Involvement seems particularly notable. According to the indictment, he played a key role in what appears to be a Pressure Campaign from trump and his co defendant, Valet Walt Nauta and maralago property manager carlos de oliveira, to delete Security Footage from the club after it was subpoenaed by prosecutors. And now, it sure seems like employee 4 could be talking, it turns out, he is an i. T. Worker for maralago named yuscil taveras. According to one new report, taveras himself received a Target Letter from the department of justice after trump was first indicted in florida. But taveras himself has not yet been indicted, and to be clear, as of now, we do not know if taveras is formally cooperating with jack smiths office. That said, as the Washington Post reports, quote, taveras offered information implicating all three defendants in an alleged conspiracy to cover up evidence. And we also know that following trumps indictment, taveras switched lawyers. He was previously represented
Good evening from washington. I am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. Donald trump could end up behind bars next year for conspiracy to obstruct justice. And if he does, it may very well be because of a new testimony by someone identified by the justice department, only as Trump Employee 4. Now that we have had all weekend to digest the new Superseding Indictment for donald trump from doj special counsel jack smith and the classified documents case, employee number fours involvement seems particularly notable. According to the indictment, he played a key role in what appears to be a Pressure Campaign from trump and his co defendant, Valet Walt Nauta and maralago property manager carlos de oliveira, to delete Security Footage from the club after it was subpoenaed by prosecutors. And now, it sure seems like employee 4 could be talking, it turns out, he is an i. T. Worker for maralago named yuscil taveras. According to one new report, taveras himself received a Target Letter from the departm
that they had pulled together during their term. so, they really tried to throw the kitchen sink at all of this. the judge smacked them down after we waited a couple of months for this ruling. there is a question about whether there will be an appeal, especially before we expect the d.a. to seek indictments. and there is a hearing scheduled next week, with a different judge. trump s attorneys recently tried to go over judge mcburney s had to try and get him to rule. and that hearing is on the books for next week. we will still see if that s going to happen although it is seeming less likely, especially if mr. trump s lawyers appeal. one last question, tamar, a lot of this has been playing out publicly from d.a. interview with nbc correspondent lynn alexander, where she reinforced the seriousness of the inquiry to the released portion of the special grand jury report to the grand jury instructions that were recently broadcast. we saw willis s taking over the weekend. could this be a m
evidence for the d. a. and suppress any of the evidence that they had pulled together during their term. so, they really tried to throw the kitchen sink at all of this. the judge smacked them down after we waited a couple of months for this ruling. there is a question about whether there will be an appeal, especially before we expect the d. a. to seek indictments. and there is a hearing scheduled next week, with a different judge. trump s attorneys recently tried to go over judge mcburney s had to try and get him to rule. and that hearing is on the books for next week. we will still see if that s going to happen although it is seeming less likely, especially if mr. trump s lawyers appeal. one last question, tamar, a lot of this has been playing out publicly from d. a. interview with nbc correspondent lynn alexander, where she reinforced the seriousness of the inquiry to the released portion of the special grand jury report to the grand jury instructions that were recently broadcast.