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
Of justice angle to this classified documents case. and it really separates what happened here with the situation with president biden and former vice president mike pence, who both had classified documents found in their rresidence. what was laid out on friday in the superseding indictment was a scheme, something out of a mob movie, where donald trump instructed lower level employees to delete footage. it s clear to regular americans what that s about, and it undercuts what had been mr. trump s defense in the classified documents case. if the documents were declassified, if he had a right to them, which is what he had been saying, why would he needs to destroy evidence, surveillance footage showing the boxes of classified documents being moved? this is a very important development in the case. it remains to be seen whether