Thu Jul 27, 2023 – 7:36 pm EDTThu Jul 27, 2023 – 7:37 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump has been hit with additional federal charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, according to an updated federal grand jury indictment released Thursday.
In addition to the new counts against the former president related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents in his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, another individual, identified as Carlos De Oliveira, has also been added as a defendant in the indictment.
According to NBC News, De Oliveria is a Mar-a-Lago maintenance official. The other defendant that is not Trump is Walt Nauta, an aide of the former president.
The updated indictment accuses Trump of telling a staffer to delete camera footage captured at his Florida dwelling in an alleged effort to obstruct the Department of Justice’s investigation against him.
The Associated Press reported that a Trump spokesperson immediately dismissed the new charges in a statement, calling them “nothing more than a continued desperate and flailing attempt” by the Biden DOJ “to harass President Trump and those around him.”
The first U.S. president in history to face federal charges from the DOJ, Trump
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