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Who is Carlos De Oliveira, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
resort manager?
BY NICK
ROBERTSON - 07/28/23 2:54 PM ET
Carlos De
Oliveira was indicted on three criminal charges alongside former President
Trump and his longtime aide Walt Nauda in a superseding indictment Thursday,
part of the classified document investigation at Trump’s Florida club.
De
Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago Club’s property manager, allegedly assisted Trump and
Nauta in attempting to delete security footage that showed the men moving boxes
of classified documents around the property to hide them from federal
authorities.
He was
charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, destroying evidence and lying to
the FBI.
De
Oliveira, 56, was hired as the Mar-a-Lago manager in January 2022, previously
working there as a valet, according to the indictment.
Federal
investigators claim De Oliveira helped Nauta move about 30 boxes of classified
documents around Mar-a-Lago and at one point told the club’s head of IT that
“the boss” wants security camera footage deleted.
In October,
after federal investigators searched the club and found additional classified
documents, De Oliveira allegedly drained one of the club’s pools, which caused
flooding in the server room that contained the security camera footage. This
happened not long after Trump told De Oliveira he would get him an attorney,
the indictment says.
According
to investigators, Nauta attempted to judge De Oliveira’s loyalty before that
promise came, with De Oliveira telling him nothing would get in the way of his
relationship with Trump.
Trump now
faces 40 charges related to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, with
three of those added this week in the superseding indictment. Nauta faces eight
charges.
Special
counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the classified documents probe, is also
investigating Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his
actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the Capitol.
Smith met
with Trump’s defense on Thursday and sent him a target letter earlier this
month, raising speculation that he could be indicted again for that separate
investigation soon.
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