Post by t-bob on Jul 28, 2023 12:06:40 GMT -5
IN DEEPER: The special counsel has added a new charge to Donald Trump’s existing federal indictment involving his possession of secret documents, now accusing the former president of attempting to suppress evidence by telling the property manager of his Mar-a-Lago residence that he wanted security camera footage to be deleted.
A superseding indictment that also names the property manager, Carlos De Oliveira, accuses Trump of attempting to “alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal evidence”; inducing someone else to do so; and a new count under the Espionage Act in volving the incident in which he showed a national security document to visitors at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Trump responded by telling Fox News Digital, “They’re harassing my company, they’re harassing my family and by far, least importantly of all, they’re harassing me.”
Trump’s original indictment accuses him of violating the Espionage Act by illegally holding 31 classified documents containing national defense information after he left office, as well as conspiracy to obstruct the government’s attempts to retrieve the classified material.
The new indictment details movements and conversations involving De Oliveira and Trump’s personal aide, Walt Nauta, with De Oliveira saying “the boss” wanted the security video server deleted.
These new charges were revealed yesterday even as Trump’s lawyers met with prosecutors about the target letter Trump received regarding the investigation into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The troop movements seem to indicate that a second federal indictment is looming.
A superseding indictment that also names the property manager, Carlos De Oliveira, accuses Trump of attempting to “alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal evidence”; inducing someone else to do so; and a new count under the Espionage Act in volving the incident in which he showed a national security document to visitors at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Trump responded by telling Fox News Digital, “They’re harassing my company, they’re harassing my family and by far, least importantly of all, they’re harassing me.”
Trump’s original indictment accuses him of violating the Espionage Act by illegally holding 31 classified documents containing national defense information after he left office, as well as conspiracy to obstruct the government’s attempts to retrieve the classified material.
The new indictment details movements and conversations involving De Oliveira and Trump’s personal aide, Walt Nauta, with De Oliveira saying “the boss” wanted the security video server deleted.
These new charges were revealed yesterday even as Trump’s lawyers met with prosecutors about the target letter Trump received regarding the investigation into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The troop movements seem to indicate that a second federal indictment is looming.
