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WASHINGTON — Video of a2015 speech delivered by Repre-sentative Frederica S. Wilson re-vealed Friday that John F. Kelly,the White House chief of staff, mis-represented her remarks when heaccused her of bragging about se-curing $20 million for a SouthFlorida F.B.I. building and twist-ing President Barack Obama’sarm.

Mr. Kelly, escalating a feud be-tween Mr. Trump and Ms. Wilson,had cast the congresswoman onThursday as a publicity-seekingopportunist. However, the video,released by The Sun Sentinel, anewspaper in South Florida,showed that during her nine-minute speech, Ms. Wilson nevertook credit for getting the moneyfor the building, only for helpingpass legislation naming the build-ing after two fallen federal agents.

She never mentioned pleadingwith Mr. Obama, and she acknowl-edged the help of several Republi-cans, including John A. Boehner,then the House speaker; Repre-sentatives Mario Diaz-Balart andCarlos Curbelo; and SenatorMarco Rubio.

Ms. Wilson, in an interview onFriday, called Mr. Kelly a liar andhinted strongly that the alterca-tion, prompted by a call from Pres-ident Trump to the widow of a fall-en black soldier, was raciallycharged.

“The White House itself is full ofwhite supremacists,” she said.

“I feel very sorry for him be-cause he feels such a need to lie onme and I’m not even his enemy,”Ms. Wilson said of Mr. Kelly. “I justcan’t even imagine why he wouldfabricate something like that.That is absolutely insane. I’m justflabbergasted because it’s veryeasy to trace.”

While she stopped short of ac-cusing Mr. Kelly, a retired Marinegeneral, of racial animus, she didsay that others in the White Houseare racially biased.

“They are making themselves

VIDEO DISPROVESSTORY KELLY TOLDABOUT LAWMAKER

FEUD GROWS OVER CALL

Congresswoman SeesRacial Bias in White

House Response

By YAMICHE ALCINDORand MICHAEL D. SHEAR

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The Pentagon is trying to deter-mine whether American forces in-volved in a deadly ambush in Ni-ger this month diverted from theirroutine patrol to embark on an un-approved mission, military offi-cials said on Friday.

The questions have come up be-cause the American and Nigeriensoldiers on the patrol have givenconflicting accounts aboutwhether they were simply am-bushed or were attacked after try-ing to chase Islamic insurgents,according to military officialsfrom both countries.

The episode has engulfed theWhite House in crisis andprompted demands from mem-bers of Congress for answersabout what the soldiers were do-ing before the attack on Oct. 4.

In interviews with both the De-fense Department and The NewYork Times, Nigerien military of-ficials said that a lightly armedconvoy of about 50 Nigerien andAmerican soldiers gave chase toIslamic insurgents on motor-cycles until the men crossed theborder into Mali, then returnedlater to ambush the troops.

American service members, bycontrast, insisted that they did notchase the insurgents but simply“noticed” them in the vicinity ofthe village of Tongo Tongo, De-fense Department officials said. Itwas not until the troops inter-viewed village leaders and wereon their way to their base, by theAmerican account, that the insur-gents ambushed the convoy, over-whelming them.

The inconsistencies are at theheart of why the Pentagon has notbeen forthcoming with detailsabout what happened in Niger, ac-cording to American military offi-cials, who spoke on the conditionof anonymity to discuss a continu-ing investigation. Four Americanswere killed in the attack, includingthree Green Berets, as well as fourNigerien soldiers. Two Americansand six Nigeriens were wounded.

The contradictions added to themajor questions emerging aboutthe attack: Had the soldiers actedbeyond their planned missionwithout first gaining approval?And if they were given permis-sion, who granted it?

Accounts VaryOn How AttackBegan in Niger

African Soldiers Tell ofUnapproved Mission

This article is by Dionne Searcey,Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt.

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BARCELONA, Spain — Thesedays, the city of Barcelona wearstwo hats. And not too comfortably.

