In his first “Meet the Press” interview since Chuck Todd's departure, former President Donald Trump made an explosive revelation to host Kristen Welker.
During the interview, Welker asked Trump about his indictment in the classified documents case. Trump adamantly denied allegations that he had asked staff to delete incriminating security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago.
When asked if he would testify under oath, Trump responded with “sure.”
Trump stands accused of violating the Espionage Act by attempting to destroy evidence. (RELATED: Judge Rejects Request To Try All Trump Georgia Defendants Together)
Mediaite explains:
Special Counsel Jack Smith filed three additional charges against Trump in July to go with the other 88 felony counts he faces: one additional count of unlawful retention of National Defense Information and two new obstruction counts based on allegations that Trump and co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira attempted to delete surveillance video footage at The Mar-a-Lago Club in the summer of 2022.
In a preview of her Trump interview for Meet the Press that aired on Friday morning's edition of NBC's Today Show, Trump attacked Smith and denied deleting the surveillance footage — which, co-ancho Savannah Guthrie pointed out following the clip, is not what he's accused of:
Trump pleaded not guilty twice in 24 hours last month after Special Counsel Jack Smith brought additional charges in the classified documents case.
On August 10, Trump waived his right to be present in court for his arraignment in Fort Pierce, Florida and entered his plea on the three additional charges.
A superseding indictment revealed charges related to allegations that “the boss” instructed Mar-a-Lago's head of maintenance, Carlos De Oliveira, to delete incriminating security footage.
“Mar-a-lago security tapes were not deleted. They were voluntarily handed over to the thugs, headed up by deranged Jack Smith,” Trump responded in a Truth Social post. “We did not even go to court to stop them from getting these tapes. I never told anybody to delete them. Prosecutorial fiction & misconduct! Election interference!”
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Good put Dems on the spot
Political witchunt When are they going to indict Obiden on the same charges?
Jack off smith is another garland lawstitute.