Special counsel Jack Smith has brought additional charges against former President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, including obstruction. Follow live updates.
From CNN's Jeremy Herb and Tierney Sneed
De Oliveira — a maintenance worker at the resort — told another Trump employee, who was director of IT at the Mar-a-Lago Club, “that ‘the boss’ wanted the server deleted,” according to the indictment. “De Oliveira then insisted to Trump Employee 4 that ‘the boss’ wanted the server deleted and asked, ‘what are we going to do?’” the indictment alleges.
De Oliveira told the employee that the conversation “should remain between the two of them,” the indictment alleges.Prosecutors say one day after Trump’s attorneys received a draft subpoena from prosecutors in June 2022, Trump called De Oliveira. The following day, the subpoena was issued., took an unexpected trip to Mar-a-Lago that weekend, according to the indictment, and met with De Oliveira shortly after he arrived.
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