga for 90 minutes On the client services side, senior partners may cil on military issues. THE BALTIMORE SUN to a cadre of servicemen and women. Standing and have closely held clients both in terms of the amount The panel voted Tuesday against lying on latex mats, they stretch and bend in ways that of work they’re doing for the client and the amount of Gov. Ralph Northam’s appointment FORT MEADE, MD. | In 2009, Lt. Jen Vaughn was at would make Gumby cringe, morphing into rhythmic contact they allow other lawyers at the fi rm to have of Herb Jones to the Virginia Military war — with herself. Or so it seemed to the then-32- postures called Baby Cobra, the Puppy and the Gate. with that client. As the person who gets the fi nancial Advisory Committee. year-old Naval offi cer. One pose recalls Michael Phelps, poised for takeoff ; reward for a certain client’s business with the fi rm, Mr. Jones is running against Repub- “I was going through some pretty tough stuff — a another evokes sprinter Usain Bolt, crouched in the that attorney should start giving ownership to other lican Senate Majority Leader Tommy divorce and a series of deaths in the family, including a starting blocks. junior attorneys working on those clients. Norment. suicide,” Ms. Vaughn said. “The state of the world, and All the while, Ms. Lomax coaxes her charges in a “That’s how people can rise up in terms of their Mr. Northam appointed Mr. Jones all that was going on, made things worse. I didn’t deal soothing, hypnotic voice. abilities and them seeing a future at your fi rm,” Ms. to the board in September. Mr. Jones with the stress well; I needed an escape.” “Let go of the outside world,” she said. “Bring your Lewis said. is an Army veteran and former New She tried yoga. That fi rst class, she burst out crying. awareness to yourself, how it feels to be in your body Incentivizing up-and-comers shows those at- Kent County treasurer. The sailor who had patrolled the Mediterranean dur- and to connect to the earth.” torneys that they are valued by the fi rm while also — Associated Press ing the Kosovo Campaign, and chased pirates off the Ms. Lomax began teaching the class in 2015 and allowing the fi rm provide a high level of client service, African coast, lay on her mat, bawling. In a good way. has taught about 400 warriors to date, including some she added. MARYLAND “Yoga calmed my mind and showed that it’s OK to from Howard County, home to nearly one-quarter of Succession planning at law fi rms is about more take 10 minutes to ‘connect to my breath,’” said Ms. Fort Meade’s employees. At 69, she executes all of the than thinking about leadership for the entire fi rm; it ANNAPOLIS Vaughn, who now is retired after 22 years in the Navy. poses herself with a 4-foot-10 frame that should melt also applies to individual practice groups. Practice New state gun law used “It saved my life.” alongside a strapping Marine. Not so. On the mat, she’s group leaders incentivize other to step up, even if it Ms. Vaughn, a resident of Laurel, is among a number a poster child for a Twister game. means the leadership gets less money from a client’s in 5 cases involving schools of warriors to embrace yoga as a therapeutic tool to treat “I’m short and squatty, which is good for yoga,” Ms. business, Ms. Lewis said. A new state law that allows courts pain and stress. Moreover, Uncle Sam has their backs. Lomax said. To start identifying attorneys with leadership to temporarily restrict fi rearms access A 2017 study by the Rand Corp. reported that 4 out of A retired fi nancial policy analyst with the federal potential, the process may begin when attorneys for people at risk to themselves or oth- 5 military health care facilities in the U.S. now off er government, she is a certifi ed instructor for Warriors start out as associates and get on a committee, such ers resulted in more than 300 protec- non-conventional on-site treatments, including yoga. At Ease, a nonprofi t that educates those who want to as recruiting, or in another leadership role. Then, tive orders, fi ve of which were related At Fort Meade, the Army base that’s home to 14,500 teach yoga to the military. In November, she trained 60 based on their performance, the associates will get to schools, the sheriff of the state’s military personnel, “yoga is very well respected and members of the 55th Signal Company, a combat camera more responsibility over time. most populous county told lawmakers often advocated,” said Col. Beverly Maliner, chief of unit, prior to their deployment. “The cream rises to the top,” Ms. Lewis said. Tuesday. preventive medicine services. “It’s pretty well docu- “Two of the guys came in, thinking they were the Firms that don’t do succession planning often run Montgomery County Sheriff Dar- mented that meditation helps people with pain of any bees’ knees. One was doing a head stand, to show off , the risk of losing their best attorneys as junior partners ren Popkin told the Maryland House kind, including PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder], when I arrived,” said Ms. Lomax. She ignored them may start to look into changing fi rms, she said. Judiciary Committee that 302 orders and yoga fi ts into that rubric very well.” and, for an hour, challenged the group “to get their While lack of succession planning can hurt the were sought under the state’s “red According to the U.S. Department of Veterans energy out.” future of a large fi rm, solo and small fi rm practitioners, fl ag” law in the fi rst three months Aff airs, PTSD aff ects between 10 and 20 percent of Afterward, the soldiers conceded the session was who make up the majority of attorneys in Maryland, since the law took eff ect Oct. 1. veterans deployed in recent wars. tough. are often at greater risk of not planning ahead. He said fi ve of them related to Yoga also benefi ts non-combatants who live in a The job is a passion for Ms. Lomax, who works Attorneys can take the fi rst step in succession schools, and four of those fi ve “were hurry-up world, said Col. Maliner, who ascribes to the for free. planning including the name of another attorney on signifi cant threats.” practice herself. “These men and women work so hard, under such their retainer agreement who will fi ll in if the primary Maryland was one of eight states “Military life is a busy, high-intensity environment pressure, and they never speak of anything but work,” attorney has a medical emergency. The retainer agree- that passed “red fl ag” legislation last where the focus is always external,” she said. “Yoga gives she said. “They go overseas to Afghanistan and come ment also may contain a provision explaining what the year in the aftermath of the Parkland, us tools to learn how to breathe and to go internal, so we back but never talk about that fi ght-or-fl ight mode; attorney will do with closed fi led if the attorney sells Florida, shooting that killed 17 in can better cope with our daily demands — and recover.” they’re not in a good place. Anyone being deployed has the practice upon retirement, said Alvin I. Frederick, February. Each Thursday, Lucy Lomax arrives at Fort Meade, a risk of being exploded; it’s horrible stress.” a principal at the Law Offi ces of Eccleston and Wolf — Associated Press PC in Hanover. ▶ Editorials: Suiting up for a trade war / B2 LEGAL ADS INSIDE B5 OOMMENTARYMMENTARY THURSDAY, JANUARY 17,C 2019 ☆ SECTION B What would Tony Soprano think of Donald Trump? An iconic TV drama is recalled as a foretaste of the Trump era

By Suzanne Fields illustrates how this show changed the quality of drama on the small screen. Television drama is no ony Soprano is back, in the longer the stepchild of the movies, but capable of media if not in prime time. brilliant story-telling with characters and plots that In the year of the Superhero, Hollywood actors line up to get in. the anti-hero is old news, but Who can forget that iconic fi rst scene of “The the ghost of the mob boss of Sopranos,” when we’re introduced to a portly man “The Sopranos,” the end of the in a bathrobe with delight on his face, shuffl ing ’90s blockbuster, is celebrat- around his garden, feeding the ducks splashing in ing the 20th anniversary of the a pool in a New Jersey suburb. Morning becomes premiere. “The Sopranos” was a true cultural a mafi a don. Tand political icon, and Tony has been summoned Aff ability in feeding the ducks hides the mon- from the grave to talk about what he would think strous nature of this complex crime chief with about Donald Trump as the president. two major devotions, his gangster family and his Tony was only a make-believe character, and he nuclear family of a loving wife, son and daughter. died (we think) in the series, but he would have had He wants to make sure they enjoy the American an opinion about Mr. Trump, since everybody else dream, and thinks only his violent nightmarish does. So why not hear it? life can make that possible. In one humanizing Recalling that Tony’s son A.J. wanted to be a moment, Tony learns it might be easier to be a helicopter pilot for Donald Trump, the tycoon not the godfather disciplining his gangster thugs than to president, in the fi nal episode, The New York Times discipline his teenage children. He warns his wife asked David Chase, the author, who is today promot- not to overplay their authority, lest the teenagers ing a “prequel” movie, how that might have worked discern their parents’ powerlessness. In another out. “He might be the new chief of staff ,” he says moment, Tony takes his daughter to visit a college wryly. But he doesn’t think Tony would think much campus and detours to murder a rival mobster of the president. “He would think the guy was full of he recognizes in a witness protection program. [expletive.]” He would see Trump “as a “penny-ante” There’s no Dr. Jekyll, only Mr. Hyde. crook. He’s more at home as the patriarch in the This may be the fi rst time Donald Trump has crime family with its old-country rules, than been put down as “penny ante,” perhaps the unkind- with his nuclear family straining at middle-class est cut of all. In an era where art and reality are values. Such is the stuff that television ratings are continually blurred, this may be fi nally a fresh criti- made. But that doesn’t explain the lingering ap- cism of Mr. Trump, an attack from the undead and preciation of the show, recalling how on Sunday THE WASHINGTON TIMES the unwritten. But why not? Fake news, fake criticism. nights two decades ago families and friends It’s a relief from the endless repetition of the game of He says the show “pulls back the tarp of the un- This would be satire if it weren’t so earnest. gathered around a television screen, taking no “I’ll listen to what you think of Donald Trump if you derlying malaise affl icting white America, a malaise Tony Soprano is recalled to fi t the politically-correct phone calls lest they interrupt the narrative of let me tell you again what I think.” But even a two- compounded of postwar nostalgia, creeping age, “gripes of wrath.” Murdering and maiming isn’t the a television show that set the gold standard for decade-old drama strains for the insight of hindsight. waning virility and vital purpose and a nagging belat- worst of his off enses, says James Wolcott. His “slow presenting an anti-hero, larger than life monster James Wolcott, writing in Vanity Fair magazine, edness.” When organized crime became secondary motion assault on the environment” is the worst. in the fl esh that walks on clay feet. Tony lives in sees the gangsters in the show as whining white toxic to terrorism as something to fear after 9/11, these Since Tony’s wealth comes from a waste manage- his own mortal fear lest those clay feet crumble males who could use a Gillette shave, playing the television wiseguys became prototypes for Trump ment business, his diversifi ed toxic dumping of dead beneath him. blame game in reaction to their declining whacker supporters, angry about being demoted in status: bodies also includes asbestos. Toxic white male, toxic clout. That naturally makes them embryonic Trump “It’s the Make America Great Again mentality in its dumper. Suzanne Fields is a columnist for The Washington fans. dormancy, Trumpiness on training wheels.” The anniversary remembrance of ”The Sopranos” Times and is nationally syndicated.

