{"id":2018536,"date":"2023-08-31T18:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T22:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-co-defendant-asks-for-hearing-on-conflict-of-interest-to-be-sealed-in-florida-case\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T18:44:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T22:44:55","slug":"trump-co-defendant-asks-for-hearing-on-conflict-of-interest-to-be-sealed-in-florida-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-co-defendant-asks-for-hearing-on-conflict-of-interest-to-be-sealed-in-florida-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s co-defendant seeks sealed hearing on conflict of interest in Florida case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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-co-defendant-asks-for-hearing-on-conflict-of-interest-to-be-sealed-in-florida-case%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=2018536&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>Second Co-Defendant \u200din\u200c Trump Documents Case Requests Sealed Hearing<\/h2>\n<p>In \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-co-defendant-asks-for-hearing-on-conflict-of-interest-to-be-sealed-in-florida-case\/\" title=\"Trump's co-defendant seeks sealed hearing on conflict of interest in Florida case.\">ongoing classified \u2063documents\u200b case involving<\/a> former President \u200cDonald Trump, a second\u200d co-defendant has requested that a hearing\u2062 to determine possible conflicts of interest involving\u2063 his attorney be\u2063 sealed from the public \u2064record.<\/p>\n<p>Special\u2064 Prosecutor Jack Smith has asked Judge Aileen Cannon\u200b to\u200c hold a Garcia\u2063 hearing\u2063 regarding John S. Irving, an attorney \u200bfor \u200dco-defendant Carlos De Oliveira,\u2062 who serves as \u2063President Trump&#8217;s\u2063 property\u2063 manager\u200b at\u2063 Mar-a-Lago in Palm \u200dBeach, Florida.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span> Irving has previously represented three potential witnesses\u2064 in the case.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A \u200cGarcia Hearing to Address Divided\u200d Loyalties<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;A Garcia\u200c hearing is appropriate\u2064 given that an \u2062attorney\u2062 who cross-examines a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/special-counsel-jack-smith-attempts-to-boot-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-times-maggie-haberman-attacks-president-trump-over-white-house-reporters-having-to-work-early-on-christmas-eve\/\" title=\"NY Times\u2019 Maggie Haberman Attacks President Trump Over White House Reporters Having to Work Early on Christmas Eve\">mar-a-lago<\/a>-lawyer-from-trial-claiming-divided-loyalties\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Special Counsel Jack Smith seeks to remove Mar-a-Lago lawyer from trial, citing &#8216;conflicting loyalties&#8217;.&#8221;>client inherently encounters divided loyalties<\/a>,&#8221; Mr. Smith\u2063 wrote in\u2062 the motion\u200c filed in federal court on Aug. 16.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related \u2064Stories<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/prosecutor-questions-lawyers-potential-conflict-of-interest-in-trump-documents-case-5472787\">Prosecutor Questions\u200b Lawyer&#8217;s \u2064Potential Conflict of \u200bInterest in Trump Documents Case<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/17\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/prosecutor-questions-lawyers-potential-conflict-of-interest-in-trump-documents-case-5472787\">Defense Asks to Seal Conflict of Interest Hearing in Trump Documents Case<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/18\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The purpose of the hearing is to ensure that \u200bMr. De Oliveira is aware of any\u2063 conflict\u200b of interest\u2062 in his attorney \u2062and has the opportunity to seek independent\u200d counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u2064 Irving and co-counsel Larry Donald\u200d Murrell Jr. replied on\u200b Aug. 30, \u200dstating they had\u2064 no objection to the hearing but asked\u2063 that the three potential witnesses be excluded from the hearing and that the record not be made public.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys also argued that \u200cthe request for a\u200b Garcia hearing \u200dseemed \u200dpremature, as the trial itself is not scheduled to begin until \u2063May 2024, and added that they don&#8217;t see \u200da need for the \u200bhearing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;To be clear, undersigned counsel is\u200b unaware of any confidential information he obtained from any\u200b of \u2063those potential witnesses that could be \u200cused \u2063to \u2063cross-examine them, as it appears \u2064clear that they provided the same information to \u200bthe Government. \u2063Even if such\u2064 information existed, any potential prejudice\u2064 to Mr.\u200b De Oliveira can be easily\u2062 avoided by having \u2064Mr. De\u200b Oliveira&#8217;s\u2064 Florida \u200dcounsel, Donnie Murrell, cross-examine those witnesses,&#8221;\u200d they \u200bwrote.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Irving\u200d asserted that he no longer represents the three potential witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys\u2064 for Waltine Nauta, \u2063a personal aide and President Trump&#8217;s \u200bother \u200bco-defendant in this case, made \u2063similar\u2064 points in their response to\u200d the prosecutor&#8217;s motion on Aug. 17, also asking that any \u2063hearing not include the potential witnesses and be sealed from the public record.<\/p>\n<p>Both\u2064 sets of attorneys \u2062pointed out that the \u200blaw guarantees a right to \u200bcounsel for defendants only, not for witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>If\u2062 a conflict of interest were discovered, the judge \u200dcould \u200cbar Mr. Irving \u200cfrom participating, or Mr. De \u2062Oliveira could sign\u2063 a waiver indicating that he <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the classified documents case linked to ex-President Donald Trump, another co-defendant has requested to seal a hearing on potential conflicts of interest with his lawyer. Special Prosecutor Jack Smith urged Judge Aileen Cannon to conduct a private Garcia hearing for attorney John S. 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