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Thursday 12 May 2022

Judge: Trump must pay $110K, meet conditions to end contempt

NEW YORK (AP) — A New naed records.
York judge said Wednes- Engoron said he could re-
day he will lift Donald instate the fine, retroactive
Trump's contempt of court to May 7, if the conditions
order if the former president he set forth on Wednesday
meets certain conditions, are not met. He instructed
including paying $110,000 Trump to pay the money di-
in fines he's racked up for rectly to James' office and
being slow to respond to a for James' office to hold
subpoena for evidence in the money in an escrow
a civil investigation into his account while Trump's ap-
business practices. peal of the contempt find-
In one of two Trump sub- ing plays out.
poena fights before courts "For years, Mr. Trump and
on Wednesday, Judge Ar- the Trump Organization
thur Engoron said he will have tried to thwart our
lift his finding of contempt lawful investigation, but to-
if Trump submits additional day's decision makes clear
paperwork by May 20 de- that no one can evade ac-
tailing efforts to search for countability," James said in
the subpoenaed records a statement. "We will con-
and explaining his and his tinue to enforce the law
company's document re- and seek answers as part
tention policies. of this investigation."
The judge also requires that Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, Saturday, A message seeking com-
a company Trump hired to April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio, to endorse Republican candidates ahead of the Ohio primary. ment was left with Trump's
aid in the search, Haystack- Associated Press lawyer.
ID, finish going through 17 James asked Engoron to
boxes kept at an off-site Wednesday outlining crite- to information that could on financial statements for hold Trump in contempt of
storage facility, and for that ria for lifting the sanctions. then be used against the over a decade. court after he failed to pro-
company to issue a report Also Wednesday, the ap- Republican former presi- Trump has denied the al- duce any documents to
on its findings and turn over pellate division of the state's dent in a parallel criminal legations, calling James' satisfy a March 31 deadline
any relevant documents. trial court was scheduled investigation being con- investigation "racist" and a to meet the terms of her
Engoron found Trump in to hear oral arguments in ducted by the Manhat- "witch hunt." James is Black. subpoena seeking numer-
contempt on April 25 and a related subpoena mat- tan District Attorney, Alvin Engoron ordered Trump to ous documents, including
fined him $10,000 per day ter: Trump's appeal of the Bragg, a Democrat. pay $110,000 because that papers pertaining to his an-
for not complying with judge's Feb. 17 ruling requir- James, also a Democrat, is the total amount of fines nual financial statements,
New York Attorney General ing him to answer questions has said her three-year in- he accrued through May 6, development projects,
Letitia James' subpoena. under oath in James' inves- vestigation has uncovered when Trump's lawyers sub- and even communica-
While appealing the ruling, tigation. evidence that Trump's mitted 66 pages of court tions with Forbes magazine,
Trump's lawyers repeatedly Trump's lawyers contend company misstated the documents detailing the where he sought to bur-
asked Engoron to recon- James is using her civil in- value of assets like sky- efforts by him and his law- nish his image as a wealthy
sider, leading to his order vestigation to gain access scrapers and golf courses yers to locate the subpoe- businessman.q

Pilot down, passenger takes over with 'no idea how to fly'

troller communications. able a Cessna 280 to be Morgan told television sta-
"My pilot has gone incoher- steered from the passenger tion WPBF he felt like he
ent. I have no idea how to seat. Minutes passed be- was in the right place at
fly the airplane." fore controllers were able the right time.
An air traffic controller in to locate the plane, which "I knew the plane was fly-
Fort Pierce responded, ask- by then was heading north ing like any other plane. I
ing if he knew the position over Boca Raton. just had to keep him calm,
of the single-engine Cessna Then the man's voice point him to the runway
280. seemed to fade, so the and just tell him how to
"I have no idea. I can see controller in Fort Pierce reduce the power so he
the coast of Florida in front asked for the passenger's could descend to land.
of me, and I have no idea," cellphone number to en- It felt really good to help
the passenger said. able controllers at Palm someone," Morgan said.
In this still image from video by WPTV shows emergency per-
sonnel surrounding a Cessna plane at Palm Beach International According to Flight Aware, Beach International Airport Federal Aviation Admin-
Airport Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in West Palm Beach, Fla. the plane had taken off to communicate with him istration spokesman Rick
Associated Press earlier Tuesday from Marsh more clearly. Breitenfeldt confirmed that
Harbour International Air- Air traffic controller Robert the pilot and passenger
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) safely with the help of air port in the Bahamas. Morgan, a 20-year veteran, were the only two people
— A passenger with no fly- traffic controllers. As the plane flew over Flori- took over at that point, talk- aboard. The agency is in-
ing experience radioed an "I've got a serious situation da, the controller, speaking ing the passenger down to vestigating, he said in an
urgent plea for help when here," the man said Tues- very calmly, told the pas- a safe landing. email. There was no imme-
the pilot of a small plane day afternoon, according senger to "maintain wings "Kudos to the new pilot," diate word on the condi-
suddenly fell ill off Florida's to audio on LiveATC.net, level and try to follow the one controller told him tion of the pilot and author-
Atlantic coast, and was a website that broadcasts coast, either north or south- after the plane smoothly ities did not release their
able to land the plane and archives air traffic con- bound." Twin controls en- wheeled down the tarmac. identities.q