Mar-A-Lago IT Worker Turns Key Witness For Prosecution In Trump Investigation

In the latest development with the investigation into ex-President Donald Trump’s handling of classified records at his Florida residence, a Mar-a-Lago IT employee has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

What Happened: The Hill reported on Tuesday that the IT worker, Yuscil Taveras, has decided to cooperate with prosecutors in their ongoing investigation, as revealed in a court filing by Taveras’s former attorney, Stanley Woodward.

Taveras will avoid perjury charges, despite initially providing false information to investigators. His testimony became essential in a superseding indictment accusing Trump, Walt Nauta, and the Mar-a-Lago property manager of attempting to erase security footage at the property.

Woodward, Taveras’s former attorney, has contended that Taveras’s testimony should be dismissed due to issues with the Justice Department’s dealings with him. Woodward stated he played “no role” in Taveras’s decision and criticized the Justice Department for granting immunity to Taveras only after consultation with a court-appointed public defender.

The Justice Department is now pushing for a Garcia hearing to evaluate Woodward’s representation of Nauta, Trump’s co-defendant in this case. Prosecutors are also seeking a similar hearing with Carlos De Oliveira, the third co-defendant in the Mar-a-Lago case.

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Why It Matters: This development comes after Taveras received a target letter and changed his grand jury testimony in a special counsel investigation, implicating Trump and two of his aides, as per a Benzinga report in August 2023.

Taveras initially denied or claimed not to remember any discussions about the security footage at Mar-a-Lago, but revised his testimony after receiving the target letter.

The shift in Taveras’s stance led to Woodward, the attorney for Trump's valet Nauta, reporting threats following the revelation of false testimony by Taveras, another Benzinga report revealed.

Earlier in May 2023, it was reported that two of Trump’s employees were seen moving boxes of papers at Mar-a-Lago a day before an FBI visit, according to a Benzinga report. This was seen by investigators as a potential sign of obstruction.

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