By Victor Davis Hanson Trump’s re-election chances hat are Donald Trump’s chances for re-election in 2020? may be better than you think W If history is any guide, pretty good. In early 1994, Bill Clinton’s approval rating after two years in offi ce hovered around a Millions of voters think the president is all that stands between them dismal 40 percent. The fi rst midterm elections of the Clinton presidency were an utter disaster. and radical cultural transformation A new generation of younger, more conservative Republicans led by fi rebrand Newt Gingrich Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, and Rashida Clinton. As a reward for the drawn-out drama around and his “Contract with America” gave Republicans Tlaib, Michigan Democrat. Their pledges to deliver the impeachment, Republicans lost seats in both the a majority in the House of Representatives for the “Medicare for All,” to phase out fossil fuels and to 1998 and 2000 House elections. fi rst time in 40 years. Republicans also picked up eight abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement We still don’t have any idea whom the Democrats Senate seats in 1994 to take majority will nominate to run against Mr. Trump. control of both houses of Congress. Will they go the 1996 or 2012 Republican It was no wonder that Republi- route with a predictable has-been such as cans thought the 1996 presidential Joe Biden, who will turn 78 shortly after the election would be a Republican 2020 election? shoo-in. But Republicans nomi- Well-known candidates from the Senate nated 73-year-old Senate leader such as Walter Mondale in 1984, Bob Dole Newly elected Bob Dole, a sober but otherwise in 1996, John Kerry in 2004, John McCain uninspired Washington fi xture. in 2008 and Hillary Clinton in 2016 have a By September of 1996, “come- poor recent track record in recent presiden- and too big back kid” Clinton had a Gallup tial elections. They are usually nominated approval rating of 60 percent. Mr. only by process of elimination and the Dole was crushed in an Electoral calling in of political chits rather than due for her britches College landslide. to grassroots zeal. Barack Obama was given a Democrats can continue their hard-left How do the Democrats solve similarly dismal prognosis after the drift and nominate socialist Bernie Sand- 2010 midterms, when Democrats ers, or they can try again to elect the fi rst a problem like lost 63 House seats and six Senate female president, either Kamala Harris or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? seats. Republicans regained major- Elizabeth Warren, both of whom represent ity control of the House, though the far left. Democrats clung to a narrow But going to extremes did not work By Monica Crowley majority in the Senate. At the time, well in 1972, when leftist Democratic Mr. Obama had an approval rating Sen. George McGovern was crushed by funny thing happened to Rep. Alexandria in the mid-40s. incumbent Richard Nixon. The Republi- Ocasio-Cortez , New York Democrat, on Republicans once again fi gured cans learned that lesson earlier when they her way to political stardom. She ran into Mr. Obama would be a one-term nominated Sen. Barry Goldwater in 1964 ATall Poppy Syndrome. president. Yet they nominated a and were wiped out. Tall Poppy Syndrome occurs when some- Dole-like candidate in the 2012 Whether or not they like Mr. Trump, one gets cut down to size after becoming too election. Republican nominee millions of voters still think the president is big for her britches, too important too fast, Mitt Romney had little appeal to all that stands between them and socialism, too superior to those around her. The tall Republicans’ conservative base and radical cultural transformation and social poppy must be pruned back, lest she think was easily caricatured by the left as chaos. she can easily dominate her peers. She must an out-of-touch elite. Many would prefer Mr. Trump’s some- be taught a lesson. By late 2012, Mr. Obama’s ap- times-over-the-top tweets and hard bark to At age 29, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez thundered proval rating was consistently at or the circus they saw at the Brett Kavanaugh into Congress after unseating a longtime above 50 percent, and he wound up nomination hearings, the rantings of Ms. Democratic congressman. With her relative easily beating Mr. Romney. Ocasio-Cortez, or the endless attempts to youth, Taylor Swift red lipstick, deft use of What is the signifi cance of these remove Mr. Trump from offi ce. social media and unapologetic embrace of rebound stories for Mr. Trump, who ILLUSTRATION BY LINAS GARSYS What usually ensures one-term socialism, she became an instant political had a better fi rst midterm result presidencies are unpopular wars (Lyndon celebrity. The mainstream media panted after than either Mr. Clinton or Mr. Obama and similarly Service are occasionally delivered with snark. Ms. Johnson) or tough economic times (Jimmy Carter, her and her radical ideas (Medicare for all, a low approval ratings? Tlaib recently used profanity to punctuate her desire George H.W. Bush). green “new deal,” a 70 percent top tax rate), People, not polls, elect presidents. to see Trump impeached. If Mr. Trump avoids both, perhaps a majority of her dripping sarcasm on Twitter and even her Presidents run for re-election against real oppo- But much of the public supports Mr. Trump’s voters will see him as political chemotherapy — occa- announcement of a “self-care” break before nents, not public perceptions. For all the media hype, agenda of deregulation, increased oil and gas produc- sionally nausea-inducing but still necessary and largely being sworn in. voters often pick the lesser of two evils, not their ideals tion, getting tough with China on trade, and stopping eff ective — to stop a toxic and metastasizing political The media loved her even more when, of a perfect candidate. illegal immigration. cancer. just a week after being elected, she joined a We have no idea what the economy or the world What if the Democrats impeach Mr. Trump, even climate change sit-in in now-Speaker Nancy abroad will be like in 2020. And no one knows what knowing that a Republican Senate would never con- Victor Davis Hanson, a classicist and historian at Pelosi’s offi ce. The Democratic establish- the country will think of the newly Democrat-convict him? the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, is the ment? Not so much. She was the stereotypical trolled Congress in two years. When Republicans did that to Bill Clinton, his author of “The Second World Wars: How the First The public has been hearing a lot from radi- approval rating went up. Some Republican senators Global Confl ict Was Fought and Won” (Basic Books, » see CROWLEY | B4 cal new House representatives such as Alexandria even joined the Democrats in the eff ort to acquit Mr. 2017). B2 | EDITORIAL ☆ R THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019

COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Suiting up for a trade war If the free market is to work, the U.S. must deal with Beijing’s belligerence he United States and China are such as Canada, and other economic drifting into a trade war, and factors. Tit’s worrying almost every- The U.S. economy and national body. It’s a peculiar war, compared security have been threatened by to such struggles of previous cen- China’s strategy since President Xi turies. Its importance is sometimes Jinping took offi ce in 2012, adopting minimized in importance because of what translates as “civil-military the blind spots both countries have fusion.” Chinese and foreign “civil- for one another. Neither country ian” companies serve as de facto seems to have an adequate appre- suppliers for the Chinese military’s ciation of the other’s very diff erent technological-industrial base. Resi- environment. dents and visitors are subject to Such blindness has been seen be- constant surveillance, refl ected in fore. The United States and its allies credit scores aff ecting everything BOOK REVIEW won the Cold War, all right, but it from their home purchases to job was despite an often vast ignorance opportunities. These forms of social of Soviet decision-making and how control often use technology devel- its leadership worked. It’s ironic, as oped by Western companies. Fraught lives and well as a little bit more than out- But even if American exports to rageous, that China is girded for China fall by half, it would be the an animate piano combat with the United States while equivalent of less than one-half of enjoying a $360-billion trade surplus 1 percent of U.S. gross domestic THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO weeks. But when he turns up with two By Chris Cander movers who cart it off , she freaks out with the United States, extorting product. There are other countries Alfred A, Knopf, $26.95, 336 pages and follows them, setting off a cascade technology from American com- that can substitute for China-based of events and revelations. panies and successfully seducing production, none of them strategic By Claire Hopley The melancholy stories of Clara high-tech giants Apple and Google. rivals and trade predators. Previous and Katya intertwine as Chris Conder he piano in Chris Cander’s moves from Clara’s journey to Death It is not only insulting but dam- eff orts to assert America’s infl u- novel is made from spruce, se- Valley to the back story of Katya and aging. The Chinese even cultivate ence against China, such as the lected from a snowy Romanian her love for the piano. Both women are the eff rontery to ask environmental discarded Trans-Pacifi c Partner- Tforest by Joseph Bluthner, who undermined by the emotional needi- only ever chose the very best trees: Old ness that comes from the lack of imme- relief from the most advanced coun- ship, did not push back eff ectively ones with at least seven annular rings diate family, and both have hitched the tries for their pollution of the envi- on Chinese economic aggression. per centimeter. From these he made the piano onto their lives but in diff erent ronment, and China is the world’s Working with allies to directly ad- pianos that bear his name. Famed for ways. greatest polluter. dress China’s malfeasance would their warmth of tone they “were beloved Katya is seriously talented and well of the likes of Schumann and Liszt.” trained. Intellectually and emotionally When Apple reported that China’s do that. And also of Katya. As a little girl in wedded to music, she’s a composer as slowing economy contributed to its All this means putting China at post-World War II Russia she inherited well as a pianist. When she loses the own late-year sales slump, the news the top of American international her Bluthner from a gruff neighbor piano a second time, she has nothing to rattled the stocks of other major U.S. economic priorities and keeping it who immediately spotted the “music live for. Clara has less self-knowledge. beating in her heart.” After studying at As a car mechanic she can do a tough- companies with extensive opera- there for years, without overstating the conservatory in Leningrad, Katya cookie act, but she is less assured than tions in the world’s second-largest or overreacting to trade disputes has a brilliant career ahead of her. But. she appears, and certainly less so than economy. Now, as U.S. companies with allies. The administration must She falls for young engineer Katya. Indeed, they have little in com- Mikhail. Married with a baby, their mon except ownership of the char- report their quarterly earnings, Chi- not be distracted by the next round lives are fraught because his Jewish- ismatic piano, so it exerts a diff erent na’s impact will be revealed. The of China’s false promises. ness limits his job opportunities. If infl uence in their lives. extent of the damage will depend on Protecting innovation from Chi- they emigrate to America, all will be As the most important character in such factors as who the company’s nese attack makes the United States well he thinks. Katya can’t bear the this novel, the piano prompts most of thought. She doesn’t the action. Its eff ects are customers are and how much com- stronger. Hindering the Chinese want to leave Russia and dramatic and generally far petition it faces in China. security apparatus makes external most defi nitely not the from benign so though it On one hand, the Trump adminis- aggression and internal repression piano, but there is no way is the instrument of great tration has been pretty clear about its more costly for the greedy in Bei- it can go with them. art and the object of great In America they are love, it looms rather scar- view of China. A 2017 national secu- jing. China is America’s only major miserable. Mikhail fi nds ily. Everybody “remarked rity strategy document called China trading partner that is also a stra- English hard, so his work on it: how old, how solid, a “revisionist” power, attempting to tegic rival, and it should be treated opportunities are no bet- how moody. … Whenever ter than in Russia, and he anybody played it, even an reorder international politics to suit diff erently than friendly countries becomes a vodka-swilling upbeat piece, it sounded its interests. That’s a pretty succinct with whom the United States have brute. And while Katya melancholy.” The reader way of describing Beijing’s military disputes. If the United States wants raises her son Grisha in never forgets the piano, buildup, its attempts to undermine the global free market to work the an apartment nicer than and has no trouble imagin- any in Russia, she is ut- ing its melancholy sound. American infl uence and power, its way it should, it must deal with Bei- terly miserable until 13 Among the human retaliations against American allies jing’s belligerence. years later the piano is characters, Katya is a miraculously returned to her. heart-wrenching portrait of a woman Eventually it belongs to Clara, who who knows exactly what she wants, gets it as a birthday present from her has it almost in her grasp, but never LETTERS TO THE EDITOR father just before their house burns actually gets it. Mikhail is another down, killing her parents and incin- portrait of disappointment. And in a erating everything the family owned. diff erent key, Greg the photographer Sweep out bogus patents The piano escapes because her mother is also warped by the experience of had insisted it be moved from the loss. In contrast, Clara is less complex A recent op-ed spoke to the need The most eff ective way to reduce sales. Clearing away an illegitimate house. Clara was on a sleepover, so she and less interesting because the piano, for bipartisan solutions to lower drug drug prices is by spurring more com- patent to allow for legitimate generic escaped too. which dominates the novel and is so prices (“Double jeopardy on patents petition. Sadly, big pharma invests competitors will mean huge savings By the time she is 28, Clara has central to the lives of Katya and others, discourages drug innovation,” Web, Jan. heavily in blocking competition and for consumers. nothing except the piano and a modest is really no more than a memento to 2). But under the banner of “protecting abusing the patent system to continue We all want and need real drug income from her job at an automotive her. drug innovation,” it confl ates two dis- charging any price they want. In fact, innovation. Big pharma needs to in- repair shop. She loves the piano — the Readers stay gripped by the ques- tinct processes: the role of drug patents drug makers are ringing in 2019 by novate by developing more eff ective only relic of her family — but it’s a tions this novel raises: Questions about under the Hatch-Waxman Act and a raising the price of hundreds of drugs therapies at a lower cost and focus- bear to move and expensive to keep in art, about the power of fetishized newer process created by Congress to already on the market. That’s not in- ing less energy on building patent tune. And for what? Clara has no talent possessions, about the eff ects of family clear the system of fl imsy, improperly novation. That’s price gouging. fortresses to protect their monopolies. for playing it. members on each other, about the dif- issued patents (known as IPR, or inter The IPR process -- which applies That’s the real innovation Americans Though she loves it, on a rational fi culties of fi nding love and of recog- partes reviews). This patent obfusca- to all industries, not just pharma -- need. whim she decides to sell it, only to nizing it. The settings are gripping too. tion and defense of every single drug provides an effi cient and eff ective have instant second thoughts when a It moves from Brezhnev’s Russia to patent -- even weak ones -- at all costs pathway to challenge and clear away MATT EYLES buyer immediately presents himself. late-20th century California, cold Ro- is one big reason American consum- patents that should never have been President and CEO He’s a photographer and wants to manian forests to torrid Death Valley. ers pay the highest drug prices on the granted. One of the drugs subject America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) take pictures of the piano set amidst It’s well worth reading and pondering. planet. to IPR generated $4 million a day in Washington the landscapes of Death Valley. They compromise on a rental agreement Claire Hopley is a writer and editor in that lets him take it for a couple of Amherst, Mass. Rap the elephant in the room The Gillette company is getting well- clear enough from the ad, but really sewer of abuse against women, abuse deserved blowback this week over their there needs to be a better shorthand that is a disgrace to both our civili- “toxic masculinity” shaving cream ad, term for “men acting badly.” zation and the music industry that which has many viewers signaling for a Also, Gillette decided to ignore a actually hands out awards to these time out. Masculinity is not toxic, but in large elephant in the room. Like the so-called ‘recording artists.’ Anyone Published by Th e Washington Times LLC fact life-protecting and life-nurturing, rest of the civic, cultural, political who buys the argument that “It’s just just as much as femininity is. and artistic elite of our country, it words” has no idea of how young LARRY T. BEASLEY, CEO THOMAS P. McDEVITT, Chairman When a ship goes down, men de- refuses to call out our country’s most boys and men are saturated in their CHRISTOPHER DOLAN, President & Executive Editor clare “Women and children fi rst!” See fl agrant and vile promoters of a bar- formative years with the profoundly the monument the women survivors baric template for masculinity: the rap poisonous “lessons” rap teaches: Girls NEWS EDITORIAL AND OPINION of the Titanic put up in Washington to music industry. Everyone knows the and women exist for your pleasure IAN BISHOP, Managing Editor CHARLES HURT, Opinion Editor honor the men who lived and died by reason rap gets a free pass (although only, so abuse them, humiliate them CATHY GAINOR, Managing Editor WESLEY PRUDEN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus the code of the gentleman. Sadly that none dares say it out loud) and the and throw them away. monument is mostly ignored today. news media can’t or won’t actually If women -- and men -- won’t dare JOHN BOURANTAS, Assistant Managing Editor CAROL HERMAN, Deputy Editorial Page Editor Modern feminists ignore it completely publish the sickening and savagely confront the powerful cultural forces STEPHEN DINAN, Assistant Managing Editor ETHAN EPSTEIN, Deputy Opinion Editor DAVID R. SANDS, Assistant Managing Editor BUSINESS because it suggests to the visitor that misogynistic lyrics that are at the core behind the problem, how can anyone MARIA STAINER, Assistant Managing Editor there might be some diff erences be- of what sells. expect much to change? JOSEPH SZADKOWSKI, Assistant Managing Editor DAVID DADISMAN, General Manager tween men and women. I’m fi ne with Gillette raising the RAYNARD BOLDING, Chief Financial Offi cer DESHONDA MURRAY, Human Resources Manager What Gillette and others who use issue of “toxic masculinity,” but I bet DAVID BURNS JORGE CARRASQUILLO, Information Technology Director the term “toxic masculinity” mean is it would never directly criticize rap’s Springfi eld, Va. Submissions: Op-eds may only be submitted by e-mail to [email protected] Letters to the Editor must be original, exclusive to The Washington Times and sent via email. We prefer letters that are fewer than 350 words. Please include your name, address and daytime telephone number. E-mail: [email protected] THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019 ☆ R OPINION | B3 Going down Saving Nigeria’s Christians the rabbit hole Focusing solely on Boko Haram risks Weighing the dangerous leaving the broader religious confl ict unaddressed consequences of key By Tamara Winter The Nigerian government has undoubtedly made progress, quelling Boko Haram’s ambitions for territorial expansion by limiting the group’s ac- national security decisions ast month, Amnesty International released a new report that tive presence to small villages across the countryside. However, in Novem- outlined the costs of a dangerous and often deadly ber the government suff ered a major setback when members of one Boko By Daniel J. Gallington and Henry F. Cooper cycle of violence occurring in Nigeria’s Middle Haram faction overran a military base, killing over 100 Nigerian soldiers and Belt region between Christian farmers and Muslim leaving an untold number of additional troops missing. he national security talking head and op-ed herders — 3,600 people have been killed in the The focus on Boko Haram — both in Washington D.C. and in Abuja — circuit these days is full of “clucking” about how past 3 years, with 2018 being the worst year on risks leaving the wider religious confl ict in Nigeria unaddressed. The reality we can recover lost ground from the Russians record so far. on the ground is Christians in the Middle Belt face persecution, violence, T and Chinese in the post-Cold War competition The Amnesty report is the latest warning that intimidation and, increasingly, death. of world powers. Not surprisingly perhaps, there is little the situation in the Middle Belt is worsening. These concerns have As the U.K. aid group, Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART), has discussion of how we got ourselves into this mess — this Lbeen echoed by others from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops documented, “the asymmetry and escalation of attacks by well-armed because many of the op-ed authors and talking heads to the U.K.’s Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust, chaired by Baroness Caroline Fulani upon predominately Christian communities is stark and must be were complicit in our great power demise. acknowledged.” Our reaction to this kind of 20-20 hind-sighting is: “No The United States Commission on kidding”? After all, we gave the Russians and Chinese 20- International Religious Freedom has plus years to beat on us, mostly while we were diverted also weighed in, urging the U.S. State in Iraq, spending — depending on how you count — as Department to designate Nigeria as much as $10 trillion, which was mostly borrowed. a Country of Particular Concern, as Thus, where we are today should not surprise us and recently as this December. is a combination of: 1) what the Russians and Chinese Yet, the Trump administration did seem always to do, no matter what they agree to or sign, not do so, and instead selected coun- and 2) our colossal naivete, whether it’s walking from the tries including Saudi Arabia, Sudan 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and then not and Pakistan for the designation. building the most cost-eff ective ballistic missile defense Nigeria’s Christians deserve a similar (BMD) systems, allowing our nuclear weapons infra- level of attention. structure to atrophy, or following Saddam down a money The need to act was highlighted hole in Iraq. in a recent congressional hearing in Do “we” realize “we” are to blame for the eff ects of which Rep. Chris Smith noted the our own incompetence? Doubtful, because in Washing- “apparent inability, perhaps even ton few if any take responsibility for anything that fails reluctance, of the Nigerian Federal — and our major recent national security policies have Government under President Buhari mostly failed. Every administration since Ronald Reagan to stop the violence, or to condemn is to blame for it, while Congress has been complicit. the attacks…” However, and to its credit, the Trump administration is Rep. Ron Estes further exposed the trying hard to turn these dangerous trends around. gravity of the situation on the ground, Here are examples of how — and why — we are lamenting that “Sadly, Christians in Ni- where we are today: geria are under fi re in what many are The George H.W. Bush administration (’89-’93) ended calling a genocide.” our nuclear testing and morphed the Defense Nuclear The Economist magazine similarly Agency (DNA), which had for decades developed and concludes that the slaughter of maintained the nation’s expertise in nuclear weapons Christians can be defi ned as the eff ects, into the Defense Threat Reduction Agency early signs of genocide: “Fighting (DTRA), an agency focused on conventional weapons ef- in the Central African Republic fects, other “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD), and was seen as the “early signs of monitoring arms control agreements. genocide” by the UN in 2017. The The loss of our nuclear eff ects expertise, however, term has also been applied to the undermined key eff orts to counter important threats. We bloodbath in South Sudan, the have come to depend on theoretical modeling and simu- depredations of Bashar Assad lation methods not validated by high fi delity testing — in Syria and Islamist attacks on contrary to the scientifi c method that demands persistent Christians in Nigeria’s middle iteration between theory and experiment. belt.” This is the scale of the crisis. This defi ciency is perhaps most signifi cant when it As President Trump adopts a comes to understanding the design and how best to coun- more muscular strategy for Africa, ter the eff ects of advanced nuclear weapons — a Russian the warning from Reps. Estes focus for many years. And Russia has passed this kind of and Smith, and others around information to potential adversaries, e.g., how to build the world, cannot be ignored. It super electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons was passed is time for the U.S. government, to North Korea. and Secretary Pompeo, to classify On the positive side, Bush 41 continued President Rea- Nigeria as a Country of Particular gan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): He specifi cally ILLUSTRATION BY LINAS GARSYS Concern. approved a GPALS program to provide “Global Protec- Yet, a designation from Amer- tion Against Limited Strikes.” It included new initiatives Cox, and local Nigerian religious organizations such as the Saint Raphael’s ica alone will not be enough. Nigerian Christians need action from to defend our overseas troops, friends and allies that led Society of Nigeria. Ahead of Nigerian elections in February, which have President Buhari, who has the power, using the strength of the Nigerian to today’s operating BMD systems: Our ground-based the potential to cause further divisions, the Trump administration has now military to end their suff ering. Pressure from Washington D.C. is an essen- Homeland Defense; the Navy’s Aegis BMD system; the begun to acknowledge the scale of the problem. tial step to accomplish this. Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD); and the The administration recently designated Boko Haram an Entity of much-improved Patriot, hero of the fi rst Gulf War. Particular Concern, a designation for non-state entities engaging in severe Tamara Winter was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but now lives in Arlington, Va. However, missing from this list is “Brilliant Pebbles,” religious freedom abuses. This is a necessary, but not enough to end sectar- She serves as the operations lead at the Center for Innovative Governance the fi rst SDI concept approved by the Pentagon’s Ac- ian violence in Nigeria’s troubled regions. Research. quisition Executives in 1990 to enter a Demonstration and Validation (DemVal) program. In our opinion, this concept was, by far, the most important product of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) era (1983-93). That cancellation at the beginning of the Clinton administration (’93-’01) was at odds with the best of the Now playing in Puerto Rico Reagan-Bush-41 SDI agenda that had much to do with ending the Cold War. Moreover, it ignored the important Democrats take a break from Washington to see ‘Hamilton’ and cleanup January 1992 proposal by Russia’s President Yeltsin for our SDI program to take advantage of Russian technol- By Cal Th omas member would play several rounds of golf, after to those 800,000 federal employees who were ogy and that we together build a “joint global defense to which he would meet for an hour or so with a denied their paycheck last Friday. BOLD PAC protect the world community.” “He who excuses himself, accuses himself.” government offi cial and declare the junket “of- Chair Rep. Tony Cardenas, California Democrat, Yeltsin basically said “yes” to President Reagan’s — Puerto Rican proverb fi cial business.” issued a statement: “As our Bold PAC members agenda we had advocated in the Defense and Space talks The Washington Examiner reported the San make their way to Puerto Rico for this impor- in Geneva beginning in 1985, entirely consistent with ore than 109 lobbyists and 39 Juan gathering took place at a seaside resort tant weekend — the largest contingency of President Bush’s GPALS agenda. Democratic members of Con- where rooms go for $429 a night. The newspaper House Democrats to visit Puerto Rico where Moreover, he proposed deep reductions in off ensive gress attended a “winter retreat” said participants paid for their own tickets to see they’ll be hearing from Commonwealth and strategic nuclear arms — reversing the prior Soviet/Rus- Mlast weekend in local elected offi cials about the sian positions that defenses would make off ensive reduc- Puerto Rico, ostensibly to help ongoing recovery eff orts — we will tions impossible. raise funds for damage caused by be closely monitoring the situa- But rather than continuing the Bush-41 negotiations, hurricane Maria in 2017, reports tion in Washington. If there is any the Clinton administration returned to Cold War rhetoric, Fox News. The fun in the sun was progress by Senate Republicans claiming defenses were destabilizing and would make enhanced by a limited run of the or the White House to reopen the off ensive reductions impossible — a mistake with most Broadway hit “Hamilton,” star- federal government, then we will unhelpful consequences in dealing with Russia today. ring its creator, lead actor, and act accordingly.” We hoped that the George W. Bush administration Democratic partisan, Lin-Manuel Oh, what a relief that is. And (’01-’08) would “reset” these conditions to those of the Miranda. why couldn’t the “monitoring” be Bush 41 administration, especially after Bush 43 withdrew Much of the media ignored what done just as well in Washington? from the ABM Treaty, removing the constraints that had used to be called a “junket,” prob- President Trump received no previously blocked the development, testing and deploy- ably because the cast of characters praise for canceling his Christ- ment of space-based defenses. But that didn’t happen and were Democrats and the major mas holiday in Florida to stay now we are playing catch-up in a hypersonic weapons media prefer to focus on bashing behind and attempt to negotiate competition with Russia and China, among other things. President Trump and Republicans. with Democrats over funding for Moreover, we became pre-occupied with 9/11 and our Sen. Bob Menendez, New Jersey his “wall” and the re-opening of responses thereto: Invading Iraq based on what proved Democrat was there, which seems those parts of government that to be very bad intelligence, yet remaining for many surprising given his acquittal (“not are closed. See what I mean about years thereafter with a democracy mission — which has enough evidence” the judge said) double standards, which appears proven to be both costly and ineff ective. a year ago on corruption charges to be the left’s only standard. The Obama administration (’08-’16) returned us to the that included allegations that he ca- There was a time when investi- naive national security policies of the Clinton administra- vorted with underage prostitutes in gative reporters would be looking tion — and turned a bad situation in Iraq into a worse the Dominican Republic. It’s not ex- into this and members of Congress one by announcing a fi rm departure date, giving rise to actly the kind of image one should would be shamed for their close ISIS, and then taking down Moammar Gadhafi ’s regime want to project after so much bad association with lobbyists. in Libya with no plan thereafter — pushing the Middle publicity, but he’s a Democrat and Another Puerto Rican proverb is East into the chaos where it remains. the standards and expectations of a good way to help focus the mind President Trump has steered the nation back to a more members of that party are diff erent. when it comes to attempts by these rational and threat responsive security policy with the The Congressional Hispanic Democrats to clothe themselves in ILLUSTRATION BY HUNTER renewal of our aging nuclear infrastructures and a refo- Caucus BOLD PAC was the offi cial humanitarian righteousness: “Al- cus on advanced technologies to face today’s challenges, sponsor of the retreat. Members tried to give “Hamilton.” Well, that’s a relief. Now what about though the monkey might dress in silk, monkey including those that were the focus of Mr. Reagan’s SDI themselves cover by meeting with Puerto Rican who paid for the chartered jet, hotel rooms, food it still is.” vision — especially Brilliant Pebbles. offi cials to discuss ongoing cleanup work on the and other entertainment? Could it have been the island. This recalls the way these junkets worked lobbyists? Cal Thomas is a nationally syndicated col- Daniel J. Gallington and Henry F. Cooper served in a series in the past when some members of Congress All of this partying occurred during the partial umnist. His latest book is “What Works: Com- of senior national security related positions, including the would take their wives along to Europe, or other government shutdown, but being politicians they mon Sense Solutions for a Stronger America” Defense and Space Talks with the Soviet Union. exotic places. The wives would shop and the had a response to what seemed like insensitivity (Zondervan, 2014). B4 | OPINION ☆ R THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019 Can the FBI investigate the president? Yes, but spying by government offi cials violates the Fourth Amendment

