(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . "The Boss Wants It Deleted." New Charges In The Documents Case. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-07-27 All eyes were on the DC Courthouse today as Trump’s attorneys showed up to futilely plead that he not be indicted. They day ended with no action there. Stay tuned for tomorrow or next week. But Smith dropped another surprising bomb in the Mar-a-Lago documents case adding another conspirator, and three more charges against Trump. Two for obstruction of justice, and another for willful retention of national defense documents. You can read the superseding indictment HERE. The most interesting new charge involves new codefendant, Carlos De Oliveira. De Oliveira helped Nauta move the boxes around between the storage room and Trump’s residence. He is charged with that now, and for false statements because he told the FBI he never touched any boxes or saw anything. More interesting, he is charged with conspiring with Trump and Nauta to delete videos showing them moving the boxes. Check out the timeline beginning on p. 27 of the new indictment. On June 22, 2022 the grand jury subpoenaed the video from surveillance cameras around the room where the documents were stored. The very next day Trump calls De Oliveira and they speak for nearly half an hour. The day after that Nauta, after talking to Trump by phone, changes his travel plans. Instead of accompanying Trump to Illinois, he will return to Mar-a-Lago. He tells people the reason for the change is . . . “a secret.” Meanwhile, this is still June 24th, De Oliveira texts the IT guy asking for how long video from the cameras is stored. The IT guy isn’t sure but says he thinks it is 45 days. Nauta confirms, by text, with De Oliveira that De Oliveira will be in Mar-a-Lago. On June 27th, just five days after the subpoena, Nauta and De Oliveira meet with the IT guy. De Oliveira tells the IT guy that “the boss” wants the server containing the video records deleted. When the IT guy pushed back, saying he would need approval from his security supervisor, De Oliveira again stated that “the boss” wanted the server deleted, and asked, “what are we going to do.” Secretive talks ensued between Trump, Nauta and De Oliveira. In the end the server was not deleted and the FBI got the tapes, but the conspirators tried, and that’s what matters. Accordingly Trump, Nauta and De Oliveira are now charged with two counts under 18 U.S.C. § 1512 for corruptly attempting to persuade another person to destroy records sought in the investigation. Put simply Trump engaged in a conspiracy with two of his employees to destroy evidence after that evidence was demanded by a grand jury. Another log on the corruption bonfire. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/27/2183714/--The-Boss-Wants-It-Deleted-New-Charges-In-The-Documents-Case Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/