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Trump's company could face criminal charges in New York City

(AP) — Manhattan pros- Trump Organization lawyer The Manhattan district attor-
ecutors have informed Ron Fischetti confirmed to ney’s office declined to com-
Donald Trump’s compa- NBC News that lawyers for ment.
ny that it could soon face the company met virtually
criminal charges stem- with prosecutors Thursday Fischetti didn’t immediately
ming from a long-running to discuss the case. return a message from The
investigation into the for- Associated Press.
mer president’s business “It looks like they are going
dealings. to come down with charges No charges have been filed
against the company and that thus far in the long-running
The New York Times, cit- is completely outrageous,” he probe. Prosecutors have
ing sources familiar with the said, adding that the meeting been scrutinizing Trump’s
matter, reported that charges was on Zoom and lasted for tax records, subpoenaing
could be filed against the about nine minutes. documents and interviewing
Trump Organization as early witnesses, including Trump
as next week related to fringe “The corporate office will insiders and company execu-
benefits the company gave to plead not guilty and we will tives. a critical point. A grand jury two of her lawyers to work
top executives, such as use of make an immediate motion was recent empaneled to with Vance on the criminal
apartments, cars and school to dismiss the case against the Law enforcement officials weigh evidence and New probe while she continues a
tuition. corporation,” he said. familiar with the matter say York Attorney General Letitia civil investigation of Trump.
the investigation has reached James said she was assigning

Death toll in Florida collapse rises to 4; 159 still missing

(AP) — With nearly 160 the pile using large claws in vacation, but I have no moti- Teenager Jonah Handler in Surfside, a small suburb
people unaccounted for the morning, creating a din vation to have fun,” Bushnaq was rescued from the rub- north of Miami Beach. A
and at least four dead af- of crashing glass and metal as said. “It is the perfect time to ble hours after the collapse, child-size bunk bed perched
ter a seaside condomini- they picked up material and say a prayer for them.” but his mother, Stacie Fang, precariously on a top floor,
um tower collapsed into a dumped it to the side. died. Relatives issued a state- bent but intact and appar-
smoldering heap of twist- Three more bodies were re- ment expressing thanks “for ently inches from falling into
ed metal and concrete, Once the machines paused, moved overnight, and Mi- the outpouring of sympathy, the rubble.
rescuers used both heavy firefighters wearing protec- ami-Dade Police Director compassion and support we
equipment and their own tive masks and carrying red Freddy Ramirez said authori- have received.” Fernando Velasquez said his
hands to comb through buckets climbed atop the ties were working with the 66-year-old brother Julio,
the wreckage on Friday in pile to remove smaller pieces medical examiner’s office to “There are no words to de- his sister-in-law Angela and
an increasingly desperate by hand in hope of finding identify the victims. Eleven scribe the tragic loss of our their daughter Theresa, who
search for survivors. spots where people might be injuries were reported, with beloved Stacie,” it said. was visiting from California,
trapped. In a parking garage, four people treated at hospi- were in the building when it
As scores of firefighters in rescuers in knee-deep water tals. Many people waited at a re- fell.
Surfside, just north of Mi- used power tools to cut into unification center for results
ami, toiled to locate and the building from below. Miami-Dade Mayor Dani- of DNA swabs that could “I miss my brother very
reach anyone still alive in ella Levine Cava said rescuers help identify victims. much. I talk to him almost
the remains of the 12-story Surfside Mayor Charles Bur- were at “extreme risk” going every day,” said Velasquez, of
Champlain Towers South, kett said crews were doing through the rubble. While officials said no cause Elmhurst, New York. “His
hopes rested on how quickly everything possible to save as for the collapse has been de- call was always a welcoming
crews using dogs and micro- many people as they could. “Debris is falling on them as termined, Gov. Ron DeSan- call. But I know he’s in heav-
phones could complete their they do their work. We have tis said a “definitive answer” en, because he was in love
grim, yet delicate task. “We do not have a resource structural engineers on-site was needed in a timely man- with Christ. If he is gone, he
problem, we have a luck to ensure that they will not ner. Video showed the cen- is in a much better place.”
“Any time that we hear a problem,” he said. be injured, but they are pro- ter of the building appearing
sound, we concentrate in that ceeding because they are so to tumble down first, and a The missing include people
area,” Miami-Dade Assistant Flowers left in tribute deco- motivated and they are taking section nearest to the ocean from around the world.
Fire Chief Raide Jadallah rated a fence near the tower, extraordinary risk on the site teetering and coming down
said. “It could be just steel and people awaiting news every day,” she said. seconds later. Israeli media said the coun-
twisting, it could be debris about the search watched try’s consul general in Miami,
raining down, but not spe- from a distance, hands With searchers using saws About half the building’s Maor Elbaz, believed that 20
cifically sounds of tapping or clasped and hugging. Nearby and jackhammers to look for roughly 130 units were af- citizens of that country are
sounds of a human voice.” on the beach, visitor Faydah pockets large enough to hold fected, and rescuers used missing. Another 22 people
Bushnaq of Sterling, Virgin- a person, Levine Cava said cherry pickers and ladders were unaccounted for from
Buffeted by gusty winds and ia, knelt and scratched “Pray there was still reason to have to evacuate at least 35 people Argentina, Venezuela, Uru-
pelted by intermittent rain for their souls” in the sand. hope. from the still-intact areas in guay and Paraguay, where an
showers, two heavy cranes the first hours after the col- aide said first lady Silvana de
began removing debris from “We were supposed to be on Rachel Spiegel described her lapse. But with 159 still un- Abdo Benítez flew to Miami
mother, 66-year-old Judy accounted for, work could go because her sister, brother-
Spiegel, who was among the on for days. in-law, their three children
missing, as a loving grand- and a nanny were among the
mother known for chauf- Television video early Friday missing.
feuring her two granddaugh- showed crews fighting fla-
ters everywhere, advocating reups of fires on the rubble Gilmer Moreira, press di-
for Holocaust awareness and piles. rector for the government
enjoying chocolate ice cream palace, said the wife of Par-
every night. Computers, chairs, com- aguayan President Mario
forters and other personal Abdo Benítez has “has al-
“I’m just praying for a mir- belongings were evidence ready received official infor-
acle,” Spiegel said. “We’re of shattered lives amid the mation about the search for
heartbroken that she was wreckage of the Champ- her family” and was awaiting
even in the building.” lain, which was built in 1981 more details.