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☆ A Mar-a-Lago worker and witness in the classified documents case has flipped on Trump and now won't be prosecuted
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Associated Press | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An IT manager was asked to delete surveillance footage at Mar-a-Lago, the Justice Department alleged. That footage was alleged to show Donald Trump's aide moving boxes of classified documents. The IT manager struck a cooperation deal and testified before a federal grand jury. A cooperation agreement generally requires an individual to assist a criminal investigation in exchange for not being prosecuted. The indictment alleges that De Oliveira, Mar-a-Lago's property manager, told Taveras — identified in court papers as "Trump Employee 4" — that "the boss" wanted surveillance footage deleted.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Lago, Stanley Woodward, Trump, Walt Nauta, Taveras, Carlos De Oliveira, De Oliveira, Taveras —, Jack Smith's, Woodward Organizations: Justice Department, WASHINGTON, Mar, Service, Department, CNN, Trump, District of Columbia Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, Mar, District

☆ Mar-a-Lago IT worker struck cooperation agreement with special counsel, his former lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Mar-a-Lago IT worker Yuscil Taveras has struck a cooperation agreement with the special counsel’s office in the federal case over former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, Taveras’ former defense attorney said in a new court filing. Taveras struck the deal with prosecutors after he was threatened with prosecution, defense attorney Stanley Woodward wrote in the filing dated Tuesday. According to the terms of the deal explained in the filing, Taveras agreed to testify in the classified documents case and in exchange will not be prosecuted. Woodward wrote in the filing Wednesday that he “played no role” in Taveras’ cooperation and said that prosecutors did not offer Taveras the cooperation deal until after Taveras got a different lawyer. Those allegations include efforts by Trump, de Oliveira and Nauta to delete incriminating security footage from the club.

Persons: CNN —, Yuscil Taveras, Donald Trump’s, Taveras, Stanley Woodward, “, Jack Smith, Trump, Walt Nauta, Carlos de Oliveira, Woodward, de Oliveira, Nauta Organizations: CNN, “ Trump, Prosecutors, Trump Locations: Lago, Taveras

☆ Clashes mount between Trump and his legal nemesis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

A dramatic series of legal developments in the Fulton County, Georgia, investigation – in which Trump and 18 co-defendants are also awaiting trial – encapsulated the breadth of the former president’s legal exposure. And 61% of Republican-leaning adults said that Trump is facing so many charges largely because of political abuse of the justice system. Trump uses criminal plight to fire up supportersTrump continually dials up the heat, underscoring how his legal defense and presidential campaign have merged. Smith may remain the ex-president’s greatest threat as the prosecutor with the best chance to complete a case against Trump early in the election year. New charges were also filed against Trump aide Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago maintenance manager Carlos De Oliveira.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Smith, Trump, Mark Meadows, Fani Willis ’, Enrique Tarrio, Timothy Kelly, Tarrio, CNN Trump, Hunter, he’d, Tanya Chutkan, “, CNN’s Zachary Cohen, Paula Reid, Sidney Powell, Powell’s, Powell, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira Organizations: CNN, GOP, Trump, Trump White House, Republican, Republicans, Justice Department, Biden Locations: Florida, Washington, Fulton County , Georgia, Georgia, United States, Ukraine, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., August 8, 2023. Woodward currently represents Walt Nauta, one of the two Trump employees also charged in the documents case, in addition to having previously represented the IT head, who is not named in Wednesday's filing. But he suggested in Wednesday's filing that prosecutors' handling of the IT manager's testimony was improper. Prosecutors have charged Trump, Nauta and a third Mar-a-Lago employee, Carlos De Oliveira, with trying to thwart government efforts to retrieve sensitive documents taken to the Florida resort after Trump left office. Prosecutors said in an August court filing that the witness initially denied any knowledge of obstruction.

Persons: Donald Trump, Reba Saldanha, Jack Smith’s, Stanley Woodward, Woodward, Walt Nauta, Aileen Cannon, Trump, Joe Biden, Yuscil Taveras, Nauta, Taveras, Carlos De Oliveira, Prosecutors, Andrew Goudsward, Scott Malone, Andrea Ricci Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Trump's, Walt, Trump, IT, Prosecutors, Democratic, Politico, CNN, Thomson Locations: Windham , New Hampshire, U.S, Lago Florida, Florida

Another has an ally in Congress vowing to support his legal defense. On Thursday, Trump’s legal team formally asked a judge to sever his case from his co-defendants who want a speedy trial, according to court filings. The prospect of a costly legal defense has prompted some defendants to find other ways to raise money. Paying the legal bills of his co-defendants in Georgia could help the former president keep them all unified as they fight the Fulton County charges. None of the defendants has pleaded guilty, but it is common for criminal defendants facing mounting legal bills to end their cases without the time-consuming costs of a trial.

