Expert flags part of Mar-a-Lago worker's story that's most 'telling in front of a jury'
March 20, 2024
Former Mar-a-Lago employee Brian Butler, one of the key witnesses in special counsel Jack Smith's Espionage Act case against former President Donald Trump, is coming forward with new details about what he saw and how he was ordered to help move boxes of highly classified national defense information, most recently giving an interview to MSNBC's Ari Melber on Wednesday evening.
And in this latest interview, he revealed something particularly astonishing, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance told Melber shortly after.
"We just heard for the first time from one of special counsel Jack Smith's key witnesses, Trump Employee #5, Brian Butler," said Melber, turning to Vance. "What do you think prosecutors will be most interested in using from him, now that we hear from Mr. Butler?"
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"When prosecutors build a case, they don't rely on any one witness," said Vance. "They layer witnesses and evidence on top of each other to make a case."
That being said, she continued, "This is a fact witness to obstruction of justice. Butler testifies both to his personal involvement, his movement of boxes, but Ari, the most important thing I heard you elicit from him is this testimony that he's asked to vouch for one of the other employees, one of Trump's co-defendants, Carlos De Oliveira. After he vouches this witness, this defendant, Mr. De Oliveira, receives a phone call from President Trump."
Ultimately, she added, "this is mob-level loyalty behavior and I think it will be telling in front of a jury."
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