In an August 22 filing, prosecutors said a Mar-a-Lago employee in the classified-documents case retracted earlier false testimony after getting new counsel and later provided information the government says supported the superseding indictment. The filing does not resolve the underlying facts, but it adds another witness issue to a case already focused on alleged obstruction and false statements.
Why it matters: Witness testimony shift in classified-documents case
First recorded Aug 22, 2023·Meaningfully updated Aug 27, 2023
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Mar-a-Lago Witness Flip Makes Trump’s Documents Case Worse
A Trump staffer in the classified-documents case had already retracted earlier testimony and given prosecutors new information that helped support the superseding indictment. On August 27, that story was the one hanging over the day: the special counsel’s filing left Trump looking less like the victim of a leak-happy government than the guy whose own people were turning into witnesses.
A Trump staffer in the classified-documents case had already retracted earlier testimony and given prosecutors new information that helped support the superseding indictment. On August 27, that story was the one hanging over the day: the special counsel’s filing left Trump looking less like the victim of a leak-happy government than the guy whose own people were turning into witnesses.
In an August 22 filing, prosecutors said a Mar-a-Lago employee in the classified-documents case retracted earlier false testimony after getting new counsel and later provided information the government says supported the superseding indictment. The filing does not resolve the underlying facts, but it adds another witness issue to a case already focused on alleged obstruction and false statements.
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