Donald Trump's valet Brian Butler admits to moving classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, Internet calls it 'very damning'

Brian Butler claimed that he assisted in transferring the classified material to the West Palm Beach airport along with Donald Trump family's luggage
PUBLISHED MAR 12, 2024
Brian Butler admitted to relocating the classified documents in June 2022, just before he decided to stop working for Donald Trump (Getty Images, CNN/Youtube)
Brian Butler admitted to relocating the classified documents in June 2022, just before he decided to stop working for Donald Trump (Getty Images, CNN/Youtube)

WASHINGTON, DC: Former Mar-a-Lago valet, who moved insiders to the private club of former president Donald Trump, has come up to publicly discuss his involvement in moving the boxers containing what turned out to be confidential documents, according to CNN.

'Trump Employee 5' Brian Butler discussed relocating the material in June 2022, just before he chose to quit the job. Butler is named in the Florida indictment of the business.

Trump's valet admits to moving classified documents from Mar-a-Lago

Although Butler had spoken with federal investigators before Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecutors filed charges in the case, he is described in it as having coordinated the activity with property manager Carlos De Oliviera and Trump aide Waltine 'Walt' Nauta in the superseding indictment prosecutors filed in July 2023.

Butler told CNN during an on-camera interview, "They were the boxes that were in the indictment, the white bankers boxes. That’s what I remember loading."



 

He revealed how he received a message on June 3, 2022, from Nauta, requesting to use the Cadillac Escalade, which was a component of the fleet of cars he operated to transport visitors to the club.

On the day when Trump and an attorney visited with DOJ officials at Mar-a-Lago during the agency's attempt to secure federal material, he ended up helping to move boxes out of Mar-a-Lago.

Butler added, "I left Mar-a-Lago. I texted him, 'Hey, I’m on my way.' He followed me. He pulled out and got behind me. We got to the airport. I ended up loading all the luggage I had – and he had a bunch of boxes."

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Donald Trump's former employee will be asked to testify during the trial which might start this summer (Getty Images)

Butler claims the three assisted in transferring the material to the West Palm Beach airport along with the Trump family's luggage on a day when the former president was on his annual visit to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Notably, Butler spent 20 years working for Trump, but after talking with federal investigators, he now seems disillusioned with the culture he lived in. Presumably, he will be asked to testify during the trial, which, assuming Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon's legal disputes over secret material don't cause her to postpone it, might start this summer.

About Nauta, Butler reportedly stated, "I felt like it was a total no-win situation for me. I mean, they’re asking me questions about one of my best friends. I’m being honest. But I also have a bad feeling that what I’m saying is getting him into trouble."

He added, "Nobody should have to go through that. And for him (Trump) to get up there all the time and say the things he says about this being a witch hunt and everything. … He just can’t take responsibility for anything."

Internet divided after Brian Butler's admits to moving the files

People on the internet were divided after Donald Trump's valet Brian Butler admitted to moving classified docs from Mar-a-Lago.

One user on X wrote, "This is exciting stuff. Looking forward to Merrick Garland doing nothing about it," while another said, "Very damning. But his base will say he is lying and say fake news."

Another person replied, "It doesn't matter what his base wants to think. It only matter what the jury thinks."



 



 



 

A user also wrote, "Trump is going to prison! My concern is for Brian Butler’s safety though," while one stated, "His safety is a real issue. But the public needs to know."



 



 

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