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Turkish suspect donated to Clinton Manhunt underway for alleged coup plotter enmeshed in complex political network Paul Singer @singernews USA TODAY
An Istanbul-based college professor, accused by the Turkish government of coordinating last month’s failed coup attempt, is at the center of a group of suspicious contributions in WASHINGTON
2014 to a super PAC supporting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, a USA TODAY analysis shows. Adil Oksuz is the subject of a massive manhunt in Turkey. Two years ago, an apparently fictitious company that Oksuz created made a $5,000 donation to the Ready for Hillary PAC, a group preparing for Clinton’s
presidential campaign. The Clinton campaign did not respond to USA TODAY’s questions about the donations. The campaign did not control the operations of the super PAC. A company called Harmony Enterprises gave $5,000 to the PAC on June 27, 2014, campaign finance records show. Oksuz registered Harmony in New Jersey in 2010, according to state corporate records. It is the only campaign donation the company ever made. The company website sug-
gests it is a paper manufacturing business, but the address listed on the corporate records is a used-car lot on a highway in Lodi, N.J. Harmony’s phone number is disconnected. Foreign nationals are not allowed by law to make campaign donations, but foreign-owned companies are allowed to donate as long as they use U.S.-generated profits and the decision to donate is made by U.S. citizens who work for the company, according to election lawyer Charlie Spies.
There is no public information showing whether the Harmony donation complied with campaign finance laws. The donation was one of a halfdozen donations made to Ready PAC that same day totaling more than $62,000 from Turkish Americans in and around Lodi. Much of that money came from companies that no longer exist or may have never existed, or from donors who cannot be located, v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B
Lochte, teammates admitted to little damage Police in Rio didn’t question swimmers on alleged vandalism Taylor Barnes
Special for USA TODAY Sports
Police in Rio never questioned four U.S. swimmers about their alleged vandalism of a gas station restroom, further evidence that a poster was the only property damaged by Ryan Lochte during a stop that ended in a heated exchange with security guards and set off an international controversy that upstaged the Olympics. The details came to light Tuesday after USA TODAY Sports viewed transcripts of testimony given by the swimmers to Rio law enforcement officials. An extensive review of surveillance footage and a visit to the gas station as part of a USA TODAY Sports investiUSA TODAY SPORTS gation pubRyan Lochte lished Sunday had previously supported a statement by swimmer Gunnar Bentz that he did not see anyone vandalize the restroom. Lochte has said his first account of the Aug. 14 incident to a journalist and police was exaggerated. He omitted that he and his teammates voluntarily stopped at the gas station, where they urinated behind bushes, overstated the property taken from him by the security guards and the proximity of a gun pointed at him. Lochte has been pilloried for his initial statements and faces, along with his three teammates, a disciplinary hearing before the International Olympic Committee. Rio police characterized the incident as extensive vandalism RIO DE JANEIRO
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President Obama walks with a family to tour their flood-damaged home in the Castle Place neighborhood of Baton Rouge. Obama made his first visit to flood-ravaged southern Louisiana.
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Obama sees firsthand Louisiana’s devastation At least 13 have died in floods; more than 116,000 need aid Gregory Korte @gregorykorte USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Wearing khakis and hiking boots, President Obama toured a flood-damaged Baton Rouge suburb Tuesday, assessing damage from what’s described as the worst natural disaster in the USA since Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Obama brushed off criticism that he was late in coming to the flood-ravaged region and devoted much of his time to praising the initial response by state and federal officials. He said the work of rebuilding will continue for months. “Let me
“Sometimes once the floodwaters pass, people’s attention spans pass. ... I need all Americans to stay focused on this.” President Obama
just remind folks: Sometimes once the floodwaters pass, people’s attention spans pass. This is not a one-off. This is not a photoop issue,” he said after the tour. “I need all Americans to stay focused on this.” Arriving on schedule at the Baton Rouge airport, Obama paused to speak with Louisiana’s governor and lieutenant governor, then departed for a tour of flood-affected homes in Zachary, La.
The destination: Castle Place, a middle-class subdivision outside Baton Rouge where mounds of drywall, mattresses, toys — even a water-damaged violin — were piled high on a curb. Sweating in the humid, 92-degree weather, Obama hugged residents as he went from door to door, asking about flood levels and relief efforts. “I know it’s tough now,” he told one resident. At least 13 people have died since the flooding began Aug. 11, and Obama declared a disaster area Aug. 14. The initial four-parish disaster area has since been expanded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to include 20 counties. More than 116,000 people have registered for federal assistance, and FEMA has distributed $107 million.
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Beleaguered Fox News faces another harassment suit Filing decries ‘Playboy Mansion-like cult’ Roger Yu
@ByRogerYu USA TODAY
Andrea Tantaros, a Fox News broadcaster, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit Monday against Fox News, former CEO Roger Ailes and other Fox executives. It is another highly charged legal challenge for the conservative-leaning news network as it seeks to get past a turbulent management change triggered by a
similar case. “Fox News masquerades as defender of traditional family values, but behind the scenes, it operates like a sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult, steeped in intimidation, indecency and misogyny,” said her lawsuit, filed in New York Supreme Court in New York County. The lawsuit, whose defendants include Fox News Co-President Bill Shine, communication chief Irena Briganti, general counsel Dianne Brandi and Suzanne Scott, executive vice president of programming and development, comes two weeks after Tantaros made her allegations in an article
in New York magazine. down July 22 and left Fox News said it the company with a $40 doesn’t comment on million severance packpending litigation. Ailes’ age. lawyer, Susan Estrich, Since Carlson’s lawcouldn’t be reached. suit, other Fox News In early July, former female employees have Fox News broadcaster come forward with sexuGretchen Carlson sued al harassment comAP Ailes for alleged sexual plaints or public support harassment, claiming Andrea of Carlson. Among them was Methe 76-year-old executive Tantaros gyn Kelly, one of Fox decided not to renew her contract after she refused to sleep News’ most heavily promoted prime-time anchors, who told with him. Ailes has denied the allega- Fox’s investigators she, too, had tions. After an internal investiga- been sexually harassed by Ailes. tion by 21st Century Fox, the After Ailes left, Fox News overparent of Fox News, Ailes stepped hauled its management by nam-
ing Shine and Jack Abernethy, CEO of Fox Television Stations, as co-presidents, reporting directly to Rupert Murdoch, co-executive chairman of the board of 21st Century Fox. In her lawsuit, Tantaros claims Ailes allegedly asked her for a hug and told her to “turn around, so I can get a good look at you.” Ailes allegedly commented that Tantaros would “look good in a bikini.” Tantaros, known for her vociferously conservative politics, says she complained “multiple” times to senior Fox executives. Shine has said Tantaros never complained to him.