![]() ![]() The new charges relate to Trump's alleged efforts to obstruct the FBI investigation and its bid to recover classified documents he took with him when he left the White House in January 2021. Special counsel Jack Smith filed additional charges against Trump in a superseding indictment last week and added De Oliveira as a co-defendant. Trump is the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and a New York Times/Siena poll on Monday had him with a commanding 54 percent to 17 percent lead over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis among likely Republican primary voters. The former president is scheduled to go on trial next May at the height of what is expected to be a bitter and divisive presidential election campaign. The 77-year-old Trump pleaded not guilty in June to multiple charges of unlawfully retaining national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements. He listened attentively as magistrate judge Edwin Torres read the charges against him at a brief hearing in federal court in Miami. The grey-haired De Oliveira, who was wearing a navy blue suit, did not enter a plea because he has not yet retained a local attorney. Carlos De Oliveira, 56, who is accused of conspiring to obstruct justice, destroying evidence and making false statements, was released pending trial on a bond of $100,000. ![]()
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