The employee allegedly implicated former President Donald Trump and two of his aides in a pressure campaign to delete security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago.
that allegedly contained sensitive government records within Mar-a-Lago. Charging documents do not suggest the security footage was actually erased, and they also clarify that Taveras did not acquiesce to the entreaties.
The former president and his close aide, Nauta, were first charged in June with numerous counts, including Trump's alleged retention of national defense information and an alleged scheme in which the pair is accused of working to obstruct the federal probe. Trump and Nauta pleaded not guilty to those charges earlier this year.
Taveras, Smith's team wrote,"will very likely face cross-examination about his prior inconsistent statements in his grand jury testimony … which he disavowed immediately after obtaining new counsel.
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