Mar-a-Lago employee: I saw evidence of a cover-up as authorities came for classified docs
March 20, 2024
Former Mar-a-Lago employee Brian Butler, identified as Employee #5 in special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents indictment of former President Donald Trump, gave an interview on MSNBC Wednesday night — and revealed new details about the things he saw as he was ordered to help transport boxes.
In particular, Butler told anchor and legal expert Ari Melber, Trump's repeated claims that he had a legal right to declassify and take the documents stands in stark contrast to the efforts he seemed to take to conceal what he was doing from the authorities.
Melber began by playing a clip of Trump decrying the charges: "They're breaking every law to persecute us. It's been one witch hunt and phony investigation after another. These are ridiculous indictments. The single greatest witch hunt of all time. It's all run by the DOJ. It's crooked stuff. They're crooked people. Deranged Jack Smith."
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"I mean, the way I see it, if these were his personal — personal documents and — or he's allowed to have these by the [Presidential Records Act], why would you need to ask questions about video footage?" said Butler. "Why would you possibly move the documents when they are coming to retrieve them? To me it just doesn't make any sense. On top of that, why would you put two lower level employees in the position they're in, if you did nothing wrong and these are your own — these are your personal documents?"
"So you're saying that in the way that he acted, trying to hide, and the people that he brought into it, you think you observed part of a coverup?" Melber pressed him.
"I think it's very possible from what I saw, the questions — you know, why would they ask about video footage? How long it's deleted for?" said Butler. "Those are conversations, you know, Carlos told me he was tasked with finding out prior to Walt's arrival on a secret trip."
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