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Jorge Zepeda Patterson“Los resultados de la 4T, por debajo de las muchas

expectativas” - P. 12

Jorge F. Hernández“Lo único que nos salva

está en los libros y en la lectura” - P. 27

Maruan Soto Antaki“Dos grandes signos

de inmadurez cobijan a la izquierda” - P. 31

JORGE MARTÍNEZ, GASPAR VELA, AMÍLCAR SALAZAR Y RUBÉN MOSSO

El Cártel Jalisco Nueva Ge-neración enfrenta dos guerras: la ofensiva iniciada por el Ejérci-to en estados como Michoacán y Colima, con sus elementos de élite, instruidos en el extranjero, que ha derivado en la detención de algunos de sus líderes, y la frag-mentación interna. En las últimas semanas los ope-

rativos de inteligencia militar y de la Marina han permitido la deten-ción de diez cabecillas de El Men-cho, desatando una escalada de violencia en Michoacán, Zacate-cas, Colima y el propio Jalisco.

Ese cártel enfrenta una de sus peores crisis, porque no solo vive ahora bajo el asedio de las fuerzas castrenses, sino también de sus enemigos, como el grupo de Is-mael Zambada. PAGS. 8 Y 9

“No disminuye violencia”Zaldívar llama a replantear la figura prisión preventivaJOSÉ ANTONIO BELMONT - PAG. 11

Comisión de DefensaMinas del narco, “tema de terrorismo” para actuar yaFERNANDO DAMIÁN - PAGS. 6 Y 7

Operación en Irak en 2019Ericsson cae 14% en Suecia por un posible pago al ISISRICHARD MILNE/FT - PAG. 19

Todos contra el cártel Jalisco: tropas de élite, Marina, mayos...

Inseguridad. Fuerzas especiales del Ejército se despliegan en ese estado, Michoacán, Colima y Zacatecas para combatir reductos de la banda de El Mencho, asediada también por rivales a la orden de Zambada

Berlinale. Oso de Plata a Natalia López GallardoLa directora Natalia López Gallardo recibió el premio Oso de Plata por Manto de gemas durante la ce-remonia de entrega en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Alemania. RONNY HARTMANN/AP PAG. 25

ADYR CORRAL, CIUDAD DE MÉXICO

Unión Europea, EU y 19 países más exigen a Nicolás Ma-duro y oposición volver a las ne-gociaciones en México. PAG. 13

“Por prevención”, 25 mexicanos con sus familias salen de la zona de Kiev

De particulares, ni la informa-ción que le dan sus subordinados puede AMLO difundirla. PAG. 7

EL ASALTO A LA RAZÓN

El INAI para principiantes

CARLOS MARÍ[email protected]

GASPAR VELA Y LILIANA PADILLA

Reporteros de la mañane-ra pactaron no hacer preguntas y guardar un minuto de silencio por sus compañeros. PAGS. 6 Y 10

“No mandamos a aniquilar a nadie”: AMLO; baja el INE desplegado propresidencial

Parlamento abiertoDescarta Sheinbaum que se vaya inversión por reformaY. ORDAZ Y E. HERRERA - PAGS. 14 Y 15

Patinaje. Conade ratifica beca de $30 mil para Donovan, lugar 22 en los Olímpicos

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de avión a diputados; tiene instalado un módulo en el edificio E en el Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro pág. 5

Asigna la Auditoría Superior, a cargo de David Colmenares, contrato por 16 mdp, ampliable a 34 mdp, a Viajes Premier;

fue la única agencia que presentó propuesta

MEXICANO EN UCRANIA: SE NORMALIZA LA TIRANTEZ

12 MDP, servicio contratado por la ASF para transporte terrestre para 2022

Inai dice no a AMLO y Zaldívar advierte que sin periodistas no hay democracia

SIPINNA, UN AÑO SIN TITULAR; ALERTA POR DESMANTELAMIENTOpág. 8

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INCONFORMA ORDEN DE RETIRAR DESPLEGADO EN APOYO A AMLO

Por M. Juárez, Y. Bonilla y J. Butrón

ÁRBITRO ve acción concertada para difundir logros y acciones del Presidente; es propaganda gubernamental, dice al resolver queja del PAN

