By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
McALLEN, Texas | They got the lowly Portuguese guy. Once a barely-skilled landscape technician for Donald J. Trump's ritzy Mar-a-Lago estate, Carlos De Oliveira, shown in photo above, rose to the job of grounds manager...and quickly became ensnared in Trump's legal troubles.
De Oliveira was arraigned today in Miami.
This blurb from a report at dailymail.com: [ He walked into court for a hearing Monday morning, casting a stark expression days after his name appeared in a superseding indictment that accused him, Trump, and fellow aide Walt Nauta in conspiring to delete server footage of boxes of material at the private Florida club.
Little is known about the aide, 56, although a neighbor said he is "not a crook." ]
Oddly, or perhaps not, Trump issued no usual scathing comment after his employee's court appearance. De Oliveira is only the latest Trump associate/employee to be grabbed by the federal government's ever-expanding legal net. Lying to the FBI is also part of De Oliveira's sudden problems.
It was unclear if Trump was covering the cost of De Oliveira's attorney.
In earlier reporting, media reporting had De Oliveira telling Trump at the time of the alleged "server" incident that he did not know much about electronics, and nothing about how to disable the recording equipment, for example. Still, the feds say he did it and, well, De Oliveira will be in court to defend himself.
He faces time in jail, however.
Lying to the FBI may get you five to eight years in federal prison.
De Oliveira was released on $100,000 bond...
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