And brings multiple new charges against Trump…
According to a new court filing, Special Counsel Jack Smith has charged a third individual over the alleged mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago by former President Donald Trump.
The new defendant is Carlos De Oliveira. According to CNN, De Oliveira is a maintenance worker who helped move boxes of classified documents around Mar-a-Lago after the Justice Department subpoenaed Trump for them. The New York Times identified him as the worker who drained the pool at Mar-a-Lago in October, flooding the room where surveillance footage is kept.
Additionally, Smith has brought multiple new charges against Trump involving the alleged alteration, destruction or concealment of evidence.
The additional charges facing Trump involve:
- Willful retention of national defense information
- Two obstruction counts (attempting to delete surveillance footage)
- False statements to the FBI
CNN further reports:
Former President Donald Trump and his aide, Walt Nauta, were charged last month. Both have pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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CNN has previously reported that surveillance footage turned over to the Justice Department showed Nauta and De Oliveira, moving document boxes around the resort, including into a storage room just before Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran searched it for classified documents.
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De Oliveira spoke to investigators earlier this year and his phone had been seized.
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In a statement, a Trump spokesman called the charges “nothing more than a continued desperate and flailing attempt by the Biden Crime Family and their Department of Justice to harass President Trump and those around him.”
Nauta, Trump's valet, faces two new charges in the 60-page superseding indictment as well, based on allegations the defendants attempted to alter or destroy evidence.
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That place is covered in security cameras, so would the Donald have his pool guy move documents around the house while on camera? These Dems and their childish lies are becoming well beyond stupid!
I agree. The pool guy probably was moving boxes but not boxes with classified documents. If they only saw the boxes, how do they know what is in them?
Better get the real criminals biden obama, soros, gates, bloomberg, biden family, and his administration are the real criminals they have done illegal High Treason crimes against America, the American People, our Constitution as Written, they need arrested, Fired, prosecuted, all assets confiscated including the stuff they are hiding in other countries, plus what they have stolen from American Taxpayers
Note to special counsel. You seem to have overlooked charging Trump’s dog. Please correct this error as soon as possible.
What a bunch of morons, still supporting thier criminal ex-president
Bogus charges Big time again
This prosecutor will forever carry the label of greatest goon in political history.