CÓRDOVA garantiza ejercicio imparcial; manda-tarios bajan a regañadientes tuit con documento; el instituto “tiene miedo y censura”: Delgado pág. 3

Instituto responde que no tiene facul-tades constitucionales ni legales para inda-gar bienes de Loret y familia págs. 6 y 7

Luis Figueroa, paisano residente en Kiev (2), afirma que viven con normalidad; se entera de alerta de guerra por familiares; EU niega desescalada rusa. pág. 18

Transparencia es regla de oro: Presi-dente; reporteros protestan en Palacio; prensa internacional condena violencia

DETIENEN A SUJETO QUE ARROLLÓ A UN POLICÍA POR AUXILIAR A MUJER Jesús “N” casi mata al agente que ayudó a su expareja; huyó a Irapuato; ayer fue detenido por tentativa de homicidio en el mismo vehículo. pág. 10

MOMENTO del ataque

al agente, en noviembre

pasado.

FAMILIAS mexicanas en Kiev abordan un autobús rentado por la SRE para ir al sur de Ucrania, ayer. (1)

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Javier Solórzano

Bernardo Bolaños

Momento definitorio pág. 2 La ley y la prensa libre,

no una moral pág. 5

Gabriel Morales

¿Un nuevo Medio Oriente? pág. 19

“LOS PERIODISTAS son parte esencial de la democracia, sin ustedes no hay democracia, así de fácil... el PJ estará a la altura para defender la integridad de todos”Arturo ZaldívarPresidente de la Corte

“LA AUTORIDAD electoral ha tomado medidas encaminadas a evitar que se realice propaganda con recursos públicos en periodo prohibido... seguiré haciendo uso de mi libertad de expresión en apego a las disposiciones”Víctor Castro Gobernador de BCS

“EL DESPLEGADO se trató de un posicio-namiento contra el contexto de ataques ilegítimos a un Jefe de Estado y no de propaganda gubernamental; el INE opera facciosamente, pero ¡no detendrán la 4T!”Cuitláhuac García Gobernador de Veracruz

“EL INE ha ordenado como medida cautelar borrar de las redes sociales la publicación del 13 de febrero. Pueden ordenar borrar un tuit, pero no pueden lograr que renun-cie a mis convicciones”Claudia Sheinbaum Jefa de Gobierno de la CDMX

“APRECIADA Jefa de Gobierno: Se le orde-nó desde el INE respetar la Constitución, no renunciar a sus convicciones. Claro, en el entendido de que entre sus convicciones no esté violar la Constitución”Ciro Murayama Consejero del INE

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Destinan 7 mdp a la semana para atacar en redes a AMLO

Morena-CDMX: el embate es también contra Sheinbaum

Mexicanos contra la Corrupción y Latinus, entre seis cuentas principales

Detalla experto del CIDE que fueron analizados más de 161 mil tuits

‘‘Los autores tienen afi nidades con Felipe Calderón y el panismo’’

Presentará el partido guinda una denuncia por calumnias

SANDRA HERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA / P 27

Se imprimen papeletas del sondeo de revocación

Ayer comenzó el tiraje de 94 millones 590 mil boletas en las instalaciones de los Talleres Gráfi cos de la Nación. En la ceremonia respectiva, el consejero presidente del Instituto Nacional Electoral,

Lorenzo Córdova, afi rmó que, pese a las restricciones presupuestales, se aplican medidas para evitar su falsifi cación. Foto Luis Castillo. JESSICA XANTOMILA / P 4

Rechaza el INAI petición del Ejecutivo para indagar bienes ● Señala que no está facultado para abordar la riqueza de Loret; se requiere el consentimiento del comunicador, aduce

