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
Oliveira, walt nauta, they engaged in a high stakes game of chicken with prosecutors, and ultimately they were charged. slightly off topic but on the same general thrust, the story about the $40 million that the pac spent on legal fees, one of the questions that i ve had, which, you know, i guess i would love for your insights into, is why did they do it through the pac as opposed to setting up an entirely separate legal entity, which the times is reporting they re now doing, a legal defense fund to cover this? why do through a political entity, the pac raising money that should be for political purposes or an election, as opposed to doing something that was strictly for legal purposes, like legal defense fund? sure. so it s long been the case that political entities are allowed to pay the legal costs of the candidate or the campaign. that s been true for decades, and people have made this raised this question and had this concern for a long time.