Posted on 08/05/2023 12:02:29 PM PDT by george76
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team admitted in a Monday court filing that his staff did not turn over all evidence to former President Donald Trump’s legal team, despite previously claiming that they had.
Smith has brought a total of 40 counts against Trump, accusing him of unlawfully retaining classified documents after leaving office and lying to the government about handing over all documents.
On July 27, Smith’s team filed a “superseding indictment” which further accused Trump of instructing his security staff to delete security tapes from his Mar-a-Lago resort only a couple of months before the FBI raided the Florida residence, Newsweek reported.
Others named in the indictment include Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira and Trump aide Waltine “Walt” Nauta.
According to prosecutors, it was De Oliveira who told a Mar-a-Lago employee that “the boss” wanted a security server erased.
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Now, it appears that Smith is the one withholding security footage.
In a July 31 court filing, Smith’s team admitted that they failed to upload video footage taken from Mar-a-Lago to an online platform where Trump’s defense team could review it, as required by law, according to Newsweek.
“On July 27, as part of the preparation for the superseding indictment coming later that day and the discovery production for Defendant De Oliveira, the Government learned that this footage had not been processed and uploaded to the platform established for the defense to view the subpoenaed footage,” read the filing.
The Government’s representation at the July 18 hearing that all surveillance footage the Government had obtained pre-indictment had been produced was therefore incorrect.”
The Brady rule is a legal standard that requires the prosecution to provide the defense with any exculpatory information that will be brought against them in court.
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There are serial killers who I would consider “unhinged,” yet they can commit detailed crimes, clean and hide evidence, and appear somewhat normal when they are not killing.
This is a crime against the Defense and the court. Let’s see if the judge punishes Scott’s hit team.
yeah
Sad truth. Old liberals are a puzzle. Continually vote against their own interests. That is how bad GOP is. Can't even attract like minded people.
“Continually vote against their own interests.”
Much like Jews and blacks. In fact, 85% of RAT voters are voting against their own best interests. Only the RAT pols and their donors benefit from a RATs in power.
Jack Smith is the face of Lawfare. Lois Lerner is proud.
Jack Smith even gives ambulance chasers a bad name.
It will come back to him one day…soon.
The Jan 6th insurrectionists are starting to look like heroes to me. Justice and FBI, enemies of the people. The president, bribed and crooked, with them selling us out with their protection.
Bidens term in office, a disgusting insult to all. Obamas gift to our country, after elevating the POS to VP.
One thing you can count on from the Biden Administration is incompetence.
One thing you can count on from the Biden Administration is incompetence.
Time to repeal the 17th Amendment. Neither O, Slo Joe or Kamalatard would have ever made it to the Senate..
Our Founding Father’s were not stupid!
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