ARTURO SÁNCHEZ / P 5

‘‘Protejamos a todo periodista, incluso a los mercenarios’’ ● Exige AMLO no usar muertes de comunicadores para agredir a su gobierno

● ‘‘Eso es manipulación y utilizar el dolor ajeno’’ R. GARDUÑO Y F. MARTÍNEZ / P 5

Ordena el INE retirar escrito de gobernadores en apoyo del Presidente ● La comisión de quejas lo consideró ‘‘propaganda’’

● Sheinbaum: puedo borrar el tuit, pero no convicciones JESSICA XANTOMILA Y REDACCIÓN / P 3

Se actúa por consigna en el ente electoral: López Obrador ● Tienen consejeros gran presupuesto y ‘‘no son auténticos jueces’’

● La reforma busca reducir los gastos del organismo y evitar fraudes FABIOLA MARTÍNEZ Y ROBERTO GARDUÑO / P 3

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On Tuesday evening, formerPresident Donald J. Trump, rat-tled by news that his longtime ac-countants had declared that yearsof his financial statements werenot reliable, issued a statement ofself-defense with new claimsabout his wealth.

These, too, did not add up.In a rambling emailed message,

Mr. Trump referred to a “June 30,2014 Statement of Financial Con-dition” prepared by the account-ing firm, Mazars USA, showingthat the year before his first presi-dential run his net worth had been$5.8 billion. But that is not what hesaid back then.

When he declared his candi-dacy in 2015, he produced what hecalled his “Summary of Net Worthas of June 30, 2014” with a very dif-

ferent number: $8.7 billion. Amonth later, he upped the ante, re-leasing a statement pronouncingthat his “net worth is in excess ofTEN BILLION DOLLARS.”

The shape-shifting valuations,

even in the face of mounting legalperil with Mazars’ decision tosever ties and disavow its past fi-nancial statements, get to the coreof a problem for Mr. Trump. Hehas spent a lifetime bending reali-ty to his will, often making it up ashe went along, inventing facts andfigures to support his needs in themoment. In fact, in his Tuesdayemail he suggested the intangible

Facing Doubts About His Wealth, Trump Produces New FiguresBy MIKE McINTIRE Shifting Valuations as

Legal Peril Mounts

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When Kathy Hochul unexpect-edly ascended to the governor’smansion last August, elevated af-ter her predecessor’s sexual har-assment scandal, she hardly re-sembled the kind of political pow-erhouse New Yorkers wereaccustomed to — brash, self-aggrandizing, male and fromdownstate.

Many in Gotham’s tight-knit po-litical class immediately assignedan asterisk to her name and pre-dicted that Ms. Hochul, a moder-ate from Buffalo with a penchantfor making friends but not head-lines, would struggle in a pitchedprimary battle to hold onto the job.

Six months later, they could

scarcely look more wrong.Instead, Ms. Hochul set out on a

brisk campaign to corner partyleaders and crowd out potential ri-vals that was as ruthlessly effi-cient as it was exceedingly con-genial. Leveraging the powers ofher office as well as her own self-

Governor by Chance, HochulIs Now the Democrats’ Favorite

By NICHOLAS FANDOS


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Hospitals are out of rooms as the city struggles to follow China’s response playbook. Page A4.Covid Overwhelms Hong Kong

REDZIKOWO, Poland —Tomasz Czescik, a Polish archae-ologist and television journalist,walks his dog each morningthrough a forest near his homehere on NATO’s eastern flank,wandering along the edge of agreen chain-link fence toppedwith razor wire.

He enjoys the fresh air andmorning quiet — until loudspeak-ers on the other side of the fence,strung with “Keep Out” signs inPolish, English, German and Rus-sian, start blasting “The Star-Spangled Banner” at high volume.

“I don’t know anyone who hasever been inside there,” Mr.Czescik said, pointing across thefence toward a cluster of haze-

shrouded buildings in the dis-tance.