On the one hand, Barcelona is aglobal city, a former host of theOlympics, and the home of one ofthe world’s most famous soccerclubs, F.C. Barcelona. It is a mag-net for more than 10 million vis-itors a year, an example of theways large cities increasingly in-fluence global politics, economicsand culture.

On the other hand, Barcelona isthe capital of Catalonia, Spain’srestive northeastern region, andthe nerve center of a drive for Cat-alan independence that is de-scribed by its opponents as paro-chial, exclusive and nationalist.

In that campaign — which theSpanish government now says itwill take emergency measures tohalt — there is no place in Catalo-nia with more at stake. In Bar-celona, the issue of independencehas provoked exceptionally sharpsoul-searching and debate over al-legiances and identity, with an in-tensity not seen since Britainvoted to leave the European Un-ion.

In short, people are worried.First among them is the city’s left-ist mayor, Ada Colau, who, despiteexpressing support for independ-ence in the past, says she is nownot in favor of leaving. “It’s a very

pluralistic city and there is a lot ofdiversity of opinions in Bar-celona,” she said in an interviewthis week.

The city is not exactly compara-ble to London — which favored re-maining in the European Union —since Barcelona is still home tomany separatists. “But if you com-pare it with people in the heart ofCatalonia,” Ms. Colau said, “it’snot as pro-independence.”

Ms. Colau said she was appalledby the violence of the Spanish na-tional police as they tried to blockpeople from voting in the Oct. 1 in-dependence referendum, and shebelieves in Catalonia’s right toself-determination.

But her own attitude to inde-pendence differs from that of theCatalan president, Carles Puigde-mont, a lifelong separatist from

Girona, a small city 60 milesnortheast of Barcelona.

As an economic powerhousethat has welcomed migrants frommany other parts of Spain, Bar-celona has a more “cosmopolitan”outlook than the rest of Catalonia,Ms. Colau said.

Cities, rather than nation states,“are the future,” she said. “I am acitizen of Barcelona and a munici-palist — and that’s the main rea-son that I am in the city hall notthe Catalan regional govern-ment.”

The region’s Oct. 1 referendumwas a deeply compromised ba-rometer of popular sentiment.Though official figures show that90 percent of voters supported in-dependence, only about 43 per-cent of the Catalan electorate tookpart in a vote that was banned bythe Spanish courts and which thenational government tried to stopby force.

Many of those opposed to sepa-ration had little incentive to bravethe police violence. Yet a break-down of the results shows that the

Global City Is the Center of a Secessionist FeudBy PATRICK KINGSLEY

Barcelona, Spain, is home to one of the world’s most famous soccer clubs. Signs at the stadium are written primarily in Catalan.EMILIO MORENATTI/ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Catalan IndependenceIs Complex Question

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A federal regulator criticizedWells Fargo for engaging in unfairand deceptive practices and fail-ing to manage risks, and said ithad not set aside enough money topay back the customers itharmed.

The confidential report, pre-pared by the Office of the Comp-troller of the Currency and re-viewed by The New York Times,criticizes Wells Fargo for forcinghundreds of thousands of borrow-ers to buy unneeded auto insur-ance when they took out a carloan, as well as its handling of theproblems once they were de-tected.

The regulators’ report, sent tothe bank this week, is preliminary.Still, it represents the latest blowto the reputation of Wells Fargo,America’s third-largest bank andone that was once regarded as be-ing among the best run in thecountry. The bank is still trying torecover from a scandal in whichits employees created millions ofcredit card and bank accountsthat customers had not requested,eventually leading to the ouster ofthe bank’s chief executive and mil-

Pressure BuildsOn Wells Fargo

In Fraud Case

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON

Continued on Page A16 In a lace-accented white wed-ding gown, Chirlane McCray, thefirst lady of New York City, madeher way up the church aisle andturned to face the crowd. Arrayedbefore her were not the familiarfaces of friends and family, butdozens of other women in similarbridal attire as they prepared tomarch across Upper Manhattan insolidarity against domestic vio-lence.

