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\n One of Donald Trump\u2019s co-defendants in the classified documents case told a federal judge Thursday that he\u2019s not concerned his defense lawyer previously represented three witnesses who could testify against him.\n <\/p>\n

\n The court hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, addressed concerns raised by prosecutors about the web of connections between the case\u2019s defense lawyers and witnesses, many of whom work at Mar-a-Lago or for the former president.\n <\/p>\n

\n Carlos De Oliveira, a maintenance worker at Trump\u2019s Florida estate, is represented by John Irving, who had been paid for by Trump\u2019s political action committee. De Oliveira is accused of attempting to tamper with surveillance footage at the club during an investigation into the handling of classified documents and of lying to investigators. He and his co-defendants have pleaded not guilty and plan to contest the charges at trial.\n <\/p>\n

\n Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the case, repeatedly asked De Oliveira, a Portuguese immigrant with little formal education, if he understood the potential ethical conflicts with his lawyer. He said multiple times that he did, but then struggled to articulate his understanding of the potential issues.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIf Mr. Irving was trying to cross other people \u2013 I don\u2019t know how to say it,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Still, \u201cI\u2019m OK with it,\u201d De Oliveira said. \u201cI discussed it with my lawyers in previous days.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI would like to continue forward with Mr. Irving,\u201d De Oliveira also said, adding that he had not been influenced or coerced into making that decision.\n <\/p>\n

\n The two-hour hearing highlighted a bigger theme that has shaded the Mar-a-Lago documents case: The inter-connectedness of Trump\u2019s legal universe. While it\u2019s not atypical for an employer to assist employees in finding and paying for lawyers, a small group of attorneys have juggled many clients in Trump\u2019s sphere, receiving compensation for at least some of their work from Trump\u2019s Save America PAC and working closely with Trump\u2019s own defense lawyers.\n <\/p>\n

\n Trump\u2019s lawyer Todd Blanche also attended Thursday\u2019s hearing.\n <\/p>\n

\n Cannon accepted De Oliveira\u2019s waiver of any issues that could arise with Irving. The Justice Department had raised the concern in part to eliminate possible grounds for appeal if the defendants are convicted at trial.\n <\/p>\n

\n De Oliveira\u2019s lawyer pledged not to question at trial the witnesses he previously represented, leaving that job to another lawyer.\n <\/p>\n

\n Irving no longer witnesses who could testify about De Oliveira moving boxes at Mar-a-Lago and would have insight into him appearing to take photos of surveillance cameras. Irving said he may not even take issue with their testimony and believes it might not hurt De Oliveira.\n <\/p>\n

\n RELATED: Trump\u2019s access to classified information restricted as he heads to trial in documents case, federal judge rules\n <\/p>\n

\n Another Trump co-defendant in the classified documents case, Walt Nauta, was set to have a similar hearing on Thursday regarding his attorney Stanley Woodward representing a key witness who will be called to testify against all three defendants.\n <\/p>\n

\n But Cannon refused to go forward with that hearing because prosecutors with the special counsel\u2019s office raised arguments they hadn\u2019t previously put in writing.\n <\/p>\n

\n Before abruptly ending Nauta\u2019s proceeding less than a half hour after it began, Cannon admonished the government \u201cfor frankly wasting the court\u2019s time.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Woodward and other defense attorneys have repeatedly tried to delay aspects of the case and want the trial date to be much later than May, when it is currently set. It\u2019s not clear yet if the derailment of Nauta\u2019s hearing on Thursday would ultimately prompt other deadlines in the case to be pushed back.\n <\/p>\n

\n The special counsel\u2019s office asked to hold these hearings for Nauta and De Oliveira more than two months ago, telling Cannon that the multiple witnesses Woodward and Irving represented could cause \u201cdivided loyalties\u201d at the trial, when they are defending Nauta and De Oliveira while questioning their former clients on the stand.\n <\/p>\n

\n Irving no longer represents the three clients he had who may be called to testify against Trump and his co-defendants, but Woodward still represents several potential witnesses in addition to Nauta.\n <\/p>\n

\n As of August, the Justice Department told the court Woodward had at least seven clients who had been questioned in the investigation, including a Mar-a-Lago IT director and two others who worked for Trump while he was president, according to a court filing.\n <\/p>\n

\n The IT director Yuscil Taveras, who cut an agreement with prosecutors under which he won\u2019t be prosecuted in exchange for his cooperation, has a different attorney now.\n <\/p>\n

\n Woodward has maintained his work for Nauta hasn\u2019t created clear conflicts of interest. He\u2019s also said in filings the IT director testified to a grand jury that he wasn\u2019t coached or influenced on what he said.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of Donald Trump\u2019s co-defendants in the classified documents case told a federal judge Thursday that he\u2019s not concerned his defense lawyer previously represented three witnesses who could testify against him. The court hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, addressed concerns raised by prosecutors about the web of connections between the case\u2019s defense lawyers and witnesses, many of whom work at Mar-a-Lago or for the former president. Carlos De Oliveira, a maintenance worker at Trump\u2019s Florida estate, is represented by John Irving, who had been paid for by Trump\u2019s political action committee. 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