The fence is the outer pe-rimeter, guarded by Polish sol-diers, of a highly sensitive U.S.military installation, expected tobe operational this year, whichWashington insists will help de-fend Europe and the United Statesfrom ballistic missiles fired byrogue states like Iran.

But for President Vladimir V.Putin of Russia, the military basein Poland, and another in Roma-

nia, are evidence of what he seesas the threat posed by NATO’seastward expansion — and part ofhis justification for his military en-circlement of Ukraine. The Penta-gon describes the two sites as de-fensive and unrelated to Russia,but the Kremlin believes theycould be used to shoot down Rus-sian rockets or to fire offensivecruise missiles at Moscow.

On Wednesday, Russia an-nounced further troop withdraw-als and Ukraine signaled a willing-ness to forgo its ambitions to joinNATO, a critical issue in the cur-rent conflict. But tensions ratch-eted up later in the day when aU.S. official said that Russianclaims about a reduced trooppresence were “false” and that

Ukraine? Putin’s Bigger Fear May Lie in Poland.By ANDREW HIGGINS New U.S. Military Base

Is a Mere 100 MilesFrom Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky arriving at a Ukrainian military base on Wednesday, a day proclaimed a National Day of Unity.LYNSEY ADDARIO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES


Home construction is booming, butsupply chain hang-ups have left newhouses lacking a basic item. PAGE B1

Order Your Garage Door First

The Sarah Palin lawsuit may havestarted the effort to curtail the constitu-tional protections of journalists. PAGE B1

BUSINESS B1-6

The Paradoxes of Libel LawThe London police said they were look-ing into allegations about a charity ledby Charles, a day after Prince Andrewsettled a sexual assault suit. PAGE A6

INTERNATIONAL A4-10

Another Prince on Hot SeatA conservative legal group is behindlawsuits challenging elite public highschools that change admissions policiesto diversify the student body. PAGE A18

NATIONAL A11-19

New Front in Admission WarsFor the deaf actor Troy Kotsur, an Oscarnomination for “CODA” has been his-toric but also healing. “I didn’t realizewhat a big step forward this would be,”he tells Kyle Buchanan. PAGE C1

ARTS C1-8

Starting a New Journey

Vanessa Friedman found lots of anar-chic creative energy at Fashion Week,as well as one well-dressed mayor.Above, from Jason Wu’s show. PAGE D4

THURSDAY STYLES D1-6

Some Stylish MomentumA transgender college swimmer hasrevived a debate over who should par-ticipate in women’s events. PAGE B10

SPORTS B7-15

The Testosterone Issue

The quadruple jump has become astaple of women’s skating. And nobodydoes it better than the Russians. PAGE B8

Dizzying Display of Strength Those who caught the virus were morelikely to be diagnosed with psychiatricdisorders over the next year than theuninfected were, a study found. PAGE A15

Covid and Mental Health

Feeling ignored by the media and thepolice, families and friends of Blackwomen are building their own missing-persons operations online. PAGE A11

Turning to TikTok for Justice

The drumming and dancing of the Afro-Colombian company Sankofa Danazfroreawakens the Joyce Theater with“Accommodating Lie,” a work about thedisplay of Black bodies. PAGE C5

Dismantling Stereotypes

Jamelle Bouie PAGE A22

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VOL. CLXXI . . . . No. 59,337 © 2022 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2022

President Biden ordered theNational Archives to hand over arange of visitor logs from theTrump White House to the Housecommittee investigating the Jan. 6attack on the Capitol, rejecting hispredecessor’s claim that the ma-terial is protected by executiveprivilege.

The decision boosts the com-mittee’s efforts to gather informa-tion about who was coming andgoing from the White House notjust on the day of the attack lastyear but also in the months pre-ceding it as President Donald J.Trump sought to overturn theelection.

