With last week's superseding indictment in the Merde O'Lardo classified documents case, a new participant in the Malignant Loser's theft and obstruction scheme, maintenance supervisor Carlos De Oliveira, was named as having asked for security camera evidence to be deleted at the request of "the Boss." Along with the Malignant Loser's valet Walt Nauta, De Oliveira faces felony charges, and is being defended by a lawyer paid by the Malignant Loser's super PAC. Amanda Marcotte points up the problem for the two men in Salon.com:
"As foolish as political loyalty to Trump may be, personal loyalty makes even less sense. Trump's sociopathic worldview, in which he expects loyalty but gives none in return, has been long-established. It's like the law of gravity, that Trump will throw anyone under the bus to save himself. As legal experts have repeatedly pointed out, it's in [Walt] Nauta and [Carlos] De Oliveira's interest to flip on Trump, testifying against him in exchange for leniency from the prosecution.
That these two men may not see this suggests very strongly that the lawyers hired by Trump to supposedly advise these them are more focused on serving Trump's interests than those of their supposed clients. That's something White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson realized during the House committee's investigation into the events of January 6th. As she told the committee, she had started off with a lawyer provided by Trump, who she said advised her to focus on covering up for Trump, even as she worried it opened her up to prosecution. She decided to hire her own lawyer who, sure enough, told her to be honest with the committee and save herself, instead of saving Trump." (our emphasis)
Marcotte points out that paying for lawyers for Nauta and De Oliveira was not a generous or selfless act by the Malignant Loser. It's a matter of controlling their actions through legal "advice" provided by lawyers on the Malignant Loser's payroll. As in Cassidy Hutchinson's case, that "advice" will assuredly be to line up with the Malignant Loser's defense position.
Nauta, in particular, looks like he believes his destiny is to serve the Malignant Loser loyally, even from a prison cell that his loyalty put him in. De Oliveira may be different and may realize before it's too late that "the Boss" is only interested in saving his own hide, and not his.
BONUS: The New York Times adds further detail to the two men's legal defense.
BONUS II: A third employee, Yuscil Taveras, may also be represented by a Trump-paid lawyer.
(photo: Nauta with Trump-supplied lawyer Stanley Woodward/ Eva Marie Uzcategul | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images)
