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
d.c.. but in the southern district of florida, which is one of the most heavy criminal districts in the united states, a man was unable to find a lawyer within a week. this is just almost a musing. but it is also a kind of sad because mr. de oliveira is in a very difficult position. i would hope one of the first motions that he and nauta would file would be a motion for severance. if you had a real serious attorney, defense attorney, i would assume that they would say, my client is not involved in the hiding of national secrets. they are accused of obstruction of justice, and they shouldn t have to be tried with donald trump. but right now, it doesn t appear that that is the road that they are taking. and, barb, there s some reasonable skepticism that trump but his codefendants don t have the same privilege of being a
of this information that now gears in this indictment. so, it seems to me that he is a witness and not a defendant here, and is likely the person who will testify at trial about these incidents. dick, what do you make of the fact that de oliveira in florida today in court, did not enter a plea? and how much do you think prosecutors are hoping to flip someone like de oliveira at some point? i think today was another delay mechanism. it is almost i m using to think that he brought a lawyer with him all the way from washington, d. c.. but in the southern district of florida, which is one of the most heavy criminal districts in the united states, a man was unable to find a lawyer within a week. this is just almost a musing. but it is also a kind of sad because mr. de oliveira is in a very difficult position. i would hope one of the first motions that he and nauta would file would be a motion for severance. if you had a real serious attorney, defense attorney, i would assume that they w