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Special counsel fees third defendant in Mar-a-Lago categorized paperwork case towards Trump
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De Oliveira has been added to the obstruction conspiracy fees in the authentic indictment, and has additionally been charged with mendacity to the FBI about shifting packing containers containing categorized paperwork, in accordance with Thursday’s courtroom submitting.
John Irving, a protection legal professional for De Oliveira, has declined to remark.
Who is the new defendant? De Oliveira was the upkeep employee who helped Nauta transfer packing containers of categorized paperwork round Mar-a-Lago after the Justice Department first subpoenaed Trump for the paperwork final May.
Justice Department officers got here to Mar-a-Lago the day after Corcoran’s search, and Corcoran handed over 38 categorized paperwork he had discovered. Yet the FBI retrieved greater than 100 extra categorized paperwork when it searched Mar-a-Lago in August, each in the storage room and Trump’s workplace.
Trump workforce reacts: In a press release, a spokesperson for Trump known as the improvement one other “desperate and flailing attempt” by the Biden administration and Justice Department “to harass President Trump and those around him.”
“Deranged Jack Smith knows that they have no case and is casting about for any way to salvage their illegal witch hunt and to get someone other than Donald Trump to run against Crooked Joe Biden,” wrote the consultant, Steven Cheung.
This submit has been up to date to incorporate a press release from a Trump spokesperson and particulars about De Oliveira’s alleged position in the occasions.
Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes contributed reporting to this submit.