A key witness in Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents case retracted false testimony

[kpete]

BREAKING: Jack Smith's team tells Judge Cannon that a key witness in Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents case retracted false testimony after switching lawyers.

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[Beachnutt]

1. What did the magaloon judge say ?

So !

[Irish_Dem]

10. She has to look it up in her first year law school textbooks first.

Then she will still screw it up.

[CrispyQ]

16. LOL. 🤣

[Nanuke]

20. Magaloon judge: "Wait. I have to Google this. Give me a sec."

[Irish_Dem]

21. She'd do better if she googled instead of just making it up as she goes.

[JuJuChen]

2. juicy

[yardwork]

3. So it sounds like Nauta and the other guy waited too long?

Somebody else turned and ratted them out, along with Trump?

Good... good...

[2naSalit]

4. I think...

That Jack Smith is going to pull the curtains back to expose the judicial problem too at some point.

It seems hard to imagine these cases getting all the way through and not encounter the corruption of the judiciary along the way.

[IcyPeas]

5. The IT staffer is set to be a central witness in the case against Trump.... (ABC News)

A Mar-a-Lago Information Technology worker's decision to cooperate with special counsel Jack Smith and change his previous testimony paved the way for prosecutors to seek new obstruction charges against former President Donald Trump and two other aides in a superseding indictment in Smith's classified documents case last month, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

The IT director, whose identity was confirmed by sources as Yuscil Taveras, is set to be a central witness for Smith in his allegations that Trump, his aide Walt Nauta, and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira essentially attempted a cover-up as the government investigated Trump's handling of classified documents after leaving the White House.

Trump, Nauta and De Oliveira have all pleaded not guilty to all charges in the case.

More details:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/recent-obstruction-charges-trump-cooperation-mar-lago-worker/story?id=102431568

[tanyev]

6. The wheels on the bus go ba-dump, ba-dump, ba-dump...

[struggle4progress]

19. The wheels on the bus

[yardwork]

7. Seems like a big deal.

[malaise]

8. Employee #4

Yuscil Taveras?
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/28/politics/yuscil-taveras-trump-employee-4-indictment/index.html

The Mar-a-Lago employee referenced in the superseding indictment adding major accusations against former President Donald Trump and a new co-defendant to the case has been identified by two people close to the investigation as Yuscil Taveras, an information technology worker.

Taveras oversaw the surveillance camera footage at the property.

An attorney for Taveras declined to comment when reached for comment by CNN.

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team had previously heard testimony about odd conversations between Taveras, Walt Nauta and the new co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira, the property manager, regarding surveillance footage. The grand jury in Washington, before the case was fully relocated to southern Florida, had also heard testimony specifically regarding De Oliveira’s unusual behavior toward the footage, three people told CNN.

[Irish_Dem]

9. The legal documents are flying fast and furious these days.

Hard to keep up.

[LiberalFighter]

11. Please show that Cannon is being bribed by Trump and communicating with him.

[FrankBooth]

12. What does this mean for the attorney?

If Witness #4 says Woodward (the Trumpy attorney) coached him to lie, that's a big problem for him, right? Or not?

[Ms. Toad]

14. That is an ethical violation, and could subject the attorney to disciplinary measures. n/t

[FrankBooth]

15. Thanks.

NM

[Ms. Toad]

13. It is a pleasure to read Smith's filings. n/t

[qzwv8j]

17. It is !

I have been waiting all day to read this filing/response. He is in his own class.

In my heart of hearts I knew he wouldn’t do this, but the minute I saw her order questioning the validity of two different grand jury’s while thinly veiling suggestions of strategy to the defense AND then reading defenses reply….. well…. I was wanting to see a response along the lines as the spanking she got last year from the appellate court last year. Not so much, but just enough to make sure she (and Woodward) know he’s not putting up with their sh*t. He did that. He definitely has their number and his own butt covered.

[qzwv8j]

18. Remember how canon struck smith's filings under seal?

What do you want a bet that the information regarding #4’s reversed testimony was attempted to be shared with the judge under seal versus like now, in public, were it potentially and directly impacts Nauta and, by extension, Trump.

Smith is definitely playing chess, but Cannon is not even playing checkers.