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Walt Nauta, an adjutant to erstwhile President Donald Trump, faces six counts successful narration to the classified documents case against Trump. Trump was besides indicted connected 7 charges relating to mishandling documents and conspiracy to obstruct the Justice Department probe connected Thursday, June 8. The indictment was unsealed the pursuing day. Nauta was arrested and arraigned astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic Trump connected Tuesday, June 13. The justice successful the lawsuit ruled that Trump could not talk to Nauta earlier the trial, per CNN.
After quality broke that Nauta, 40, would beryllium indicted also, Trump defended him connected his Truth Social platform. “I person conscionable learned that the ‘Thugs’ from the Department of Injustice volition beryllium Indicting a fantastic man, Walt Nauta, a subordinate of the U.S. Navy, who served proudly with maine successful the White House, retired arsenic Senior Chief, and past transitioned into backstage beingness arsenic a idiosyncratic aide. He has done a fantastic job! They are trying to destruct his life, similar the lives of truthful galore others, hoping that helium volition accidental atrocious things astir ‘Trump.’ He is strong, brave, and a Great Patriot. The FBI and DOJ are CORRUPT!” helium wrote. Find retired much astir Nauta and the charges against him here.
Nauta has accompanied Trump connected galore occasions since becoming his aide. (Stuart Wallace/Shutterstock)
Walt Nauta Was Trump’s Aide
Prior to joining Trump arsenic a idiosyncratic aide, his occupation was a spot much straightforward. He really served arsenic a valet during Trump’s medication successful the White House, per ABC News. Prior to becoming a valet, helium held a fewer antithetic roles with successful the White House, including arsenic a cook, and helium besides regularly delivered Diet Cokes to Trump, per Forbes. One of his positions was arsenic Chief Petty Officer, which really progressive transporting boxes afloat of documents. He near his presumption arsenic a White House valet successful 2021 to go a idiosyncratic adjutant to the erstwhile president.
When Trump received quality of his indictment, helium was staying astatine his play people successful West Bedminster, New Jersey connected June 8, 2023. It was reported that Nauta had joined Trump astatine the New Jersey play nine this week, according to CNN.
The Charges Against Nauta
While Trump faces the brunt of the charges successful the indictment, Nauta volition look six counts for obstruction and concealment for his alleged conduct. His charges included “conspiracy to obstruct, withholding a papers oregon record, and strategy to conceal,” according to NBC News. Nauta’s ineligible fees are reportedly being covered by Trump’s governmental organization.
There were 37 counts brought against Trump successful the indictment, 31 of which were for willful retention of classified documents. The remainder were azygous counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a papers oregon record, corruptly concealing a papers oregon record, concealing a papers successful a national investigation, strategy to conceal, and making mendacious statements, per CBS News.
While giving a brief statement astir the indictment, Special Counsel Jack Smith said that helium was looking guardant to the lawsuit going to trial. “It’s precise important for maine to enactment that the defendants, successful this case, indispensable beryllium presumed guiltless until proven blameworthy beyond a tenable uncertainty successful a tribunal of law,” helium said. “To that end, my bureau volition question a speedy proceedings successful this substance accordant with the nationalist involvement and the rights of the accused. We precise overmuch look guardant to presenting our lawsuit to a assemblage of citizens successful the confederate territory of Florida.”
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