“There’s nothing like putting onthe garb,” she said after the eventlast month.

After nearly one full term, Ms.McCray, the wife of Mayor Bill deBlasio, has fully wrapped herselfin the role of political spouse, a jobespecially steeped with symbol-ism for her. As the African-Ameri-can wife of a white mayor in a mo-ment of renewed racial strifeacross America, Ms. McCray hasemerged as likely the most influ-ential, if not consequential, firstlady in the city’s history.

She has a full-time staff of fiveand her own public schedule. Sheoversees a portfolio of municipalprograms, including her signa-ture $850 million mental healthinitiative, in which other city offi-cials report to her. She controls anindependent nonprofit with a $25

million annual budget and stillmore staff. And she has the may-or’s ear on decisions big andsmall, sitting in on top-level job in-terviews, policy formulation andsenior staff meetings.

“Where’s Chirlane?” is a regu-lar refrain heard around City Hallas Mr. de Blasio wonders aloudwhy she is not in a particularmeeting, or where she stands onan issue.

In a wide-ranging interviewthis month at Gracie Mansion, Ms.McCray outlined her ambitiousagenda, which is topped by re-imagining mental health services

In New York, an Influential First Lady With Plans of Her OwnBy SHANE GOLDMACHER

Chirlane McCray, whom Mayor Bill de Blasio calls “my No. 1 adviser,” at Gracie Mansion.DEMETRIUS FREEMAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

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After a series of high-profile po-lice shootings, police departmentsacross the nation turned to bodycameras, hoping they would curbabuses. But a rigorous study re-leased Friday shows that theyhave almost no effect on officerbehavior.

The 18-month study of morethan 2,000 police officers in Wash-ington found that officersequipped with cameras used forceand prompted civilian complaintsat about the same rate as thosewho did not have them.

Advocates for body cameras —including police officers, lawmak-ers and citizens in high-crimeneighborhoods — have long ar-gued that requiring officers towear the devices would have a“civilizing effect” on both officers

and the civilians who encounterthem. After the 2014 fatal policeshooting of Michael Brown, an un-armed African-American man, inFerguson, Mo., calls for their usebecame more widespread.

Body Cameras Watch OfficersWith Little Effect, Study Finds

By AMANDA RIPLEY and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS

Police departments have beenquick to adopt body cameras.

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Hamidreza Pejman has financed anexhibit space, above, that he hopes willlift Iran’s art scene. PAGE A8

INTERNATIONAL A4-9

Anything for His Art in Tehran

Japan has one of the worst records forfemale political representation. Elec-tions Sunday won’t change that. PAGE A4

Women Rarely on Ballot

Repeated demonstrations over policeactions have prompted businesses toclose and concerts to be canceled in theSt. Louis region. PAGE A11

NATIONAL A10-16

Protests Disrupt Commerce

The agency says it will not accept indi-vidual tax returns that do not meet rulesof the Affordable Care Act. PAGE A14

I.R.S. Policing Insurance Rule

A forgotten Rodin sculpture of Napo-leon has been identified in the Madison,N.J., borough hall. PAGE A17

NEW YORK A17-19

A Rodin Hiding in Plain Sight

A documentary offers never-before-seen footage of her work with chim-panzees in Tanzania in the ’60s. PAGE C1

ARTS C1-8

Jane Goodall, a Life Examined

The debut by Joe Mulherin — a.k.a.nothing,nowhere. — is one of 2017’smost promising pop albums. PAGE C1

Blending Emo and Hip-Hop

Bob Weinstein scrambles to handle thefallout from his sibling’s scandal. PAGE B1

BUSINESS DAY B1-6

Weinstein’s Brother in Spotlight

Ron Lieber writes about an unlikelybuddy act in the Senate. PAGE B1

Fighting College Costs’ Opacity

The Yankees are pushed to the limit, aWorld Series berth on the line. PAGE D1

SPORTSSATURDAY D1-6

Astros Force a Game 7

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