By Andrew P. Napolitano often murky and at times inscrutable. There are two legal standards Whatever this investigation was — and for whatever purposes it was for commencing any investigation of anyone. The fi rst is “articulable commenced — it was relatively short-lived in the hands of those FBI ast weekend, The New York Times reported that senior suspicion.” That is a low standard that requires no hard proof of criminal offi cials who suspected Mr. Trump’s motivations. That’s because Mr. FBI offi cials were so concerned about whatever behavior or national security breaches, but it is generally understood to Trump fi red Mr. Comey on May 9, 2017, and Mr. Rosenstein appointed President Donald Trump’s true motivation for mean that there are reasons that can be stated for employing govern- Robert Mueller as special counsel to conduct an independent inves- fi ring FBI Director James Comey was that they ment assets to investigate a person’s behavior and that the reasons are tigation of alleged Russian infl uence in the campaign and any Trump immediately initiated a counterintelligence in- rational and consistent with similarly situated investigations. campaign compliance just eight days later, on May 17, 2017. vestigation of the president himself. At that moment in time, Mr. Mueller and his team as- The Times reported that these offi - sumed whatever investigation the FBI and Mr. Rosenstein cials believed that Mr. Trump may have had commenced of Mr. Trump and the then-1-year-old intentionally or unwittingly played into the Kremlin’s hands investigation of the Russians and the Trump campaign Lby fi ring Mr. Comey so as to impair the FBI investigation into that had begun in the Obama administration. what eff orts, if any, Russian intelligence personnel undertook At the same time this was going on, the FBI in attempting to infl uence the 2016 presidential election and secured surveillance warrants of various Trump what role, if any, the Trump campaign played in facilitating campaign offi cials from the Foreign Intelligence those eff orts. Surveillance Court. This use of the Foreign Intel- Mr. Trump gave three public reasons for fi ring Mr. ligence Surveillance Act — which theoretically Comey. He told Mr. Comey he was fi red because he had is limited to counterintelligence investigations of dropped the ball in the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton’s foreign agents in the United States — constituted an use of private servers for her offi cial work as secretary of end run around the Fourth Amendment. state by declaring publicly that Mrs. Clinton would not be Stated diff erently, the Fourth Amendment re- prosecuted. He told his Twitter followers that he fi red Mr. quires probable cause of crime in order to obtain a Comey because Mr. Comey’s a “total sleaze.” surveillance warrant, but FISA only requires prob- And he told Lester Holt of NBC News that he fi red Mr. able cause of communicating with a foreign person Comey because he would not shut down the FBI investiga- in order to get the same warrant. tion into the Russian behavior during the 2016 campaign Why should anyone care about this? The dual and would not drop the prosecution of his former national purpose of the Fourth Amendment is to protect per- security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. It is the rea- sonal privacy in persons, houses, papers and eff ects, sons he gave to Mr. Holt that, according to the Times piece, as well as to compel law enforcement to focus only impelled senior FBI offi cials to believe that the president on those people as to whom it has probable cause himself might be a national security risk. of guilt. When the feds can bypass these profound Can the FBI investigate the president? In a word: Yes. requirements, they are violating and rejecting the Here is the back story. dual purpose of the amendment, which they have The FBI conducts generally two types of investigations sworn to uphold. — criminal and counterintelligence. Criminal investigations ILLUSTRATION BY HUNTER FISA warrants are general warrants. General are intended to fi nd the people who have already committed warrants basically authorize the bearer to search particular crimes, with agents lawfully and constitutionally gathering The other requirement is that the articulable suspicion be accepted where he wishes and seize what he fi nds. One FISA warrant au- evidence against them under by a prosecutor, as the FBI alone cannot commence any investigation. Of thorized surveillance of all 115 million Verizon customers. Gen- the supervision of a federal Trump is correct when course, FBI agents can chase a kidnapper without getting a prosecutor’s eral warrants were the totalitarian practice of British offi cials prosecutor and in conjunction he argues that FISA has approval. But in a white-collar case — when the target of the investiga- in Colonial America, and the Fourth Amendment was enacted with a federal grand jury. corrupted and seduced some tion does not present an immediate danger to the public and the evi- expressly to prevent them. A counterintelligence dence of the target’s criminality or interaction with foreign governments Mr. Trump is correct when he argues that FISA has corrupted and investigation is aimed at shor- FBI offi cials and agents into is not generally known -- FBI agents must present the reasons for the seduced some FBI offi cials and agents into violating the Constitution ing up national security by violating the Constitution. commencement of their investigation to prosecutors, who may approve — yet they keep getting away with it. The insatiable appetite of govern- looking at people who may be and authorize or decline and reject the investigation. ment offi cials to spy in violation of the Constitution has infected the rule breaching it. This type of investigation often involves surveillance of the In the case of any FBI-harbored articulable suspicion about the presi- of law. If they can do this to the president, they can do it to anyone. suspected people. A national security breach is any event — criminal dent of the United States — for criminal or counterintelligence matters or not — that may have enabled foreign enemies to acquire classifi ed — my own view is that the Times story is probably accurate. If so, only Andrew P. Napolitano, a former judge of the Superior Court of New secrets or infl uence government decisions. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein could have authorized this Jersey, is a regular contributor to The Washington Times. He is the The origins of criminal and counterintelligence investigations are counterintelligence investigation of Mr. Trump. author of nine books on the U.S. Constitution.

