Trump Spox Rages Over Security Footage Charges

The Washington Post reports:

Federal prosecutors announced new charges against Donald Trump in his alleged hoarding and hiding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home, alleging the former president and a newly-charged aide tried to keep security camera footage from being reviewed by investigators. Trump was also hit with a fresh charge, in addition to the 31 counts he already faces, of illegally retaining national defense information.

The indictment charges that Trump and two aides, Waltine “Walt” Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, requested that another Trump employee “delete security camera footage at the Mar-a-Lago Club to prevent the footage from being provided to a federal grand jury.” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung called the charges unveiled Thursday “a continued desperate and flailing attempt” to harass the former president and those around him.

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“Attempt to delete security camera footage” pic.twitter.com/UZnRSIW94B

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 27, 2023

From the updated indictment, on the attempt to delete security camera footage, page 29: “De Oliveira told Trump Employee 4 that their convo should remain between the two of them…De Oliveira told Trump Employee 4 that ‘the boss’ wanted the server deleted.”

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 27, 2023