Posted on 07/30/2023 1:01:37 PM PDT by lowbridge
Donald Trump on Sunday vehemently denied directing a staffer to delete security footage at Mar-a-Lago.
Special Counsel Jack Smith had lodged three additional charges against the embattled former president Thursday night, including over Trump allegedly telling an underling to have surveillance footage scrubbed after the Justice Department subpoenaed for it last year.
“MAR-A-LAGO SECURITY TAPES WERE NOT DELETED. THEY WERE VOLUNTARILY HANDED OVER TO THE THUGS, HEADED UP BY DERANGED JACK SMITH,” Trump wrote in all caps on Truth Social.
“WE DID NOT EVEN GO TO COURT TO STOP THEM FROM GETTING THESE TAPES. I NEVER TOLD ANYBODY TO DELETE THEM. PROSECUTORIAL FICTION & MISCONDUCT! ELECTION INTERFERENCE!” the GOP presidential contender added.
Smith’s Thursday filing also slapped charges against Mar-a-Lago employee Carlos De Oliveira, who allegedly informed the resort’s IT director that “the boss” wanted the server scrubbed. It isn’t clear whether any footage was ever deleted.
De Oliveira was hit with a charge for allegedly lying to the FBI about efforts to move boxes at the Palm Beach resort alongside Trump aide aide Walt Nauta, who was previously charged by Smith and pleaded not guilty.
The boxes allegedly contained national security documents that Trump illegally took with him when he left the White House, then lied about it to authorities afterward and kept and hid some.
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GFY!!!! Leftist troll.
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