By Peter Morici and was similarly denied.) Know your place Engineering Crowley and wait your turn, neophytes, or risk getting ederal Reserve Chairman Powell faces the From page B1 scorched again. tough challenge of engineering a soft landing New York state issued its own rebuke, fi ning for the economy. The task is made terribly a soft landing millennial who at her fi rst job interview asks for her campaign $1500 for failing to provide work- Fmore complicated by economic conditions the corner offi ce and eight weeks’ vacation. ers’ compensation coverage. abroad and new technologies that have broken tra- The Tall Poppy needed to be taken down a Not that any of these slapdowns are modify- ditional relationships among growth, employment, for the economy notch. ing her behavior. When Joseph Lieberman — infl ation and interest rates. The fi rst to warn publicly of her hubris was former vice presidential nominee of her party The nearly three percent growth accomplished The Federal Reserve faces Sen. Claire McCaskill, who, after losing re-elec- — rightly warned of existential danger to the in 2018—despite chronic skilled labor shortages—was tion in November, described Ms. Ocasio-Cortez Democrats if they cast their lot with the radical- no accident of nature. Trump tax cuts and a February the challenge of navigating growth, as “a bright and shiny new object who came out ism of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, she tweeted back: 2018 budget deal that lifted federal appropriations caps of nowhere.” And after crediting Ms. Ocasio-Cor- “New party, who dis?” boosted consumer and government spending. infl ation and interest rates tez with generating enthusiasm, Ms. McCaskill Her refusal to play by the rules and show Lower corporate taxes permitted businesses to added, “I’m not sure what she’s done yet. I wish proper respect is only stirring more angst within invest in labor saving robots, artifi cial intelligence and The Philips Curve, which charts the tradeoff between her well.” her own ranks. After speaking with about 20 workforce training. Trump Administration deregulation infl ation and unemployment, is fl ashing red but the hard In response, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez of her Democratic colleagues, Polit- slashed private sector compliance costs, and together economic data say otherwise. Even with unemployment blistered Ms. McCaskill for losing ico reported their concerns over those boosted labor productivity. at 3.9 percent, wage increases of 3.2 pose few infl ationary her race by failing to support her support of a far-left group, More demand, more supply and the economy pressures with stronger productivity growth to pay for progressive ideas. Justice Democrats, two of zoomed ahead at a pace defying naysayers in the left- those. The trademark Ocasio- whose top leaders now leaning media. The Yield Curve—the diff erence between the short Cortez snark, which helped work in her congressional In 2019, consumers are getting an additional lift from and long-term interest rates on Treasuries— has been get her elected and earned offi ce. The group works falling gas prices but the benefi ts from more government fl attening. Historically, that has proven a pretty good her media plaudits, also to defeat moderates with spending and personal tax cuts have largely run their indicator of a recession in the next year or so. Theoreti- attracted the attention of social-justice progressives course. Businesses should continue cally, it is supposed to indicate busi- leftist powers-that-be, and in Democratic primaries, to invest but conditions in nesses that buy equipment not in a good way. the route Ms. Ocasio-Cor- Europe and China are and hire don’t believe When the House adopted tez took to Congress. troubling. that prospective sales a “pay-go” provision requir- “I’m sure Ms. Cortez Brexit, the growth justifi es ing any new spending to be means well, but there’s yellow vest riots borrowing long- paid for by either spending almost an outstanding rule: in France and the term to fi nance cuts or tax increases, she Don’t attack your own people,” emergence of a expansion. blasted the move on Twitter Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Mis- populist govern- The problem is rather than expressing souri Democrat, told ment in Italy were that since the 2000s her concerns pri- Politico. “We just nominally caused U.S. long rates have vately to leader- don’t need snip- by unchecked im- been suppressed ship. That set off ing in our Demo- migration, higher by foreign investors. some eye-rolling cratic caucus.” taxes on gasoline and Europeans stuck in among her new To try to reforms that tighten a lethargic economy, colleagues. get in front of belts for workers and and Latin Americans When Ms. her runaway pensioners and a left- and Asians fearful that Ocasio-Cortez’s train, establish- right coalition agreement their corrupt govern- name came up on ment Democrats, to spend more than EU ments will ignite infl a- “The View,” Whoopi according to Politico, national debt limits tion to solve their debt Goldberg warned have embarked on a permit. In reality, the problems, have been her against arrogance, “behind-the-scenes onerous regulations imposed buying up U.S. real estate and saying, “You eff ort to rein by the EU bureaucracy and mer- long bonds. just got in her in.” cantilist policies in Germany and Similarly, the dollar has there, and Good a few other northern European economies increasingly become the preferred cur- I know you luck with

that impose perennial trade deﬁ cits and auster- ILLUSTRATION rency for all global trade further increasing the got lots of good that. The ity elsewhere are pulling the EU apart. BY GREG demand for U.S. bonds. ideas, but I would younger radicals The rump of it is Europe can’t grow—and it’s GROESCH Those unhinge the relationships between encourage you to sit still are staging a coup America’s most important export market. business expectations and interest rates. For for a minute and learn the within the party, and the China has run the string on credit driven growth, and example, the yield curve has been sending warning job. Before you start poop- old guard is trying to Republicans and Democrats alike are tired of Beijing’s signals since late 2017 but the economy sped up instead ing on people and what maintain its power and protectionism imposing a whopping $365 billion trade of slowing. they’ve done, you’ve at least the facade of imbalance and exporting unemployment and social Lacking the Philips Curve and Yield Curve as tools, got to do something, electoral palatability. problems here. Mr. Powell is ﬂ ying without an altimeter and air speed too.” The younger radicals Donald Trump’s trade war is criticized only because indicator. Not being an economist he hasn’t been to pilot As the Democratic es- don’t care much about

