Indicted Trump Organization CFO stripped of company positions
NEW YORK — The finance chief of former President Donald Trump's business empire has been removed as an officer at some of the company’s subsidiaries amid charges accusing him and the corporation of a long-running tax fraud scheme.
Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was indicted last week by the Manhattan district attorney's office in the first criminal case against the former president's namesake company.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday the removal of the trusted Trump Organization financial veteran could be the first move in other potential changes of the finance chief’s duties.
But Weisselberg, 73, who has worked for the family for nearly 40 years, won’t get the boot from the company altogether, the Journal reported, citing unnamed sources.
According to the Journal, Trump Payroll Corp., is one company facing charges in the same criminal case that has ensnared Weisselberg. The company previously listed him as treasurer, director, vice president and secretary on Florida Department of State business records, the Journal reported.
Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is now on record as its executive vice president, director, secretary, treasurer and vice president. And second son Eric Trump is down as president, director and chairman on those records, the Journal reported.
Trump Payroll is run by Trump Organization employees and processes payroll for company staff, according to an indictment in New York state court. In 2015 and 2016, Donald Trump was listed as the only officer of Trump Payroll, according to Florida records, the Journal reported. Trump wasn’t charged in the case.
A lawyer for Weisselberg and a representative for the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
—New York Daily News
Police projectile hit peaceful protester in face, lawsuit says
MINNEAPOLIS — A St. Paul woman says she was protesting peacefully outside Minneapolis' 3rd Precinct last summer when police shot her in the face with a projectile, causing permanent injury to her eye.
Two days after George Floyd's murder at the hands of Minneapolis police, Ana Maria Gelhaye joined the crowds that had amassed outside the south Minneapolis station to protest police brutality. While Gelhaye livestreamed the protest on Facebook, an unknown police officer fired a 40 mm "less-lethal" round at her face, according to a lawsuit she has filed in federal court.
The suit, which includes images captured on the livestream of Gelhaye's bloody eye right after she was shot, alleges that police violated her constitutional rights, including First Amendment protections.
"Making matters worse, no MPD officer rendered aid to Gelhaye after she was shot," according to the suit.
The suit includes analysis from medical professionals who say Gelhaye suffered iris and retinal trauma and other permanent damage, incurring expensive medical bills. She also experienced psychological damage, according to the suit.
The Minneapolis city attorney declined to comment on the suit.
—Star Tribune
Beloved Outer Banks horse euthanized after deadly infection
An Outer Banks wild horse with a large social media following has been euthanized after an infection spiraled out of control.
Lizzie, a 6-year-old mare, had been at a medical facility the past month getting treatment for a leg wound of unknown origin, according to the Corolla Wild Horse Fund.
“On Friday, at the recommendation of our veterinary team, we made the difficult decision to euthanize Lizzie,” herd manager Meg Puckett reported on Facebook.
“Her condition deteriorated quickly at the end of last week, and on Friday it was clear that not only was the infection in her leg getting worse (but) she was suffering.”
Lizzie’s case received widespread attention on social media after it was reported she had to abandon a foal in order to get help. The yearling horse, named Alex, was left to fend for itself in a remote part of the Outer Banks. It has since been befriended by another family of wild horses, Puckett reported on Facebook.
The source of Lizzie’s injury remains unknown. But the cut was “just open enough for fungus to get in” and make a minor wound into a major health crisis, Puckett told McClatchy News. The cut occurred last year and worsened when Lizzie disappeared into a remote area for months to raise her foal.
The loss of any horse has a big impact on the herd on Corolla, which numbers only about 100 horses. The Outer Banks are home to two herds of that size, the other being on the Shackleford Banks inside Cape Lookout National Seashore. A much smaller group also lives on Cedar Island.
—The Charlotte Observer
Man behind airport bomb scare was angry about bag fee, police say
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When Wegal Rosen learned he’d have to pay for a carry-on bag before getting on a plane bound for Canada on Saturday, the part-time South Florida resident was upset.
His anger grew worse when he was told he would have to pay to carry his bag on board. And he ended up in a heated argument when an Air Canada agent who said the airline has a no-cash policy and he’d have to walk from Terminal 2 to Terminal 3 to buy a Visa card to pay for his carry-on item.
What happened next caused panic and major issues for airlines and travelers when the airport shut down for about four hours and three of the terminals had to be evacuated.
According to a police report, at 8:30 a.m. Rosen, 74 of Ontario, walked away from the ticket counter where he had been arguing with the Air Canada agent. As he was walking, the agent called out that he left his carry-on bag there and he needed to come and get it.
Rosen, the report said, told the agent there was a bomb in the bag. Unaware that the bag actually contained Rosen’s CPAP machine, which helps him breath when he is sleeping, deputies combed the airport for hours making sure there were no bombs.
Eight flights were canceled and 50 flights were delayed. Now Rosen faces 15 years in prison — which, for a person his age, could mean spending the rest of his life behind bars.
Rosen was taken to jail, where he remained Monday afternoon.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel
