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A security aide at Mar-a-Lago changes lawyers, retracts testimony, implicates Trump in obstruction of justice, leading to new charges of erasing security camera recordings, indicating possible cooperation with investigators.
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- A Trump employee at Mar-a-Lago retracted his grand jury testimony and implicated Trump and others in obstruction of justice after changing lawyers.
- The employee, identified as Yuscil Taveras, initially testified that he was unaware of any effort to erase videos, but later detailed the alleged effort to tamper with evidence related to the investigation of classified information stored at Trump's Florida home.
- Taveras' reversal led to new charges against Trump and two other aides in a superseding indictment.
- The details of Taveras' about-face were revealed in a court filing by special counsel Jack Smith's team.
- Prosecutors raised concerns about a conflict of interest between Taveras and one of his former lawyers, who also represents other defendants and witnesses connected to investigations into Trump.
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A security aide at Mar-a-Lago changed lawyers and retracted his testimony, implicating Trump in obstruction of justice. This led to new charges against Trump for erasing security camera recordings. The aide's cooperation suggests he may be assisting investigators.
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A security aide at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate changed lawyers and then retracted his earlier grand jury testimony, implicating Trump and others in obstruction of justice, according to prosecutors. The aide, identified as Yuscil Taveras,
Special counsel Jack Smith's team revealed that a security aide at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Taveras, has changed his story after changing lawyers. This led to new charges against Trump for alleged efforts to erase security camera recordings. The D
A security aide at Mar-a-Lago, Jack Smith, has reportedly flipped and changed lawyers in the ongoing investigations into former President Trump. Prosecutors claim that Smith's decision to switch lawyers indicates that he may be cooperating with investigators. Smith's cooperation could
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