Hillary Clinton, who campaigned on a similar policy, did school either. tablishment took note of Ms. ILLUSTRATION BY GREG GROESCH that. Now that they’ve not win the election. The Fed would have to deal with With all this, turbulence in stock prices is under- Ocasio-Cortez’s haughty dismissal seized power, they want all of it — the uncertainty created by a trade war no matter who standable and can’t be ignored. Along with the hostile of those she considers too old or not progressive rules, norms and politesse be damned. occupied the Oval Offi ce. press coverage President Trump gets no matter his enough to lead the leftist revolution, it also began The Democratic establishment, which long A decade of low interest rates boosted real estate spending or trade policy proposals, falling stock prices to remind her who’s boss. winked at socialism and encouraged youth activ- and stock values in the United States and permitted could pull the economy into, rather than follow, a When she requested the seat of the con- ism, now realizes that it’s created a monster it struggling corporations and foreign governments to recession. gressman she ousted on the powerful Ways and won’t be able to control for much longer. As Ms. avoid reforms that would make them competitive and The best thing Mr. Powell can do for now is pull back Means Committee, a position usually reserved Ocasio-Cortez is demonstrating, the Tall Poppy less corrupt. Now just about anything the Fed does has on the stick and announce he is not planning any more for senior members, she was slapped down. The can be pruned back, but it eventually grows back feedback eff ects on asset prices, corporate and foreign interest rate increases until at least this summer. seat went instead to a more moderate New York taller than before. government fi nances and ultimately U.S. exports and Democrat, Rep. Tom Suozzi. (Fellow Democratic growth. Peter Morici is an economist and business professor at newbie Rep. Rashida Tlaib requested a seat on Monica Crowley is a columnist for The Washing- Finally, tools the Fed uses to navigate are broken. the University of Maryland, and a national columnist. the equally powerful Appropriations Committee ton Times. Call toll free: Classified 1 800/326-6623 www.washingtontimes.com/classified THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019 | B5 Classified Advertising 202/636-4728 Legal Advertising 202/636-3102 Place your ad online now – we are open 24 hours, 7 days a week at washingtontimes.com Business & Offi ce Career Training Announcement Services $,5/,1(0(&+$1,& 6$:0,//6IURPRQO\ 3ODFHDEXVLQHVVFDUG 75$,1,1**HW)$$ 0$.( DGLQWKH5HJLRQDO FHUWLILFDWLRQWRIL[ 6$9(021(Facebook.com/TheWashingtonTimes sports FREE MOBILE APP TODAY! Follow us on Twitter www.washingtontimes.com @WashTimesSports B6 | CLASSIFIED ☆ R THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 17). The fun of taking part in interesting and beautiful projects kicks off a glamorous pe- ‘Schindler’s List’ on 4K digital an eerie experience riod of time. Then, just when you start to wonder if anyone is seeing the real you, you’ll get an opportunity to put func- ne of the most important movies UHD clarity makes minutiae mesmerizing tion over form and prove what you’re all about with the dif- in the history of cinema debuts in such as cigarette and candle smoke, sweaty ference you make in the world. April brings a windfall. Leo the UHD format to remind view- THE WORLD OF concrete walls, the grains and sheen in suit and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 14, 40, 33 ers to never forget the Holocaust in jackets and the cemetery stones used for OSchindler’s List: 25th Anniversary Edition and 20. ZADZOOKS! roads much more apparent. That clarity in- ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, BY JOE SZADKOWSKI cludes the horror in witnessing ash falling like HOLIDAY ready to let old things go — mostly hav- 1.85:1 aspect ratio, rated R, 196 minutes, snow as Nazis burn piles of bodies and smoke MATHIS ing to do with unwanted possessions. $21.74). billowing out of the Auschwitz crematorium But some stale emotional content will Director Steven Spielberg’s Academy a diff erence for generations to come. during a winter’s night. HOROSCOPE go, too, as though such things are invis- Award-winning eff ort delivered a true story It’s often a hard movie to watch because of Best extras: Contained on a separate Blu- ibly tethered to the physical items, and that intertwines the Nazi atrocities on Jews its subject matter. Viewers will fi nd its omi- ray disc, viewers fi rst get a nearly 40-minute maybe they are. during World War II with the compassion of nous, mainly black-and-white presentation to on-stage conversation at the Beacon Theater TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Though following another one man helping the potential victims. appear like a nightmare — not only emotion- featuring Mr. Neeson, Mr. Kingsley, Caroline person’s path will teach you the way, eventually you’ll either Specifi cally, German industrialist Oskar ally draining but also sickening, especially Goodall (who portrays Emile Schindler), Em- take it over and claim it as your own or venture off , claiming Schindler (Liam Neeson), with help from during scenes such as the liquidation of the beth Davidtz (who plays Helen Hirsch) and a new path. Ultimately, you’re most powerful when it’s your bookkeeper Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley), Krakow ghetto. Mr. Spielberg after a screening of the movie path. protects as many Polish Jews as he can aff ord 4K in action: Mr. Spielberg supervised during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your parents have defi ned from the slaughter by employing them in his and approved the remastering and restoration Moderated by fi lm critic Janet Maslin, you in a certain way. Your friends have in another way. munitions and enamelware factory. of the original 35mm negatives for this 4K the discussion touches on the origins of Even your pet defi nes you as “disperser of food and treats.” Schindler conceals his true aims by con- digital release, and the screen-fi lling results “Schindler’s List,” reactions to rewatching The only defi nition that matters? Your own. Let it grow and stantly fi nessing his way into the good graces are haunting. the fi lm and memories on the set as well as change. Keep tweaking it. of the German High Command and dealing Most notable is the lighting of cinematog- behind-the-scenes vintage footage. CANCER (June 22-July 22). People will go very far to with Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes), the de- rapher Janusz Kaminski that still focuses and Next, the disc off ers a 77-minute documen- give off the appearance of control, especially if they actually spicable commandant of the Krakow-Plaszow oppresses throughout with high-dynamic tary about the killing and persecution of Jews do not have as much of it as they would like. Someone is concentration camp. Under mortal and moral range tweaks perfectly balancing and never in Poland with fi rst-person accounts from trying a little too hard. Now why do you think that is? threat, Schindler proves that even in the midst washing out imagery even in the starkest survivors, historical footage and recollections LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). This day is tinged in drama that of overwhelming evil, one human could make environments. of Schindler. may include tantrums and general bad behavior, the likes of which would be easy to categorically reject, though there’s also wisdom to be gained if you look a little further into cause and motivation. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It may seem like a few er- Bargain hunter’s bragging tries her friend’s patience rands eat up the whole day. Furthermore, this doesn’t fi t the image you have of how you’d prefer to spend your hours DEAR ABBY: I have a friend I’ll call Rose talking about your wardrobe with me. You are friend of her mother’s, and encouraged her to today. who likes to brag about how cheap she is. interesting on so many other levels, and I’m level with her mom. And as to how to repair LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There’s one area in which Sometimes when we’re talking, she will just not into fashion.” Then cross your fi ngers the breach — all you can do is continue apol- you’re really quite stuck. It’s time to get creative about the interrupt me and ask, “How do you like and hope your friend gets the message. ogizing and hope that eventually your friend’s problem. Start by tackling a smaller part of the issue and my pants? I got them for a dollar at a yard DEAR ABBY: Our friend’s adult daugh- fury will dissipate. shrinking your standard for what counts as progress. sale.” Or she’ll say, “I got them for free.” ter has been dating a guy my friend does DEAR ABBY: I have a delicate problem SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You can do the thing alone Rose likes to draw not approve of for about three years. Th e with my boss at work. He seems to have but it’s going to take you so long and be so arduous that by ABIGAIL attention to herself daughter moved in with him, and aft er- a problem with constantly touching his the time you fi nish, your attitude will have soured. So in- VAN BUREN every time she wears ward one evening, told my husband and crotch area (scratching, holding or laying a clude people. Enlist help. something new by me. We are friends of her mom, but we hand on it). I am not sure if it is a nervous SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Everyone’s got their DEAR ABBY asking how I like it. agreed to say nothing because we didn’t thing or a problem. How should I address own insecurities, fears, secrets ... whatever it is, you’re defi - Th en she will tell me want to get in the middle, and it wasn’t this without making matters worse for nitely not the fi rst, last or only person to deal with it. You where she got it and our news to tell. either myself or him? — SARAH IN SOUTH might not be in the mood to share, but to do so would cut how much it cost. I couldn’t be less inter- Th e daughter recently told her mother CAROLINA your suff ering in half. ested, and I’m tired of hearing about her (our friend) that she and the guy are living DEAR SARAH: I wish you had mentioned CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You think you know tacky, cheap clothes. together and that we knew. Now her mom whether other employees also see him do what you’re good at, but put it to the test anyway. You might We go to a water aerobics class to- is no longer talking to us or to her daugh- this. If they do and any of them are male, it be surprised how things have shifted since you last looked. gether, and she will interrupt the class to ter. Is there a way we could have handled might be less embarrassing for your boss if The more accurate you can be in your assessment, the faster ask how they like her “sexy” bathing suit. it diff erently? Is there any way I can repair that employee would mention to him that oth- you’ll learn. Abby, Rose is in her 70s and not sexy. I like the situation? — MISSING OUR BESTIE ers are noticing. However, if you are the only AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You may not want the her as a friend, but I am about ready to tell DEAR MISSING: Your friend’s daughter employee who sees him, then the most tactful extra pressure of being the leader, but if you don’t share her to shut up! I don’t want to be mean. may be an adult chronologically, but she way to handle it would be to keep your gaze your vision and ideas, everyone will suff er, most of all you. How can I get across that I don’t want to doesn’t act like one. She should not have kept resolutely above his beltline. Don’t hoard your talents. hear about her clothes? — TIRED OF THE her living arrangement from her mother and ⦁ Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Everyone in the group has a DISCOUNT FASHION SHOW shouldn’t have asked you to keep the secret. Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was diff erent role. You feel that someone isn’t pulling a fair share of DEAR TIRED: If you say nothing, “Second Then she compounded it by betraying you. founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Con- the weight, and this may be true, but all do not have to be con- Hand Rose” will continue her line of chatter. In hindsight, you should have told the tact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. tributing the same amount for this to work extremely well. Try this: Say, “Rose, honey, you know how daughter immediately that the way to keep Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. CREATORS.COM much I like you, but I wish you would stop a secret is to tell NO ONE, especially a close ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION

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CAPITALS ‘Dinosaur’ Orpik adapts to keep up with today’s faster game

BY STEPHEN WHYNO able to move the puck up quickly.” defensemen have to do more than just sit we talk a lot about is continuing to be

