Carlos De Oliveira, the property manager of Mar-a-Lago, made his first court appearance after his indictment on charges of conspiring with Donald J. Trump to obstruct the retrieval of classified material.
Carlos De Oliveira and Walt Nauta, who were hired by former President Donald J. Trump despite past troubles, rely on him for their legal fees — and are now his co-defendants.
The accusation that former President Donald J. Trump wanted security camera footage deleted at Mar-a-Lago added to a pattern of concerns about his attempts to stymie prosecutors.
The office of the special counsel, Jack Smith, added the new charges to the existing indictment of former President Donald J. Trump and an aide for mishandling classified materials and obstructing efforts to retrieve them.