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Special counsel's classified documents case is out on bail this morning. mar-a-lago property manager carlos de oliveira made his appearance in a miami courtroom on monday. he didn't enter a plea including conspiracy to obstruct justice and lying to the fbi. more now from cnn's jessica schneider. >> justice department is unfortunately decided to bring these charges against mr. de oliveira. now it's time for them to put their money where their mouth is. >> reporter: carlos deal vary ra leaving the federal courthouse on monday escorted by his lawyer and federal agents. 20 year employee at mar-a-l...

He says, of course, this comes as he is single handedly holding up the nominations of more than 300 military officers over the pentagon's abortion policy. joining me now to talk about this is republican congressman robert aderholt of alabama. congressman, thank you for joining us. we are told the pentagon informed the congressional delegation in alabama of this decision before it was announced publicly. were you one of those, and what did you say to those officials? >> well, the last decision -- or the last conversation that we had with the folks at the pentagon and with general dickinson was ...

Was kind of the surprise statute, the civil rights statute. what's the theory there. they're not doing an insurrection charge it looks like. it may have to do with the actual conduct on january 6th. i really want to see what that's about. >> is your expectation that it won't be a sealed indictment like there was with the documents case, we had to wait for them to unseal it. it was the trump legal team out there talking about the charges and what it looked like and then we saw the indictment itself. >> that's right. the only real reason to do it, you would sometimes do it if you believe the def...

Yesterday was rather routine, which they often are. we did learn he has not yet secured a lawyer, which means his arraignment will have to be delayed until that can happen. i think that it does build in the possibility of more delay in the ultimate trial date, that may 20th trial date. the longer it takes for him to get a lawyer, i imagine it will cause them to ask for additional time. i don't know whether they'll get it, but i think that is a possibility. how important is he? i think he is very important. he adds to this dimension of obstruction of justice, and that is, after all, what makes ...

Reviewed them all, and the movement of boxes was captured on video, which the government later was able to obtain. i think he is a key witness because he is the one who pulls all that together. >> another new figure introduced in the superseding indictment, barbara, is what was known in the document as trump employee number four. cnn is reporting he was the i.t. worker who was working with de oliveira, and de oliveira said, "i need you to delete the security cameras, the tapes," and he said, "i don't think i can do that." in the indictment, he doesn't seem to be charged with anything. could it...