Trump employee pleads not guilty in secret documents case

an employee of donald trump in Florida He pleaded not guilty this Tuesday in the case of mismanagement of classified documents for which the former US president has also been charged, US media reported.

The Prosecutor’s Office accuses Trump of endangering national security by taking dozens of secret documents when he left the White House in January 2021 – including blueprints for military and nuclear programs – and conspiring with two employees to hide those papers from investigators who claimed them.

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Together with the former president, his personal assistant, Waltine Nautaand the administrator of his farm Palm Beach, Carlos de Oliveira.

The latter appeared Tuesday in federal court in Fort Pierceabout 200 km north of Miami.

According to prosecutionDe Oliveira agreed with Trump and Nauta to delete images from a surveillance camera with valuable information for investigators.

Some facts for which the three have been accused of conspiracy to obstruct justice and alteration of evidence.

Nauta and De Oliveira also face charges of making false statements after they assured police they knew nothing about the documents kept by Trump at his residence in Florida.

The former president and Nauta have already pleaded not guilty in this case, but De Oliveira had not been able to do so because he did not have a local lawyer.

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The start of the trial, set for May 2024, will coincide with the presidential campaign in USA.

Despite the legal scandals, Trump is the favorite to lead the Republicans in the elections, with a clear advantage in the polls over the second, the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis.

The tycoon has four indictments this year. Two are added to the Florida case for his alleged attempts to interfere in the results of the elections that he lost in 2020 to Joe Bidenand another related to a payment to a porn movie actress to buy her silence about an alleged infidelity.

Source: Elcomercio

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