A key witness against former President Donald Trump and his two co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents case recanted previous false testimony and provided new information implicating the defendants after he switched lawyers, special counsel Jack Smith’s office said in a new court filing.

Yuscil Taveras, the director of information technology at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's club in Palm Beach, Florida, changed his testimony last month about efforts to delete security camera video at the club after he changed from a lawyer paid for by Trump’s Save America PAC to a public defender, Tuesday's filing says.

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[–] 111 points 3 years ago (2 children)

If the prosecution comes to a witness for the defense and says are you sure you want to stick with your story we have evidence that the opposite happened, that isn't extortion. That is giving a witness the chance to tell the truth.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The whole point of being a witness is that you’re not supposed to lie, and if you lie you can be prosecuted for it. What’s even the point of the concept of perjury otherwise?

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago*

    It is, and you should... most of the time.

    There are times where it is beneficial to let a witness know that you know they're lying, giving them a chance to flip before you fry them, as the info they're holding onto may very well be worth more than eliminating them as a witness entirely via perjury.

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