Mr. Biden had similarly decidedlast year not to support Mr.Trump’s claim of executive privi-lege over other batches of WhiteHouse documents and recordssought by the committee. Mr.Trump went to federal court toblock the release of those earlierbatches but lost.

In a letter sent Tuesday to theNational Archives, Mr. Biden’sWhite House counsel, Dana Re-mus, said Mr. Biden had rejectedMr. Trump’s claims that the visitorlogs were subject to executiveprivilege and that “in light of theurgency” of the committee’s work,the agency should provide the ma-terial to the committee within 15days.

The archivist of the UnitedStates, David Ferriero, said in aletter to Mr. Trump on Wednesdaythat unless prohibited by a court,the National Archives would handover the logs to the committee onMarch 3.

Mr. Trump did not respond pub-licly, and it isn’t clear if he mightgo to court again to try to delay orblock the release of the logs.

Biden RebuffsTrump’s EffortTo Shield LogsBy MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT


Mayor Eric Adams, who rode atough-on-crime platform to vic-tory in November, has spent hisfirst few weeks in office being buf-feted by a spate of violent crimesin New York City, including thekilling of two police officers.

On Wednesday, Mr. Adams gothis chance to seize the initiativeand detail his vision for the city,using his first executive budgetproposal to showcase his inten-tion to curtail some of the city’sfree spending — cutting fundingto most city agencies and point-edly avoiding an increase in thepolice budget. He argued that hecould improve public safety with-out increasing police spending bymoving officers from desks to thestreets.

“We’re going to redeploy our

manpower, we’re going to makesure that everyone who is sup-posed to be on the streets doingtheir job is doing their job, andthen we will make the analysis ifwe have to put more money intoit,” Mr. Adams said at a news con-ference at City Hall.

Mr. Adams’s $98.5 billionspending plan marked a breakwith his predecessor, Bill de Bla-sio. Mr. Adams called for a gradualreduction in a municipal workforce that had risen to a historichigh under Mr. de Blasio, propos-ing to cut 10,000 workers throughattrition and unfilled vacancies.The mayor also required most cityagencies to cut spending by 3 per-cent, and proposed adding

Adams’s Budget Spares PoliceBut Shaves $4 Billion Elsewhere

By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS


KYIV, Ukraine — Tensions overUkraine abruptly ratcheted up onWednesday as Western officialsaccused Russia of lying aboutwhether it had really begunpulling back troops from theUkrainian border.

After days marked by flickers ofhope that the conflict might be re-solved peacefully, a senior Ameri-can official, who refused to bequoted by name, told reportersthat far from winding down its de-ployment, Moscow had addedmore than 7,000 combatants.Western allies expressed similardoubts about the Russian claims.

The American official directlyaccused Russia of lying, sayingthere was fresh evidence it wasmobilizing for war.

British military officials saidWednesday they had spotted Rus-sian armored vehicles, helicop-ters and a field hospital moving to-ward Ukraine’s border.

“Contrary to their claims, Rus-sia continues to build up militarycapabilities near Ukraine,” Lt.Gen. Jim Hockenhull, the Britishchief of defense intelligence, saidin a statement. “Russia has themilitary mass in place to conductan invasion of Ukraine.”

The Western warnings con-trasted sharply with Russia’s at-tempts to show that it was de-es-calating.

Only hours earlier, the Russian

Defense Ministry had released avideo of a military convoy depart-ing Crimea over the 12-mile bridgeto Russia that President VladimirV. Putin ordered built after thepeninsula’s 2014 annexation. Andthe Kremlin’s spokesman praisedthe United States for being willingto negotiate and for offering con-structive ideas.

With the sudden turn of eventsWednesday night, the outlines ofany diplomatic solution to the cri-sis once again looked very hard todiscern.

In recent days, American offi-cials had pointedly declined to ac-cept Russian claims of a pullback.

On Wednesday, Secretary ofState Antony J. Blinken, in an in-terview on MSNBC, said that themilitary units critical for an inva-sion force were continuing tomove “toward the border, notaway from the border.”

