The Georgia indictment was hailed as a watershed moment and this underscores that conclusion. Enough is enough and four indictments may have changed a lot of peoples’ minds. Employee 4, named in Jack Smith’s classified documents case, just changed lawyers and now has decided to change testimony as well. This could be the beginning of momentous things. Other people may decide to flip as well. And once that row of dominoes gets going, it won’t stop.
MORE: The new filing from Smith indicates that the D.C. grand jury investigating the documents case wrapped up its work *last week.* https://t.co/TrUDLFDTmm pic.twitter.com/TrJWZgYCnR
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 22, 2023
Here’s a more readable shot.
Yuscil Taveras, Trump Employee 4, was the Director of Information Technology at Mar-a-Lago and told the grand jury that Carlos De Oliveira called him for help in deleting the servers. pic.twitter.com/7Db3q0oqnb
— thee nasty rougarou in the machine (@TheeRougarou) August 22, 2023
Last night, CNN reported that Taveras was indeed the employee who received that target letter. Here’s why that seemed likely to me before CNN’s reporting.
First, as with the description of the unnamed employee who received the target letter, Taveras reportedly testified before a D.C. grand jury in mid-May.
But it’s more than that. The superseding indictment is chock full of details that could have come only from a live witness, as opposed to a seized phone or security footage.
In particular, prosecutors alleged De Oliveira insisted on June 27, 2022, that “‘the boss’ wanted the server [storing security footage] deleted” and when Taveras objected, De Oliveira both reiterated the demand and asked, “‘What are we going to do?’” It seems likely Smith’s team learned of this alleged conversation via Taveras himself.
More significantly, it appears Taveras spoke to investigators sometime after June 8, when Trump and Nauta were first indicted. According to a Washington Post report on Saturday, it was only in the wake of that indictment that “Taveras decided he had more he wanted to tell the authorities about his conversations with De Oliveira.” […]
According to the Times, Taveras still works at Mar-a-Lago. But, based on everything we’ve seen, it appears he chose liberty over loyalty.
Will others, including Trump’s co-defendants Walt Nauta and De Oliveira, ultimately choose a path similar to that of Taveras? Have the people identified as Trump Employees 3 and 5 in the superseding indictment already done so?
As stated, this could be the start of something big. The soap opera continues, As Trump World Turns.
as Denis likes to post it is not a document case, it’s an espionage case
“It appears he chose liberty over loyalty.”
As will most of them when they realize their loyalty goes only one way, with nothing in return.
Except for the loss of their liberty.
I f they do not realize that now, I suspect they just are not smart enough or observant enough to ever do so.
The problem for some defendants will be the same one Rudy G. has, wait too long and the govt. has enough other evidence they’ve got nothing to offer. That’s why it’s so important to be if not at the head of the line to cut a deal, then make sure to be one of the first few to do so.
You know, I don’t think regular size ketchup bottles will do for Trump tonight. Maybe he should start stocking these:
A band of thieves and traitors will hold together only so long. Sooner or later it’s everyone for themselves.
“I’m the only cause I’m interested in”. Humphrey Bogart. Casablanca
I’m no lawyer but isn’t this something called suborning perjury? If Woodward was being paid by trump, could this end up being yet another indictment? Everything he touches …
There was a time when I played it a bit loose with the rules. I then found out who was who so to speak. I learned my lesson in surprising clarity. I learned they have rules for a reason, and that there are people out there that take the enforcement of the rules to bad places. That’s what totally pisses me off about Donald Trump and the rest of his circus show. I say lock them up and throw away the key. And yes, you will soon see them jumping ship like rats. And this is the beauty of the case by Fani Willis. That’s why she put all 19 on the same card. She knows there ain’t no way in hell all 19 are going to make it to trial. Hell thats part of the reason for the courthouse shuffle she set up. She set up trump in the bargain. Good luck, folks.