Mar-a-Lago property manager makes first court appearance in classified documents case

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Carlos De Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago property manager and newest co-defendant in the special counsel’s criminal case charging former President Donald Trump and his staff with mishandling classified information, made his initial appearance in a Miami courtroom on Monday.

De Oliveira was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on four charges, including conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements to the FBI.

On Monday, he was informed of his rights as a criminal defendant but did not enter a formal plea during the roughly 10-minute hearing.

He will be arraigned on August 10 in Ft. Pierce, Florida. He was released on a $100,000 bond pending trial.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/31/politics/carlos-de-oliveira-court-appearance-classified-documents-case/index.html

[dem4decades]

1. Does he realize that Trump will pay for his lawyer but won't do his time?

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. Realizes conflict of interest for a lawyer to be paid by codefendant...another string of motions and

appeals…its standard operating legal procedure apparently reserved for those with unlimited lawyer budget and lawyers with no limit to unethical behavior.

Who are all these lawyers filing this shit?? It’s like brain surgeons operating with rusty pliars…everyone can see what they doing is wrong but no one can stop them from operating!?

Hey judge, I m representing Mr. X, indicted for helping Mr. T commit a crime…Full disclosure, m being paid by codefendant T. That ok?

Is there a Kraken Law School somewhere?

[dem4decades]

4. At what point does it become illegal?

[Alexander Of Assyria]

16. It's not per illegal, it's the potential for conflict of interests. Unheard of if one has potential

to incriminate the other.

[Lonestarblue]

6. Trump's MAGA cult will be paying his legal fees through the legal defense fund.

Trump tries never to pay for anything if he can get gullible followers to pay instead.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. The Only tTrump posts I love?...involve the approaching footsteps of a prison warden.

Everything else is part of the problem.

[llashram]

5. CNN

said in this report claims prosecutors charge trump with "mishandling several classified documents" when trump has many, many classified documents. Kind of a misleading statement to me. But what the hell do I know? With all these hundreds and hundreds of thousands of words surrounding the 'alleged' crimes of slimeball, all I can say is we will see.

There is just a small knot in my stomach at this time telling me Slimball trump will escape consequences for his many crimes and grift of people who choose to believe Slimball.

[SeattleVet]

10. They had to be pretty selective on the docs they chose to charge him on...

they had to go through the owning agencies (National Defense Information remains the 'property' of the agency that created it) to determine which ones are OK to share with the attorneys and jury. Apparently there are some that are still too sensitive to be revealed like this.

Not to worry, though - it looks like they have WAY more than enough to make the prosecution stick.

[llashram]

15. we will see

[Raven]

7. He did not enter a plea. What does that mean?

[MayReasonRule]

8. It Means It Delays Arraignment But Does Not Delay The Case

The Mar-a-Lago property manager charged in a new indictment alongside Donald Trump in the alleged mishandling of classified government documents after the former president left office was unable to enter a plea in court on Monday after being unable to secure a Florida-based lawyer.

It’s reasonable to give a defendant a large amount of time to find the right lawyer. This case is unique so many lawyers may not want to be involved. If a charge is rare or complex, it may also require a defendant some time to find a lawyer.

Additionally it's only been around a week since he was indicted. Therefore the fact that he's looking for a lawyer isn't that weird, especially since a lot of the lawyers he might have chosen may already be personally conflicted or already overloaded with related cases courtesy of Jack!

This fella' needs to do the three-step...

Step one, ditch any lawyer Trump gets for him...

Step two, get his own lawyer to represent his interests, not Trumps...

Step three, take the new lawyers advice to flip on that fat fascist bastard if they'll still cut him a deal...

[Raven]

9. May I add a Step 4...start a GoFundMe account for independent legal counsel. I bet he'd

raise a lot of money.

[MayReasonRule]

13. No Doubt That He Would... What An Interesting Contributor Mix That Would Bring Forth!

The tangled web of underlying motivations for those that would donate is complex indeed.

[gab13by13]

11. Oliveira is a Magat

lock him the fuck up.

[republianmushroom]

12. Hammer this A-O.

[BigmanPigman]

14. And "He was a very nice guy and never would do this"

That is what his neighbors told FL local news reporters. Same old, same old. Everyone was/is always a "nice guy", whether or not they are a domestic terrorist, mass shooter, etc. before they are caught. 8

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Donald Trump is bad for your wealth

and freedom.