To some extent, the battle be-tween the West and Moscow overUkraine has been one of signaling.To keep international pressure onRussia high, the United States hasrepeatedly declared that an inva-sion was near, even imminent.Moscow, in turn, has repeatedlyaccused Washington of exagger-ating the threat.

But beyond the verbal dueling,real troops have been repos-itioned.

In Brussels, defense ministersfrom the NATO countries dis-cussed ways to reinforce military

WEST SEES BUILDUPOF RUSSIAN FORCE,

NOT A DRAWDOWN U.S. and Allies Say Moscow Added 7,000

Troops Near Ukraine’s Border

This article is by Andrew E. Kra-mer, Anton Troianovski and Mi-chael D. Shear.


Today, variably cloudy, windy, quitemild, high 62. Tonight, strong wind,heavy rain, low 54. Tomorrow, clear-ing, turning colder, high 56, then fall-ing. Weather map is on Page B16.

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BUSINESS INSIDE: U.S. has power to cut cancer drug’s price, Michael Hiltzik writes. A10

Voters would advanceRep. Karen Bass to the November runoff by a widemargin if the Los Angelesmayoral primary were to-day, according to a new UCBerkeley Institute of Gov-ernmental Studies poll co-sponsored by the Los Ange-les Times.

About four months fromprimary day, June 7, whowould join her in the runoff isanybody’s guess.

Just under a third oflikely voters said Bass wouldbe their first choice to re-place Mayor Eric Garcetti.

About 40% said they hadnot decided how they wouldvote.

None of the other candi-dates had support above thesingle-digit level, and a largemajority of likely voters saidthey didn’t know enoughabout them to have a favor-able or unfavorable opinion.Results for all registered vot-ers were similar to those forthe likely voter pool.

“This is really a race forsecond place. It’s about whois going to join Karen Bass in the top two,” said MarkDiCamillo, director of theIGS poll, who has surveyedvoters in California for morethan four decades.

“Still you’re getting arelatively large chunk of voters with no opinion, andthat is to be expected at thispoint in the race.”

Last weekend was thedeadline to enter the firstL.A. mayor’s race without an incumbent in nearly a dec-ade — with candidates vyingto helm the city as it pre-pares for the 2028 Olympicsand confronts a persistentcrisis of homelessness and alack of housing at pricesmost residents can afford.

The contest includesmore than two dozen candi-dates, but the most atten-tion has centered aroundBass, City Council MemberKevin de León and RickCaruso, the wealthy real estate developer who en-tered the race last week.

Candidates have beenstriving to distinguish them-selves from one another, and

Bass hasedge inmayoralrun, pollsuggests

About a third of likelyvoters say she’d betheir choice, but 40%remain undecided.

By Benjamin Oreskes

[See Poll, A11]

There were cheers and bullhorns andspeakers blaring Dr. Dre. Open-air, double-decker buses in brilliant Los An-geles Rams blue transporting the cham-pionship team and blasting confetti overa rapturous crowd. The smell of baconsizzling from street vendors’ grills. Sun-shine and palm trees and celebration.

On Sunday, the Rams won their firstSuper Bowl as Los Angeles’ team, de-feating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 at

SoFi Stadium. And on Wednesday,thousands of grateful fans came out tocelebrate with a petite parade — 1.1miles, around 45 minutes, no floats, nohorses, no marching bands — thatstarted at the Shrine Auditorium andended in a rally at the L.A. Memorial Col-iseum.

Angelenos young and old lined theparade route. And so did police officerson motorcycles, lights flashing. Fanswatched from building ledges and officewindows and garages. To get a betterlook at cigar-chomping football playersand cheerleaders waving pompoms,they climbed

RAMS PLAYERS celebrate their Super Bowl win over the Cincinnati Bengals during a Wednesday rally at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. Wally Skalij Los Angeles Times

‘A EUPHORIC FEELING’Thousands offans celebrate

the Rams’Super Bowlvictory with

a parade and rally

By Marisa Gerber, Priscella

Vega, Jonah Valdez, Connor

Sheets and Andrew J. Campa

[See Rams, A14]San Fran-cisco is quitefamiliar withearthquakes,and whathappenedTuesday —the ouster ofthree ex-treme lefties from the Boardof Education — was not oneof those.

