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
trump s codefendant, walt nauta. as the post reports, quote, once taveras s position puts him potentially at odds with nauta, a judge reviewed the issue. a second lawyer not paid by trump s back was brought in to provide legal advice to taveras, and then spoke to investigators. as my msnbc colleague katie phang emphasizes, it was only after taveras switched lawyers that he agreed to speak with investigators who wanted to know about the conversations he had about the apparent block to delete security footage. as the new york times reports, quote, at trial, taveras testimony could be crucial for smith s prosecutors in establishing a conspiracy to try to erase the tapes, and this obstruct the investigation. closed-door testimony from taveras is presumably how we know about certain damning conversations from the superseding indictment, like this exchange between him and de oliveira, quote, de oliveira told taveras that the boss wanted the server deleted, and quote, de oliveira insisted to
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 smith s 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 trump s indictment, taveras switched lawyers. he was previously represented by the same lawyer representing trump s codefendant, walt nauta. as the post reports, quote, once taveras s position puts him potentially at odds with nauta, a judge reviewed the issue. a second lawyer not paid by trump s pac was brought in to provide legal advice to taveras, and then spoke to investigators. as my msnbc colleague katie phang emphasizes, it was only after taveras switched lawyers that he agreed to speak with investigators who wanted to know about t