ASSOCIATED PRESS NHL teams are looking for the next back, hit and defend like they used to. puck-moving machines.” Erik Karlsson or Thomas Chabot, “‘Defensively conscious’ would prob- Todd Reirden, during his time as a Pen- When John Tortorella compares smaller, more mobile defenseman who ably be a better term nowadays and one guins assistant, helped Orpik evolve from a Brooks Orpik to a creature that went can lead the rush and pile up the points. that fi ts the game,” the 6-4, 216-pound hit-seeking missile to a defensive stalwart. extinct 65 million years ago, he means Slower, play-it-safe defensemen like Bortuzzo said. “At this stage of the game, Orpik began picking his spots for hits and it aff ectionately. 6-foot-7, 245-pound Hal Gill don’t roam you need to be able to join the rush, you using his stick more to defend. “He’s a little bit of a dinosaur because the ice anymore, and those players must need to be able to move pucks. ... The days “That has allowed him to still have he hits, and there isn’t a lot of hitting in approach the game diff erently. of a defenseman not being able to skate and the physical element when he needed this game,” Tortorella said. “People come up and say, ‘Hey, my keep up with the pace of play is done. Guys to around the net front against some of Orpik, who helped the Washington kid plays just like you,”’ Gill said. “And are too fast and moving too quick.” the skill guys,” said Reirden, who now Capitals win the Stanley Cup last season I’m like, ‘Well, you better change quick.”’ No one’s confusing Orpik, Bortuzzo, coaches Orpik with the Capitals. “He’s and played his 1,000th NHL regular-sea- Tortorella, who coached Tampa Bay Vegas’ Deryk Engelland or Buff alo’s Zach been able to really change his game to fi t son game Tuesday, is certainly a rarity. to the Stanley Cup in 2004 and is in his Bogosian for speed demons, but puck mov- into today’s hockey.” Big, rugged, defensive defensemen are fourth season with Columbus, sees value ing helps those players stay in the NHL. Orpik cites former Pittsburgh team- going the way of prehistoric animals, in big “miserable” defenders who can Bortuzzo said his focus has always been mate Kelly Buchberger as the greatest mask-less goaltenders, helmet-less skat- play a tough game. He believes the loss on his skating, and similarly Orpik and infl uence on him as a young player. Bu- ers and enforcers, except the ones like of that kind of player has contributed to Boston’s Zdeno Chara have worked with chberger hasn’t played since in 2004 but Orpik who have adapted to keep pace an increase in scoring over recent years skating coach Adam Nicholas to adapt. has since seen Orpik become an example with the speed of modern hockey. — which is what the NHL wants at the Even if they can’t get markedly faster, for younger players of the same ilk. “I think if you don’t adapt to where expense of old-school muscle. they can better manage their skates and “Players have to adjust to the new the league’s going, then you’re pushed Players like Orpik and St. Louis’ sticks and use their size as an advantage. rules in the game. He’s adjusted very out,” Orpik said. “If you weren’t willing Robert Bortuzzo are far less prevalent ASSOCIATED PRESS “What I work on with those guys well,” said Buchberger, a retired winger to adjust how you trained or maybe shed than when Gill stayed in the NHL for Th e Washington Capitals’ Brooks Orpik a ton is just always giving them good who coaches the Western Hockey some weight, that would push you out 16 years from the late 1990s through played his 1,000th regular-season game footwork-type drills and suggestions League’s Tri-City Americans. “If you of the league. ... There’s that and there’s 2013. Bortuzzo thinks the term “stay-at- on Tuesday and is a rarity among today’s to allow them to still be able to control have players like that, you don’t want to obviously more of an emphasis on being home” doesn’t apply anymore; even slow speedy defensemen. space and tempo,” Nicholas said. “What get rid of those players.”

WIZARDS Wizards looking to create off -court memories during London trip

BY MATTHEW PARAS said with a smile. “I’m going to Offi cially, the Wizards are there for visit him. Flights, he said, were relatively afterward. Soccer stars from Arsenal

THE WASHINGTON TIMES hold him accountable to that.” business. They face the Knicks as part cheap and took only an hour-and-a-half and West Ham United stopped by and After their trip was initially of the NBA’s “Global Games” showcase. to complete. exchanged jerseys with the players. Thomas Bryant wants some delayed by a snowstorm, the The two teams play Thursday at 3 p.m. Others, like veteran Otto Porter, are Mahinmi, for instance, received a cus- new drip. Further, he wants Wizards are now overseas — Eastern at O2 Arena. experiencing the city for the ﬁ rst time. tomized Arsenal jersey with his name on some “exclusive” drip. taking in the sights and explor- But before they return the District, Coach Scott Brooks said he wants his the back. Satoransky posed for a picture Confused? Don’t be. For a ing one of the world’s most guard Tomas Satoransky said he was team’s No. 1 priority to be focused on holding a Michail Antonio jersey with 21-year-old in his second NBA iconic cities. hopeful the trip would bring them closer beating the Knicks, but he understands the West Ham star. season, the Wizards center can On Wednesday, the Wiz- together. the value of creating off -court memories. Mahinmi later toured Emirates Sta- now aff ord to buy nicer clothes Bryant ards took a team photo in front “I think it will help, just being in a When Brooks was a player, he and the dium, where Arsenal plays. and accessories. That’s why of Tower Bridge. Bradley Beal diff erent city for guys to see,” Satoransky Houston Rockets traveled to Japan to Bryant said he’ll cherish this expe- with the Wizards in London recreated The Beatles’ famous said. “Obviously Europe, that’s perfect. take on the Seattle SuperSonics. rience because he rarely got to travel for Thursday’s game against the New “Abbey Road” photo alongside Mys- That’s going to be a good thing for us.” “London is one of the greatest cities growing up in the inner city. York Knicks, Bryant was excited to ex- tics star Elena Delle Donne, mascot London is also an opportunity for in the world,” Brooks said Saturday, “and “It’s not every day that everybody plore the city’s fashion shops. G-Wiz and retired NBA player Gheorghe players like Satoransky to spend with there’s so many things to do.” gets to do this,” Bryant said. “Just going He’s heard good things. Muresan. family. The 27-year-old said he had 30 The Wizards have held practice dur- overseas to play against a great New York “Ian (Mahinmi) said he had a couple The night before, the Wizards dined members of his family and friends trav- ing their stay, so this isn’t just all fun and Knicks team over there in London. Who of places he wanted to take me,” Bryant at Kensington Palace. eling from his native Czech Republic to games. But they’ve had special visitors gets to do that each and every day?”

