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The Lead with Jake Tapper

“Trump Employee 5” speaks publicly for first time

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

News

3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

“Trump Employee 5”, a man named Brian Butler, an employee of Trump for 20 years, is a central witness in the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents. He is now speaking publicly because he believes that voters should hear the truth about his former boss and the case before the November election.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.3

Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we start today with Breaking News and a CNN exclusive

0:38.3

for the first time the man only previously known as employee number five in the Trump federal classified documents case is publicly going on the record about what he saw behind the scenes at Maralago and how he ended up handling boxes of classified

0:54.4

documents without even knowing it or having the clearance to do so.

0:58.2

Trump employee number five is a man named Brian Butler. He has worked at Marlago for 20 years.

1:04.3

He wasn't just any regular employee, we should note.

1:07.7

He handled the car service at Trump's Florida resort,

1:10.6

often directly making sure that Donald Trump and all of his belongings were moved from place to place

1:15.2

meaning he saw moments and movements and heard conversations that are now part of

1:20.8

special counsel Jacksmith's indictment of Donald Trump.

1:24.5

See now, it's Caitlin Collins and Caitlin Polans

1:27.3

are breaking the story for us.

1:28.8

And join us now, Caitlin Collins, let's start with you.

1:31.0

So you sat down with Butler earlier today. What did he tell you?

1:35.4

Yeah, Jake, Brian Butler may not be a household name, but he is someone who is a

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