This week it was revealed that former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows brutally flipped on his former boss, President Donald Trump, and informed special counsel Jack Smith’s investigators that he has no recollection of Trump issuing any directives or engaging in discussions regarding the declassification of extensive sets of classified documents prior to his departure from the White House.
Meadows claims to be unaware of any enduring directive from Trump that would authorize the automatic declassification of materials removed from the Oval Office. These details have been shared by sources familiar with the situation to ABC News.
Since the occurrence of the FBI’s confiscation of over 100 classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago home in August of the previous year, Trump has consistently maintained that he had authorized the declassification of all the aforementioned information prior to the conclusion of his presidential term.
Now, we are getting word of another “flip.” It seems that the feds are putting the screws on people in Trump’s orbit.
According to prosecutors, the individual holding the position of director of information technology at Mar-a-Lago retracted their prior “false testimony” in the case led by special counsel Jack Smith, which pertains to the alleged mishandling of sensitive data by former President Donald Trump. This retraction occurred subsequent to the individual changing legal representation and being aware of potential charges related to perjury.
The individual referred to as “Trump Employee 4” in a court filing by the Justice Department, and widely recognized as Yuscil Taveras according to various media sources, has furnished prosecutors with details pertaining to purported endeavors aimed at erasing surveillance camera recordings obtained from the Palm Beach, Florida establishment and residence of the ex-president.
According to the court filing by the Department of Justice, throughout his testimony before the grand jury in the District of Columbia in March 2023, Trump Employee 4 consistently refuted or asserted a lack of recollection of any interactions or discussions pertaining to the security footage at Mar-a-Lago.
The employee was informed of their potential criminal liability for perjury through a formal notification sent 12 days subsequent to Trump’s indictment. The government asserts that this liability arose solely from the employee’s false sworn denial made during their appearance before the grand jury.
Taveras came to the realization that his legal counsel, Stanley Woodward, potentially faced a conflict of interest in the matter due to his concurrent legal representation of Walt Nauta, who is also charged in the case alongside Trump.
According to the filing made on Tuesday, “The target letter to Trump Employee 4 crystallized a conflict of interest arising from Mr. Woodward’s concurrent representation of Trump Employee 4 and Nauta.”
The filing laid out that “Advising Trump Employee 4 to correct his sworn testimony would result in testimony incriminating Mr. Woodward’s other client, Nauta; but permitting Trump Employee 4’s false testimony to stand uncorrected would leave Trump Employee 4 exposed to criminal charges for perjury.”
“Moreover, an attorney for Trump had put Trump Employee 4 in contact with Mr. Woodward, and his fees were being paid by Trump’s political action committee (PAC).”
In the month of July, Taveras made the decision to replace Woodward as his legal representative and instead opted for a public defender. Subsequently, Taveras retracted his earlier testimony given to the grand jury and “provided information that implicated Nauta, [Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos] De Oliveira, and Trump in efforts to delete security camera footage.”
Taveras’ recantation and changed testimony resulted in the issuance of an amended indictment in July, which brought forth additional charges against Nauta, and De Oliveira, and even former President Trump.
Trump has strongly refuted any allegations of misconduct in relation to the issue.
The trial date has been scheduled on May 20, 2024, within the confines of a Miami courthouse.
Today, Trump addressed another case where is being charged in the state of Georgia by a local DA who campaigned on indicted him and is fundraising off of the fact.
“NOBODY HAS EVER FOUGHT FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY LIKE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. FOR DOING SO, I WILL PROUDLY BE ARRESTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN GEORGIA. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social.
In a second post, Trump declared:
“For the first time in three years, brave American Patriots will be able, in Court, to show how the Presidential Election of 2020 was RIGGED & STOLLEN [sic]. For those RINOS, Radical Left Democrats, Communists, Marxists, Fascists , & others who say, “Don’t Look Back, Look Forward,” they either do not want to reveal the answers because they “got away with murder,” or are FOOLS & COWARDS because we now know the answers to all of the Fraud, Irregularities, & Cheating, & WE CANNOT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!”
Shortly thereafter, he posted a reminder to watch him on Tucker Carlson’s show tonight instead of watching the Republican primary debate hosted by Fox News which he will not be attending because he is so far ahead in the polls.
“MY INTERVIEW WITH TUCKER CARLSON WILL BE AIRED TONIGHT AT 9:00 P.M. “SPARKS WILL FLY.” ENJOY!”
Source: New York Post
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