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New charges against Trump; Carlos De Oliveira charged in classified documents case

Author: Editors Desk Source: USA Today
July 27, 2023 at 21:38
Patrick T. Fallon Agence France-Presse L’ancien président américain Donald Trump
Patrick T. Fallon Agence France-Presse L’ancien président américain Donald Trump

Unsealed indictment alleges the ex-president asked to have security footage deleted

WASHINGTON - Special counsel Jack Smith leveled new charges against Donald Trump on Thursday - including an allegation that he sought to delete surveillance video - and indicted a second Trump aide for obstruction of justice in the hoarding of classified information.

Carlos De Oliveira, an employee of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, is accused of lying about helping indicted aide Walt Nauta hide subpoenaed boxes of classified information around Trump's home, according to a superseding indictment filed in the Florida-based case.

The revised indictment said Trump and others sought to erase security video of rooms in which boxes were kept. It said they tried to get another unnamed person to "delete security camera footage at the Mar-a-Lago Club to prevent the footage from being provided to a federal grand jury."

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