It’s not clear how the witness came to know of the alleged offer of a pardon.
The FBI’s interview summary said Person 16 had not spoken to Nauta since Trump was in the White House.
During a November 2021 visit, the witness told Trump to give “whatever” he had back to the National Archives, according to the interview summary, which is known as a FD-302.
Don’t give them a noble reason to indict you, because they will,” the witness told Trump, according to the witness’ account.
The FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago to recover classified material in August 2022.
Persons:
Donald Trump’s, Walt Nauta, –, Nauta, Jack Smith, It’s, Trump, “ NAUTA, FPOTUS, ’, ”, Trump’s
Organizations:
CNN, FBI, Trump, National Archives
Locations:
United States, Lago, Florida, Mar