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Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential
nomination, said in an interview with conservative radio host
John Fredericks that he believed he wasn't required to hand over
security tapes from his Mar-a-Lago resort but did so anyway.
"These were security tapes. We handed them over to them. ... I'm
not even sure what they're saying," he said.
U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith filed three new criminal counts
against Trump on Thursday, bringing the total to 40, and charged
a maintenance worker at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, Carlos De
Oliveira, with conspiracy to obstruct justice, accusing him of
helping Trump to hide documents.
De Oliveira, 56, told another worker at the resort where Trump
lives that "the boss" wanted security videos of the property in
Florida deleted after the Justice Department subpoenaed them.
Prosecutors also charged De Oliveira with lying to the FBI
during a voluntary interview, falsely claiming he had no
involvement in moving boxes of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
De Oliveira's lawyer did not respond to a Reuters' request for
comment.
"They went after two fine employees yesterday, fine people,"
Trump said. "They're trying to intimidate people so that people
go out and make up lies about me. Because I did nothing wrong."
Trump also said he would not end his 2024 presidential campaign
if he is convicted and sentenced on the various charges against
him.
(Reporting by Kat Jackson and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Sharon
Singleton)
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