{"id":1985569,"date":"2023-07-28T21:32:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T01:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pledges-to-run-if-convicted-and-expresses-confusion-on-tapes-charges-we-handed-them-over\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T21:33:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T01:33:06","slug":"trump-pledges-to-run-if-convicted-and-expresses-confusion-on-tapes-charges-we-handed-them-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pledges-to-run-if-convicted-and-expresses-confusion-on-tapes-charges-we-handed-them-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows to run if convicted, claims tapes charges are perplexing: &#8216;We already surrendered them&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-pledges-to-run-if-convicted-and-expresses-confusion-on-tapes-charges-we-handed-them-over%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1985569&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump Vows to Continue \u2064Presidential Campaign Despite Criminal Charges<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump made a bold declaration on Friday, asserting his\u2062 determination\u200b to run\u200d for\u2062 president even if he faces conviction in a criminal case related to his handling of classified documents at his luxurious Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. In a\u200b recent interview, Trump expressed confusion regarding\u200b the new charges \u2062brought against \u2064him.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Additional \u200bObstruction of Justice Charges<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2063 former president was \u200bhit with two additional\u200d obstruction of \u2064justice charges\u2063 on Thursday \u2063night. These charges\u2064 revolve around allegations that Trump aide Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago\u2062 maintenance worker Carlos De Oliveira attempted \u200dto\u200c tamper with security footage sought \u200dby\u2064 investigators.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During a conversation with conservative\u200c radio host John\u2064 Fredericks, Trump defended himself, stating, &#8220;These were my tapes that we gave to\u200b them. These were security tapes. We \u200bhanded them over to\u200c them&#8230; I&#8217;m \u2064not even sure \u200bwhat they&#8217;re saying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Allegations of Tampering with Evidence<\/h3>\n<p>The Department\u2064 of \u200cJustice claims that Trump and Nauta \u2063instructed De\u200d Oliveira to \u200bdelete the Mar-a-Lago footage to prevent it\u2062 from falling into the hands of a grand \u200bjury.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-investigating-spacexs-hiring-practices-after-non-u-s-citizen-alleges-discrimination\/\" title=\"DOJ Investigating SpaceX\u2019s Hiring Practices After Non-U.S. Citizen Alleges Discrimination\">court documents reveal<\/a> that\u2063 De Oliveira and Nauta \u2064were captured on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-aide-walt-nauta-pleads-not-guilty-in-classified-documents-case-2\/\" title=\"Walt Nauta, Trump aide, denies guilt in classified documents case.\">surveillance video moving boxes<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pledges-to-run-if-convicted-and-expresses-confusion-on-tapes-charges-we-handed-them-over\/\" title=\"Trump vows to run if convicted, claims tapes charges are perplexing: 'We already surrendered them'\">potentially contained classified documents<\/a> before DOJ and\u200c FBI officials arrived \u2063to collect subpoenaed items from the \u2064resort.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment further\u200d alleges that in June \u200b2022, De Oliveira engaged in a private \u2063conversation with an employee\u2064 in an audio closet. During this\u2062 conversation, De Oliveira inquired about the duration for which a server \u2062storing the video footage retained its data. The employee responded that \u200bthe\u200d footage remained \u200don the server \u2064for 45 days. In response, De Oliveira stated \u2063that \u200c&#8221;the boss&#8221; wanted the server\u2064 deleted. Shockingly, the indictment also claims that Trump offered to\u200c provide legal representation for De Oliveira\u2063 in August of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Trump now faces \u2062a new charge\u200c of willful retention of national defense information,\u200c bringing the total number\u200b of charges in the classified documents scandal to\u200c 40. \u200bDespite the mounting legal troubles, the former\u200b president maintains\u2063 his innocence and pleaded &#8220;not guilty&#8221; during\u2063 his\u2063 arraignment in June. \u200bHis trial is scheduled to \u200dcommence in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> \u200dto\u2063 read\u200b more\u200c from \u200dThe Washington \u200dExaminer.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump vowed to persist in his presidential campaign, undeterred by potential conviction in a criminal case linked to mishandling classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. He also expressed bewilderment regarding the fresh charges, as two more obstruction of justice charges were filed against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1985570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1985570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}