Trump charged with trying to delete Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage in new indictment

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1. New York Post

   Trump asked staffer to delete footage at Mar-a-Lago in bid to obstruct classified docs probe, feds allege ↗ (opens New York Post)

   Published Jul 26, 2023

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   The updated federal indictment filed Thursday accuses Trump of three additional counts — including two that could earn him an additional 40 years in prison if convicted.

2. The Week

   Prosecutors: Trump asked to have Mar-a-Lago security footage deleted ↗ (opens The Week)

   Published Jul 27, 2023

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   The updated indictment alleges that Donald Trump ordered Carlos De Oliveira to ask another employee to "delete security camera footage" at Mar-a-Lago in order to "prevent the footage from being provided to a federal grand jury."

3. WOWK Charleston

   Trump charged with trying to delete Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage in new indictment ↗ (opens WOWK Charleston)

   Published Jul 27, 2023

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   DOJ says Trump acted with a new co-conspirator to try to delete the footage, and also charged him with an additional Espionage Act charge.

4. Deadline

   Prosecutors Claim Donald Trump Sought To Delete Mar-A-Lago Security Footage As New Charges Are Added To Classified Documents Case ↗ (opens Deadline)

   Published Jul 27, 2023

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   Federal prosecutors have brought a trio of new felony charges against Donald Trump, claiming that the former president sought to delete Mar-a-Lago security camera footage as a way to conceal inform…

5. PoliticusUSA

   In Explosive New Charges Jack Smith Says Trump Tried To Delete Mar-a-Lago Security Footage ↗ (opens PoliticusUSA)

   Published Jul 27, 2023

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   Special Counsel Jack Smith filed three new felony charges against Donald Trump in the classified documents case, including an allegation that Trump attempted to delete the Mar-a-Lago security footage.

6. Fox News

   Trump says Mar-a-Lago security tapes ‘were not deleted,’ accuses special counsel of 'prosecutorial fiction' ↗ (opens Fox News)

   Published Jul 29, 2023

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   Former President Donald Trump denied Mar-a-Lago security footage was deleted and insisted video was handed over to Special Counsel Jack Smith's "thugs."

7. New York Post

   Trump angrily denies ordering Mar-a-Lago security tapes deleted, calls prosecutor ‘deranged’ ↗ (opens New York Post)

   Published Jul 29, 2023

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   “MAR-A-LAGO SECURITY TAPES WERE NOT DELETED. THEY WERE VOLUNTARILY HANDED OVER TO THE THUGS, HEADED UP BY DERANGED JACK SMITH,” Trump wrote in all caps on Truth Social.

8. Washington Examiner

   Trump denies ordering deletion of Mar-a-Lago security tapes ↗ (opens Washington Examiner)

   Published Jul 29, 2023

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   Former President Donald Trump directly denied that he ordered security tapes at Mar-a-Lago to be deleted, after special counsel Jack Smith attached three new charges to the now 40-count federal indictment related to Trump's handling of classified documents.

9. The Daily Caller

   ‘Never Told Anybody To Delete Them’: Trump Denies Trying To Delete Mar-A-Lago Security Tapes ↗ (opens The Daily Caller)

   Published Jul 29, 2023

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   Former President Donald Trump denied the deletion of security footage tapes from his Mar-a-Lago home in response to new charges brought against him.