EXCLUSIVE: Yuscil Taveras, the Mar-a-Lago IT director who flipped on Donald Trump, is a registered Democrat with a history of money troubles and a part-time gig as ‘DJ Juicy’
- Mar-a-Lago IT director Yuscil Taveras is expected to testify against Trump after admitting he lied in his previous testimony in the classified documents case
- And now, DailyMail.com can reveal Taveras, a New York native, is a registered Democrat who once filed for bankruptcy and had moonlighted as ‘DJ Juicy’
- The married dad-of-two, 45, had been initially identified in indictment docs as ‘Trump Employee 4’ who had allegedly been asked to ‘delete’ a server
The Mar-a-Lago IT director who flipped on Donald Trump in the classified documents case is a part-time DJ and registered Democrat with a history of money troubles, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Yuscil Taveras, 45, managed to rack up debts of nearly $750,000 despite holding down a string of well-paid tech jobs and moonlighting as ‘DJ Juicy.’
The dad-of-two battled back from bankruptcy but now finds himself a pivotal figure in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s efforts to convict Trump of mishandling top secret government material.
Justice Department filings suggest that Taveras – described as ‘Trump employee 4’ – initially denied any knowledge of an alleged plot to wipe incriminating CCTV from a server at the former President’s swish Florida residence.
But when Smith’s team threatened him with perjury charges, Taveras fired his Trump-appointed lawyer, ‘recanted’ his previous evidence, and will likely testify against his former employer when the case goes to trial.
The New York native has scrubbed his social media and kept a low profile since his explosive U-turn was revealed in an August 22 federal court filing.
He and his wife are currently renting a smart $850,000 home in a gated community in Lake Worth, Florida, less than 30 minutes from the Mar-a-Lago Club, where the longtime Trump organization employee has worked for the past several years.
When DailyMail.com dialed the number for Taveras on the estate’s door entry system a female voice picked up and insisted: ‘You have the wrong number.’
The father of two young boys ignored our calls and texts and blocked our reporter’s number when we reached out via WhatsApp.
Taveras graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York in 2001 with a degree in computer information systems and went on to land a series of jobs in the luxury hotel industry.
He worked for Ritz-Carlton and Marriott before taking a position with the Trump Soho Hotel in 2010 and, five years later, the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City, according to his now-deleted Linkedin page.
When he wasn’t working in IT, Taveras was hitting the decks as his record-spinning alter-ego, DJ Juicy.