Earthquakes are suddenand unexpected. The resultof Tuesday’s recall wasneither.

The removal of boardPresident Gabriela Lópezand members FaauugaMoliga and Alison Collinswas destined the momentthe city’s liberal establish-ment, led by Mayor LondonBreed, joined the effortalong with several discon-tented millionaires, whothrew in loads of cash.

What happened Tuesdaywas more a foreshock, awarning — as if Democratsneeded any more of those —that November’s midtermelections could be very bad

[See Barabak, A9]

S.F. votesignals a largerupheavalMARK Z. BARABAK

KYIV, Ukraine — Ameri-can and European officialscast doubt Wednesday onRussia’s claims that it waswithdrawing troops fromthe Ukrainian border in anapparent attempt to defusetensions that have unsettledthe region and rekindled a

Cold War-style standoff withthe West.

“Unfortunately, there’s adifference between whatRussia says and what itdoes, and what we’re seeingis no meaningful pullback,”Secretary of State Antony J.Blinken said on ABC News.“On the contrary, we contin-ue to see forces, especiallyforces that would be in thevanguard of any renewed ag-gression against Ukraine,continuing to be at the bor-der, to mass at the border.”

Blinken’s comments,coupled with similar warn-ings from NATO, under-

West sees no Russia troop withdrawal

[See Ukraine, A4]ARMY TANKS, shown in a photo taken from video,are returning to their bases after drills, Russia says.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service

U.S. says Kremlin hasboosted border forces.Putin presses issue ofUkraine’s NATO bid.

By Noah Bierman

and Nabih Bulos

‘RUN IT BACK’: Parade mantra hints McVay, Donald may return, Dylan Hernández writes. SPORTS, D1

BEIJING OLYMPICS

BEIJING — In one Win-ter Olympics sweep, EileenGu has solidified her placeas one of the biggest sportsstars in the world, not tomention one of the most po-litically divisive.

The California native haswon two medals competingfor China and is going for athird in the women’s free-style skiing halfpipe on Fri-day, known to be her bestevent. But Gu’s successcomes in tandem with ahighly controversial WinterGames and an increasinglystrained relationship be-tween China and the U.S., di-rectly challenging her insist-ence that sports, and herskiing career, are apolitical.

Gu, 18, has posted win af-ter win in international com-petition ahead of theOlympics. She’s one of themost visible athletes inChina and beyond, having

Born in California, medaling for China By Stephanie Yang

OLYMPIAN EILEEN GU, 18, who decided in 2019 to compete for her mother’shome country of China, reacts after winning a silver medal in slopestyle.

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An Orange County prose-cutor who was fired lastweek previously wrote amemo detailing racist com-ments he alleged his boss,Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer,made while discussing thecase of a Black murder de-

fendant, according to copiesof the internal documentsobtained by The Times.

Former prosecutor Ebra-him Baytieh alleged in amemo dated Dec. 3 that dur-ing a meeting of top prose-cutors on Oct. 1, Spitzer saidthat he knows “many blackpeople who get themselvesout of their bad circum-stances and bad situationsby only dating white wom-en.”

Spitzer was discussingthe case of a Black man, Ja-mon Buggs, charged with

Claim of racist talkroils D.A.’s officeFormer colleague saystop O.C. prosecutormade bigoted remarkswhile discussing case.

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Gascón alteringjuveniles policy L.A. County districtattorney has revised hisban on trying youths asadults. CALIFORNIA, B1

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Uyghurs in Southland call Games ‘shameful’Abuses in Xinjiang should have disqualified China as host, they say. CALIFORNIA, B1

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