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In a social media post, President Trump said he was “cancelling” executive orders from the Biden administration that had been signed with an autopen. NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell reports on the statement and how the president could change the executive orders.



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I’m on my way.”Working for the AdelsonsKatherine MagbanuaAlthough the dental practice was paying Katherine Magbanua, it didn’t appear she was doing any work for the practice, Cappleman told “Dateline.” And she’d gotten other perks from the family, including help paying for her breast augmentation surgery, according to Jason Newlin, chief investigator with the Leon County State Attorney’s Office.Katherine Magbanua testifies in the trial of Donna Adelson on Aug. 26.Alicia Devine / Tallahassee Democrat / USA Today Network via ImagnMagbanua was arrested in October 2016 and charged with murder, conspiracy and solicitation in Markel’s killing. She denied the allegations and testified at a trial three years later that she’d done legitimate work for the Adelsons and paid for her surgery with cash tips from a job promoting liquor brands.A mistrial was declared after the jury deadlocked, but during a retrial three years later, Magbanua was convicted of all charges and sentenced to life in prison.The protective older brotherCharles AdelsonWendi Adelson’s protective older brother was a periodontist who ran a lucrative implant practice north of Miami and drove a Ferrari with a distinctive license plate — “Maestro.” He’d been recorded at a Miami restaurant appearing to implicate himself in the crime, according to prosecutors, and was arrested in 2022 on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation of murder.During his 2023 trial, Charles Adelson denied that he played a role in Markel’s killing and testified that he was the victim of a deadly extortion scheme: After Markel’s killing, he said, Magbanua told him if he didn’t pay one-third of a million dollars in 48 hours, he’d be dead.Charlie Adelson in court on Nov. 1, 2023.Alicia Devine / Tallahassee Democrat / USA Today Network via ImagnCharles Adelson testified that he paid her what he could — $138,000 in cash — and agreed to pay $3,000 a month more through checks from his family’s dental practice.Magbanua took the stand and provided testimony that was far different from her earlier statements. She said she’d lied in her trials to save herself and pointed to Charles Adelson as the one responsible for coming up with the murder plot. Magbanua also acknowledged recruiting Garcia to carry out the killing.On Nov. 6, 2023, after three hours of deliberations, a jury convicted Charles Adelson of all charges. 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She pleaded not guilty.During a nearly two-week trial that began in August, prosecutors portrayed Donna Adelson as a vengeful mother-in-law who was furious over Markel’s efforts to limit her contact with her grandchildren and helped orchestrate the murder plot.Among the key pieces of evidence presented at the proceedings was a phone call Donna Adelson made to Charles Adelson after an undercover FBI agent approached her and pretended to be affiliated with the murder plot. 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