{"id":1465166,"date":"2022-05-05T13:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465166"},"modified":"2022-05-05T13:29:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:29:39","slug":"dr-oz-accused-of-violating-foreign-agent-law-photo-emerges-of-him-voting-in-recent-turkish-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-oz-accused-of-violating-foreign-agent-law-photo-emerges-of-him-voting-in-recent-turkish-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Oz Accused Of Violating Foreign Agent Law; Photo Emerges Of Him Voting In Recent Turkish Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdr-oz-accused-of-violating-foreign-agent-law-photo-emerges-of-him-voting-in-recent-turkish-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465166&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/DrOz-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Mehmet Oz faced a devastating wave of news on Wednesday as two separate stories broke that could derail his bid to become the Republican Party\u2019s nominee for a U.S. Senate seat out of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The first problematic story for Oz, who is a dual citizen in the U.S. and Turkey, came from an ABC News report about his political involvement in elections in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe television star has largely shied away from discussing his ties to Turkey, where he maintains citizenship, and dismissed criticism from political opponents that he harbors any so-called \u2018dual loyalties,&#8217;\u201d ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/dr-ozs-vote-2018-turkish-election-renews-criticism\/story?id=84326742\">reported<\/a>. \u201cBut a photograph of Oz casting a ballot in Turkey\u2019s 2018 presidential election is rankling some national security experts \u2014 particularly after recently saying he has \u2018never been politically involved in Turkey in any capacity.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrOz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrOz<\/a>, who claims to want to represent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pennsylvania?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pennsylvania<\/a> \u2013 a state he has very little connection with (I know, I\u2019m from here) \u2013 in the Senate, voting in the 2018 Turkish presidential election. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@abcnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mj5VRHZq28\">pic.twitter.com\/mj5VRHZq28<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Deibert (@michaelcdeibert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelcdeibert\/status\/1522030481411395585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>John V. Berry, a former government lawyer with expertise in federal security clearances, told ABC News, \u201cThe decision to vote in a foreign country\u2019s election is problematic from a security clearance perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report said that Oz\u2019s campaign confirmed that the photo was real and that Oz did vote in Turkey\u2019s 2018 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the ABC News report was published, the New York Post released a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/04\/dr-oz-accused-of-violating-foreign-agent-law-with-work-for-turkish-airlines\/\">report<\/a> about a group that is alleging that Oz violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) by not registering as a foreign agent while he was doing work for Turkish Airlines, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.turkishairlines.com\/en\/turkish-airlines\/shareholding-structure\">49.12%<\/a> owned by the Turkish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvf.com.tr\/en\/home\">government<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Armenian National Committee of America Executive Director Aram Hamparian wrote a letter Tuesday to Matthew G. Olsen, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, urging the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The letter stated in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Dr. Oz indisputably serves as public relations counsel, publicity agent, information service employee, or political consultant for Turkish Airlines. In 2017, Dr. Oz reportedly collaborated with Turkish Airlines on its \u201cFly Good Feel Good\u201d project, which was designed to provide \u201can even more comfortable and healthy travel experience to its passengers.\u201d \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>More recently, Dr. Oz appeared in an advertising campaign for Turkish Airlines including in a four-minute informational video offering a medical seal of approval to the airline\u2019s COVID-19 safety procedures.\u201d These campaigns constituted informational materials disseminated in interstate commerce by the foreign agent on behalf of the foreign principal but did not include the conspicuous statement labeling them accordingly as is required by the statute.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDr. Oz clearly serves as a foreign agent on behalf of the foreign principal Turkish Airlines,\u201d Hamparian concluded. \u201cAs you are also aware, the penalty for a willful violation of FARA is imprisonment for not more than five years, a fine of up to $250,000, or both. Certain violations are considered misdemeanors, with penalties of imprisonment of not more than six months, a fine of not more than $5,000, or both. We encourage you to fully investigate this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Laufman, who oversaw the Justice Department\u2019s FARA enforcement from 2014 to 2018, said that he believes that it \u201cwould be appropriate for [the Justice Department] to undertake logical, analytical and investigative steps to determine whether Dr. Oz acted as a public relations counsel or publicity agent in the United States on behalf of Turkish Airlines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he did, he likely would have an obligation to register unless he qualified for an exemption,\u201d Laufman said. \u201cIn my experience, a foreign government ownership interest as high as 49.12 percent would contribute to a conclusion by the Justice Department that otherwise registrable work on behalf of that entity in the United States \u2014 such as public relations work \u2014 likely would not qualify for the [commercial] exemption because the activities would directly promote the public or political interests of the foreign government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as Oz is in a tight race with former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick for the GOP nomination. The candidates are so close in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/news\/politics-nation\/2022\/05\/05\/pa-us-senate-poll-john-fetterman-dr-oz-david-mccormick-conor-lamb-2022-election\/stories\/202205050070\">polls<\/a> that it falls within the margin of error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mehmet Oz faced a devastating wave of news on Wednesday as two separate stories broke that could derail his bid to become the Republican Party\u2019s nominee for a U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1481740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1465166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}