‘Trump Employee 4’ retracts testimony after changing lawyers, implicates former president, prosecutors say

The employee is referred to as 'Trump Employee 4' in court documents

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An unnamed employee of former President Donald Trump has retracted "false testimony" to a grand jury after changing lawyers, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. 

The employee, referred to as "Trump Employee 4" in court documents from special counsel Jack Smith’s office, retracted statements from an earlier testimony and gave information implicating Trump and others over alleged efforts to delete security footage at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. 

Fox News Digital has confirmed that Trump Employee 4 is Yuscil Tavares, a Mar-a-Lago tech worker. Tavares is cooperating with Smiths' team after switching lawyers. 

The court documents say Trump Employee 4 "repeatedly denied or claimed not to recall" any contacts or conversations about security footage when they testified before a D.C. grand jury in March 2023. Read more and see video here.