De Oliveira also said that the conversation “should remain between the two of them,” according to the indictment.ĭe Oliveira also spoke by phone twice with Trump after Trump’s lawyers were notified of plans to subpoena the security footage. He was told it was approximately 45 days. “De Oliveira then insisted to Trump Employee 4 that ‘the boss’ wanted the server deleted and asked, ‘what are we going to do?’” the indictment alleges.Īccording to the indictment, De Oliveira asked the IT employee how long the server retained security footage. When the unnamed Trump employee, identified as Employee 4, responded that he would not know how to do that and did not believe he would have the rights to do that, De Oliveira pressed him further, again referencing “the boss,” prosecutors said. This happened in June 2022 after prosecutors had subpoenaed for the security footage. According to the indictment, De Oliveira told another Trump employee, who was director of IT at Mar-a-Lago, “that ‘the boss’ wanted the server deleted,” according to the indictment. The newest defendant in the case places the former president in the middle of the attempts to delete the security footage. The indictment accuses Trump of being part of the effort to delete security footage from Mar-a-Lago after it was subpoenaed, saying that Trump “requested” that a resort employee delete footage in order “to prevent the footage from being provided to a federal grand jury.” Trump ‘requested’ deletion of security footage Here’s what to know about the new charges in the classified documents case. A potential indictment against Trump in Smith’s election subversion probe continues to loom against the former president and possible charges are expected in weeks to come in the Fulton County, Georgia, investigation into Trump and his allies’ post-election conduct as well. The filing of the new charges illustrates the depth and breadth of legal jeopardy that Trump finds himself. Trump and Nauta pleaded not guilty to the initial round of charges Smith brought in the case last month. READ: New charges in Trump Mar-a-Lago classified documents case (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Donald Trump exits the Oval Office and walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Septemin Washington, DC.
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