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
Mean, donald trump is about protecting himself. he s not about winning republican seats. so, you know, most americans don t want to hear about this. this is a giant distraction among other things. hey, look over here, everybody, they re persecuting me, prosecuting me. when, really, this is there s a really serious process under way across the country in which he is being held to account for potential crimes he may have committed. so i think this is a political disaster in the making for republicans. we ll see how it plays out. sam stein, let s get your take on this, as well. you know, the white house is they understand this might be coming. they re certainly not welcoming an impeachment inquiry. no white house would. they d think it would be a political winner for them, but it d be a painful process all the way. right. we ve seen mccarthy struggle at times, really struggle at times, to keep the far-right fang factions of his conference at bay. chart this out for us.