Donald Trump allegedly asked staffer to delete camera footage in Florida classified documents case: Report

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AP, the charges accuse him of instructing a staff member to delete camera footage at his Florida property, with the alleged intention of obstructing the federal investigation into his possession of the records. AP further noted that the newly unsealed indictment not only adds new counts of obstruction but also includes charges of willful retention of national defence information.

These additional charges increase Donald Trump's legal risks and potential consequences, coinciding with the possibility of facing another indictment in Washington related to his actions to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The recent inclusion of additional counts in the indictment highlights the extensive nature of the yearlong investigation focused on Donald Trump.

This investigation, which resulted in charges being brought last month, initially involved a 38-count indictment against both Trump and his valet, Walt Nauta. The surveillance footage at the Mar-a-Lago complex has been a significant aspect of the investigation.

Prosecutors assert that the footage captured Walt Nauta moving boxes of documents to and from a storage room, and notably, this activity occurred just one day before a visit by officials from the FBI and the Justice Department. AP noted that a Trump spokesperson dismissed the new charges as “nothing more than a continued desperate and flailing attempt" by the Biden administration “to harass President Trump and those around him" and to influence the 2024 presidential race.

The revised charges in the indictment focus on surveillance footage at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach. According to the allegations, Trump is accused of requesting the deletion of the footage following a visit by FBI