NBA considerable decline from the previ- technically competing for opportunities Kanter rips Erdogan again NFC ous two seasons, during which Ingram to have the ball. From page B14 eclipsed 1,000 yards rushing in each. “We look at it like, as long as we both as Turkey seeks warrant Yet coaches and teammates are quick know what we need to do, the team will Prosecutors from Turkey are seek- “We’ve got a good squad. I feel like we to paint Ingram as one of those players be successful,” Kamara said. ing an international arrest warrant for can do this type of thing for many more whose impact goes beyond his own raw Coach Sean Payton has extolled the New York Knicks center Enes Kanter, years,” Ingram said. “I’m not looking just stats. They rave about his work ethic, value having both rushers available to accusing him of membership in a ter- ASSOCIATED PRESS to bail out of New Orleans.” leadership, loyalty and contagious, overt help reduce the physical burden on each ror organization, The Associated Press Despite reported discussions with other The 29-year-old Ingram, a 2009 Heis- passion for the game and his team. of them. reported Wednesday. prospective candidates, the Redskins are man Trophy winner with Alabama and “He’s a great teammate. He cares,” Ingram’s fi rst few seasons in New It’s the latest expected to retain Greg Manusky. fi rst-round draft pick in 2011, had far from Saints off ensive coordinator Pete Car- Orleans were marred by injuries and escalation in a his best season, statistically speaking, in michael Jr. said, adding that it’s apparent unmet expectations. But in recent years, SPORTS dispute between 2018. He had to sit out the fi rst four games Ingram’s teammates respect his game. Ingram has become a fan favorite, and Turkey and REDSKINS because of an NFL suspension stemming “He’s always bringing his best,” Car- now sounds as if he struggles with the BRIEFS Kanter, a famous From page B14 from the use of a banned substance. michael continued. “He just has a great notion of playing elsewhere. critic of Turkish During the Saints’ last 12 games, he relationship with so many guys.” “I was drafted here. I met my wife President Recep discussions with Todd Bowles, Steve rushed for 645 yards and six TDs, sur- Kamara has said Ingram’s presence here, my children were born here,” In- Tayyip Erdogan and his government. Wilks and Gregg Williams — all defensive- passing 100 yards in a game twice this “frees me up” when they are in the same gram said. “Very rarely does anybody Kanter did not make the trip to minded coaches who were once considered season. He also caught 21 passes for 170 formation and asserts that they always get to spend their career in one place. London for Thursday’s game against top defensive coordinators. It is not clear if yards and one TD. have exhibited “a genuine care and sup- So, I love New Orleans. I love this team. the Wizards. the talks involved replacing Manusky, but Such numbers represent a port for each other,” even though they are I love this organization.” Kanter does not have a passport all three became the defensive coordinator from either his native Turkey or the of other teams. Bowles joined the Tampa U.S., but he said even if he had one, he Bay Buccaneers, Wilks went to the Cleve- would be too fearful for his life to enter land Browns and Williams agreed to join with 151. Edelman’s fi ve career 100-yard win ballgames.” Europe in case the Turkish government the New York Jets. AFC receiving games in the postseason trail The week after Gordon’s suspen- tried to assassinate him. Despite the discussions, Manusky, who From page B14 only Rice’s eight and Michael Irvin’s six. sion, Edelman caught fi ve of the six Kanter has expressed criticism of has been the Redskins’ defensive coordi- Edelman, who missed last season balls thrown to him for 69 yards and a Erdogan and his government, which nator since 2017, remained under contract by its oldest member. with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in touchdown. led to Turkey issuing an arrest warrant the entire time. The 32-year-old Edelman has put his right knee and sat out the fi rst four Over the past three games, includ- in 2017 and Kanter’s father losing his The Washington Post was the fi rst to together back-to-back vintage perfor- games of this season for violating the ing the playoff win over the Chargers, job at a university in the country. His report of Manusky’s return. mances and is expected to again play a NFL’s policy on performance-enhancers, Edelman has been targeted by Brady 29 family had to disown him for his anti- So far, the Redskins have only one big role during Sunday’s AFC Champi- empathizes with Gordon’s situation. times, catching 20 passes for 290 yards Erdogan views. coaching vacancy as former special teams onship Game. “He was making plays for us. We and a pair of touchdowns. coordinator Ben Kotwica left to join the Edelman tied his regular-season high wish him the best to get himself right,” Edelman’s performance Sunday was COLLEGE FOOTBALL Atlanta Falcons for the same position. Out- of nine catches and had a career playoff - Edelman said. “That’s a tough thing to go in many ways a throwback eff ort by a Hurts to transfer to Oklahoma, side linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti was best 151 yards receiving in New England’s through. We’re here to support him. But receiver with the reputation of being one reportedly granted permission to interview win over Los Angeles. sometimes the train just has to keep on of Brady’s favorite targets. On Sunday, he as Maryland misses out on QB for the head coaching job with the Green With 98 playoff receptions during his going. ... And as much as you miss him, was instrumental in helping the Patriots Former Alabama quarterback Jalen Bay Packers, who hired former Redskins career, he moved past Reggie Wayne (93) you gotta start thinking about what you score on each of the fi rst four drives of Hurts announced in an essay for The assistant Matt LaFleur. and is second all-time behind Jerry Rice gotta do to keep on going out and try to the game. Players’ Tribune that he will transfer to Oklahoma for his fi nal year of eligibility. Hurts is a graduate transfer, so he And I’m loving every second. Elway had baseball as a fallback. As as a lucrative back-up plan. can suit up for the 2019 season at the SNYDER It doesn’t matter to me which sport a member of QB royalty, Manning “A lot of it comes down to what’s in school that produced the past two From page B14 Murray plays. I just enjoy watching could’ve sat out a season with no your heart, what’s your passion, what you Heisman Trophy winners in quarter- folks expend so much energy and emo- repercussions. can be excited to do for this next chapter backs Kyler Murray and Baker May- fi rst-rounder. Oakland already has paid tion over a 21-year-old’s choice while Murray has options and isn’t afraid of your life,” former two-sport star Drew fi eld. Hurts also visited with Maryland him a $4.66 million signing bonus that that young man takes advantage of his to explore them. That’s something we Henson told ESPN last week. and Miami. he must return if he forsakes baseball. unique position against the machine. usually celebrate in young people, but, “Do you like watching fi lm more New Terrapins coach Mike Locks- But fi rst-round quarterbacks can rake in John Elway did it 36 years ago you know, athletes. than you like hitting in the cage? Are ley was Hurts’ off ensive coordinator at much more on their rookie contract and when the Baltimore Colts made him As for the A’s “taking a chance” on you willing to give two seasons to Alabama, leading some to hope they signing bonuses, with the added benefi t the No. 1 pick after he told them he him, they knew it was risky when his staying in small towns and hotels and would reunite in College Park. Instead, of endorsement opportunities that are wouldn’t sign there. Eli Manning did signing was contingent on being allowed grinding it out and struggling and play- the Terrapins missed out on one of the nonexistent for minor-league outfi elders. it 15 years ago when the San Diego to play another season of college football. ing in front of 500 people when guys several de facto “free agents” available According to published reports, Chargers selected him fi rst overall, Oakland probably liked its odds, fi guring you dominated in college are playing in college football. Hurts was benched Murray sought $15 million from ignoring his warning that he wouldn’t that Murray’s NFL prospects were dim at on ‘Monday Night Football’?” at halftime of the 2018 national cham- Oakland to keep him out of the NFL play for them. There’s a painful image 5-9 and 180 pounds. It’s easy to say what you would do pionship game in favor of Tagovailoa, draft. News that he was waffl ing on his of Manning and his parents grimac- Who knew the league would fall in in Murray’s shoes, because you’re not and later offi cially lost the starting job. fi delity to the A’s made an SB Nation ing through smiles as the quarterback love with spread off enses and RPOs choosing in real life. Murray isn’t mak- From wire dispatches and staff reports. team blogger ballistic, leading her to posed with a jersey. that might accommodate a short quar- ing a hypothetical decision; he should the unemployment line after posting Surely other players weren’t thrilled terback? Who knew he’d out-Baker choose whichever route he prefers for shameful tweets about Murray’s future. about the franchise that selected him. Baker Mayfi eld. whatever reasons make sense to him. PRO CALENDAR His decision to enter the NFL draft has But power moves upset traditionalists, While outsiders debate the merits I hope he’ll be happy and everything HOME GAMES SHADED Th ursday Friday Saturday many observers worked up. who believe athletes should shut up, of playing baseball or football, Mur- works out. Nashville Some question the wisdom of be thankful and go where they’re told. ray might be wrestling with a diff erent I’m just glad to see an athlete exer- Predators 8 p.m. pursuing a sport fraught with danger And that’s what happens 99 percent of question, whether to follow his heart cise his options, for a change, instead NBC-W to life and limb. Others counter that the time. or follow the money. (In sports and of letting the system call all the shots. FM 106.7 ⦁ New York he should follow his heart … and the But like those two quarterbacks be- in life, I’ve heard arguments for both, Deron Snyder writes his award- Knicks signifi cantly larger payday he’d receive fore him, Murray is in position to exert usually for one after a person picks winning column for The Washington 3 p.m. NBC-W, NBA TV upfront. Baseball fans are upset. Foot- force over his situation. As a minor- the other). Or, maybe he loves football Times on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fol- AM 1500 ball fans are rejoicing. league outfi elder with the Yankees, more and always considered baseball low him on Twitter @DeronSnyder. ON WASHINGTONTIMES.COM Follow us on Twitter @WashTimesSports PPORTSORTS and on Facebook at Washington Times Sports STHURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019 washingtontimes.com/sports ☆ SECTION B

Saints running back Patriots receiver Mark Ingram had 138 Julian Edelman had 74 carries for 645 yards receptions for 850 yards with six touchdowns with six touchdown this season. He has catches this season. rushed for 6,007 yards He has 499 career and 50 touchdowns receptions, 5,390 in eight seasons with receiving yards and 30 New Orleans. touchdowns since joining New England in 2009. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION ROBERT COHN; ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS COHN; ASSOCIATED ROBERT PHOTO ILLUSTRATION OLD PROS, NEW ROLES

Ingram cherishes playoff run as Patriots’ resurgent Edelman ﬁ lling hole uncertain future looms with Saints left by late-season Gordon suspension

BY BRETT MARTEL Combined, Ingram and Ka- BY KYLE HIGHTOWER an unbelievable week of

ASSOCIATED PRESS mara give the Saints one of the ASSOCIATED PRESS practice, preparation. We most formidable backfi eld tan- need to do that to give METAIRIE, LA. | Mark dems in the NFL — and an answer FOXBOROUGH, MASS. | His face ourselves the best chance Ingram readily acknowl- NFC CHAMPIONSHIP to the Rams duo of Todd Gurley was still a little fl ushed from AFC CHAMPIONSHIP to win.” edges that his last game RAMS AT SAINTS and C.J. Anderson, which bat- stepping out of the subfreezing PATRIOTS AT CHIEFS Making the most of with the Saints could Sunday: 3:05 p.m., Fox tered Dallas’ defense to the tune temperatures at Gillette Stadium Sunday: 6:40 p.m., CBS every one of his oppor- come Sunday, when of more than 200 yards rushing fi eld just minutes following the tunities has become a New Orleans hosts the last Saturday night. Patriots’ 41-28 divisional-round hallmark of Edelman’s Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Champion- It is a formula that can potentially extend win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. 10 seasons in New England. ship game. the life of a rusher’s career and promote Still, Julian Edelman stood at his locker The Patriots were dealt a blow prior to But Ingram hasn’t given up on bucking winning — two things at the top of mind for satisfi ed — at least for a moment. their fi nal two regular-season games when conventional wisdom and remaining with Ingram, who has become a veteran locker Then he was asked when he would start Josh Gordon was suspended for a violation New Orleans, even though his contract is room leader while trying throughout his his preparations for their AFC Championship of the league’s substance abuse policy. expiring and the Saints will have to worry eight-year career to help get the Saints as far game matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs. But what could have created a hole in New about signing younger, more productive run- as they’ve gotten this season. “Immediately,” he said without hesitation. England’s receiving group has been plugged ning back Alvin Kamara to his second NFL “We’re going to go play the best team in the contract in the next couple of years. » see NFC | B13 AFC, the No. 1 seed. It’s going to start with » see AFC | B13

Athlete using his leverage REDSKINS Oklahoma quarterback Manusky likely back as is rare, but welcome, sight Kyler Murray very now and away. He’s conditioned has the choice then, the tables to cash his checks of playing in defensive coordinator are reversed, and keep the system the NFL aft er Ethe script is moving. declaring for the BY MATTHEW PARAS the staff . ﬂ ipped, and an athlete But every once in draft or playing THE WASHINGTON TIMES Manusky’s status came has leverage on the a while, a player takes minor-league under question after the system. command of his pro baseball. Greg Manusky is ex- Redskins’ defense col- We see it only rarely career from the outset. pected to return as the Red- lapsed in the last half of because the system DERON Which brings us to skins’ defensive coordinator the season. Washington lost is designed to win by SNYDER Kyler Murray, who — despite the team talking six of its last seven games default. Star athletes are currently is showing to three other coaches who and in that stretch the de- guaranteed one major the Oakland A’s that possibly could have taken Manusky fense fell off dramatically. choice — which college they’ll he’s in charge of his destiny and over the job, according to In one case, D.J. Swearinger attend. After that, a decade can they’re spectators like the rest a report. publicly blasted Manusky’s pass before stars are positioned of us. The Redskins have spent the play-calling, leading to the safety’s for another major lifestyle deci- The Heisman Trophy- last few weeks mulling possible release. sion with free agency. winner — and No. 9 pick in changes to their coaching staff . The Redskins’ defense ﬁ nished What happens between last year’s MLB draft — has Coach Jay Gruden was told that he 17th in yards allowed per game. those mile markers is typically thrown his name in the NFL would return for his sixth season, Since the season ended, the out of a player’s control. He has draft, where he could be a but a source close to the situation Redskins have reportedly had no say in which team drafts said the team was exploring its him, and no say if he’s traded » see SNYDER | B13 ASSOCIATED PRESS options in regards to the rest of » see REDSKINS | B13