by Alisha Rodriguez at Republic Brief
The team of Special Counsel Jack Smith has acknowledged that in the case involving the classified materials against former President Donald Trump, they misspoke when they claimed they had provided the evidence as required by law.
When they were preparing to indict Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira last week for allegedly conspiring with Trump to delete surveillance footage from the estate, prosecutors discovered that video used as evidence “had not been processed and uploaded to the platform established for the defense to view,” Smith’s team wrote in a filing.
“The Government’s representation at the July 18 hearing that all surveillance footage the Government had obtained pre-indictment had been produced was therefore incorrect,” the prosecutors added.
“All CCTV footage obtained by the government has now been given to the defendants, according to Smith’s team. The so-called Brady rule requires prosecutors to disclose all evidence and information favorable to the defendant,” Just The News reported.
Trump entered a not-guilty plea to the charges that he tried to rig the 2020 election on Thursday following his third detention and court hearing in four months.