Years. Were ready to go. Later. Kidnapped in natity. Two americans, a nurse and her young daughter taken. Well have an effort on the update to get them both home. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Its 10 00 eastern. Im ana cabrera in new york. The First Court Hearing for the third defendant in the classified documents case. In just a few minutes we expect to see Carlos Deolive Era appear before a federal judge in a courthouse. Hes accused in a scheme to destroy Security Footage at maralago. It apparently shows workers moving boxes of classified documents. Our katie phang is outside that courthouse in miami. Nbcs Ken Dilanian Is Standing by with the justice department. Also with us, former House Committee spokesperson hannah mull daven. Katie, what can we expect from todays hearing . Reporter good morning. Were outside the lebron James Lawrence king federal courthouse. The different one that donald trump was arraigned in a few weeks ago, but the same that walt nauta was arraigned in.
Mara gay. White house editor for politico, sam stein. You saw him on way too early. And the founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes. It is a great group. Thank you for being with us this morning. Well begin the week with the latest on those new charges against former President Donald Trump in the classified documents case. Today, a newly introduced third defendant, the Property Manager at former president s florida home, is scheduled to be arraigned in miami Federal Court. Carlos de oliveira was named in a Superseding Indictment last week and charged in four counts, including conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements to the fbi. According to prosecutors, trump directed both de oliveira and his valet, walt nauta, to destroy Security Camera footage last year from the Room Monitoring where boxes of classified documents were being stored at maralago. That alleged order came just days after the fbi issued a subpoena for that same footage. Its unclear
Superseding indictment, it s between de oliveira and a fourth employee who appears to be cooperating, where he says, the boss wants the footage deleted. obviously, what they would like to do is flip mr. de oliveira and have him testify about his conversations with donald trump and if those, in fact, were the conversations, that becomes a devastating witness. but there s reporting that, you know, they brought him in and talked to him under what is known as a proffer, a queen for a day proffer. according to the washington post, they didn t like what he said, and they believe he lied to them, which is why they ve charged him with false statements. he is represented by an attorney who is paid for by donald trump s supe pac. thus far, he is standing firm. it raises a bit of a question about how strong the evidence is here in terms of pinning on mr. trump the conspiracy to delete the footage. we ll have to see if this is all the prosecutors have, jonathan. a conspiracy complete with re
Facing indictment? the only people that know the answer are jack smith and his team, the special counsel. they re not commenting. we know from washington post reporting over the weekend that deoliviera came under what s known as a queen for a day proffer. he spoke to prosecutors and they were not happy with the story he told. they didn t believe he was telling the truth. that was in april. it s not clear why they didn t include this with the original indictment. the real significance is not the rj chas against a low level property manager, that these are knew obstruction of justice charges against the former president. destruction of evidence, a deeply significant charge, why it wasn t in the first indictment and was added later might be a strategic reason. clearly they d like to flip de oliviera because he spoke with trump and had another