Trump says attorneys had ‘productive’ meeting with DOJ in Jan 6 probe
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Donald Trump and an aide were hit Thursday with a new set of federal charges related to alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving the White House.
Federal prosecutors accuse the former president of retaining defence information and conspiring with club employee Carlos De Oliveira to delete security footage to hide evidence of misconduct.
The new charges come as a seperate federal grand jury is considering indicting Mr Trump on charges over the January 6 Capitol riot and his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
A court official in Washington announced to reporters that there would be no charges on Thursday, even as the former president’s legal and political teams are getting ready for the possibility that Mr Trump will be hit with his third criminal indictment. His legal team met with prosecutors in the morning.
Last week, Mr Trump said he had received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith’s office saying he is the target of a grand jury investigation.
Trump and aides allegedly plotted to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage
According to the new superseding indictment in the classified documents case, Donald Trump allegedly demanded that his staffers delete security camera footage at the Mar-a-Lago Club after investigators made a visit in June 2022 to collect classified documents he took with him after he left the White House.
In late June 2022, Carlos De Oliveira allegedly took another employee to a small room known as an “audio closet” and asked him to keep the conversation between the two of them. He then told the employee “that ‘the boss’ wanted the server deleted”.
When the unnamed employee, identified as Employee 4 in the documents, said he would not know how to do that, Mr De Oliveira insisted the “boss” wanted it done, and asked: “What are we going to do?”
What do we still not know about Trump’s looming January 6 indictment?
Donald Trump is widely expected to be hit with his third indictment of the year imminently over his attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 US presidential election and his role in the ensuing Capitol riot of 6 January 2021.
What questions remain unanswered at this point?
Carlos De Oliveira: Who is second Trump aide now charged in Mar-a-Lago secret documents case
Prosecutors on Thursday announced additional charges against Donald Trump in the classified documents case, arguing that the former president asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct federal investigation.
The indictment includes new counts of obstruction and willful retention of national defense information.
The prosecutors also added a third defendant to the case, Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira, who they say schemed with Mr Trump and his valet, Walt Nauta, to conceal the footage from investigators.
So who is Carlos De Oliveira?
After his plea deal derails, what’s next for Hunter Biden?
The unravelling of Hunter Biden‘s plea agreement has thrust his criminal case into uncertain waters and given new fodder to Republican critics in Congress as they push ahead with investigations into the president’s youngest son.
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Feinstein appears confused and is instructed to vote ‘aye’ by fellow senator at meeting
One of the frequent instances in which Senator Dianne Feinstein has appeared confused and unsure of the business of the Senate at hand has been caught on camera, a day after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell froze at a press conference and was ushered away after appearing unable to talk.
The Democratic senator from California was attending a meeting Thursday of the Senate Appropriations Commitee, where during votes she appeared to lose track of the proceedings and began to motion for a vote that was already in progress.
John Bowden reports on what happened next.
Biden won’t pardon son for tax and firearms charges, White House says
The White House on Thursday said President Joe Biden would not use his authority as president to grant any pardons or other relief that would short-circuit the criminal case against his son, Hunter Biden.
The younger Mr Biden, an attorney and lobbyist turned visual artist, is currently facing two misdemeanour charges for allegedly failing to pay taxes for two years, as well as a felony charge for allegedly lying on a gun background check form.
Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC.
Trump campaign leaps to support Byron Donald against DeSantis
Trump 2024 campaign spokesperson Jason Miller calls the “smear” of Congressman Byron Donalds over the topic of African American history teaching in Florida by the office of Governor Ron DeSantis a “disgrace”.
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