The once-overlapping representation of two aides who worked for former President Trump in Florida is raising fresh legal and ethics questions based on revelations in the new, or superseding, indictment unsealed Thursday.
It’s a striking reminder for those who now face legal jeopardy for their associations with the former president.
According to prosecutors, after Trump’s attorneys were served with a grand jury subpoena requiring he turn over security camera footage from Mar-a-Lago, De Oliveira asked Taveras for a private conversation, where he told him “that ‘the boss’ wanted the server deleted.” Based on Federal Election Commission filings and public reporting, it appears Trump made good on that promise. Trump’s PAC paidto the law firm where De Oliveira’s lawyer, John Irving, is a partner. Irving isn’t representing De Oliveira alone, and some of that money may be related to other clients. Irving has been reported to represent several others close to Trump, including Peter Navarro, Stephen Miller, GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, and may have other witnesses as clients.
Stephen Gillers, professor of law at New York University School of Law, says the “danger signs” are if the organization chooses the attorney for the employee and the worker doesn’t get a say in the matter, or the lawyer also represents the organization itself — which does not appear to be at issue in the Trump case.
Trump’s Save America PAC is paying other lawyers like Washington-based attorney Stanley Woodward, who represents people involved in the special counsel's investigation into both Trump’s handling of classified materials and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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