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One of those cases, a civil trial in New York, threatens to cripple the former president's company, the Trump Organization . James is seeking $250 million in damages in the civil case. In July, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped a nearly three-year effort to protect Trump from civil liability in the suit. In May, three of Trump's children, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump, were dismissed as defendants from the case after Kaplan proposed that move. The payments were made shortly before the 2016 presidential election, in which Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe, Letitia James, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, James, Kenneth Chesebro, Joe Biden, Trump's, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Fani Willis, Willis, Sidney Powell, Jean Carroll, Carroll, Judge Lewis Kaplan, videophone, Roberta Kaplan, Ivanka Trump, Kaplan, Donald J, Jack Smith, unindicted, Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, Hillary Clinton, Michael Cohen, Alvin Bragg's, Cohen, Bragg, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira —, Nauta, De Oliveira Organizations: U.S, Atlanta Hartsfield, Jackson International Airport, GOP, Convention, Trump Organization, District of Columbia, DOJ, FBI, New York, Court New, Trump, Fulton County Superior Court, Fulton, Republican, Carroll, U.S . Department of Justice, Iowa, American Communications Network, Washington , D.C, Biden, Manhattan, Democratic, Daniels, Beach, White, Republican National Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, Milwaukee ., New York, Manhattan, Georgia, Atlanta, Fulton County, Washington ,, York, Fort Pierce , Florida

☆ Trump valet's lawyer complains of threats after special counsel revealed Mar-a-Lago worker changed story
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Walt Nauta, personal aide to former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives at Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S. The defense attorney for Donald Trump's valet Walt Nauta complained Friday that he received threats after special counsel Jack Smith revealed that a Mar-a-Lago IT director had admitted to giving false testimony in the former president's classified documents criminal case. The lawyer, Stanley Woodward, had represented IT director Yuscil Taveras when his client gave that false testimony to a grand jury, according to Smith's recent court filing. Woodward currently represents Nauta and other witnesses in the case, but he no longer represents Taveras. Trump, Nauta and Mar-a-Lago maintenance worker Carlos De Oliveira are charged in federal court in Florida with crimes related to Trump's retention of classified documents after leaving the White House.

Persons: Walt Nauta, Donald Trump, Lee Adams Sr, Donald Trump's, Jack Smith, Stanley Woodward, Yuscil Taveras, Taveras, Woodward, Smith, Trump, Carlos De Oliveira Organizations: Southern, Southern District of, Nauta, White Locations: Lee Adams Sr ., Fort Pierce , Florida, U.S, Lago, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Florida

The July indictment accused Mr. Trump, Mr. De Oliveira and Mr. Nauta of trying to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage. The government had requested a trial date in December, while Mr. Trump’s lawyers asked for an indefinite postponement. Once he was sworn in as president, Mr. Trump reimbursed Mr. Cohen. Rather than publish her account, the tabloid suppressed it in cooperation with Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen, prosecutors say. Ms. Maddock, who has close ties to Mr. Trump and is married to Matt Maddock, a state representative, accused Ms. Nessel of “a personal vendetta.”“This is part of a national coordinated” effort to stop Mr. Trump, she added.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, Jack Smith, Fani, Willis, Mr, Alvin L, Bragg, Rudolph W, Giuliani, Mark Meadows, —, “, ” Mr, Brad Raffensperger, Joseph R, Biden, Emily Kohrs, “ You’re, ”, Ms, Smith’s, Smith, Prosecutors, Mike Pence, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, De Oliveira, Nauta, ’, Stormy Daniels, Michael D, Cohen, Daniels, Karen McDougal, McDougal, Bragg’s, Juan M, Merchan, “ Trump, Merchan’s, Cyrus R, Vance Jr, Daniels’s, Hope Hicks, Kellyanne Conway, Allen H, Weisselberg, Mimi E, Rocah, Letitia James, James, Donald Jr, Eric, Ivanka Trump, Michigan’s “, Dana Nessel, Meshawn Maddock, Maddock, Matt Maddock, Nessel, Wright Blake, Mayra Rodriguez, Kris Mayes, Richie Taylor, Maggie Haberman, Glenn Thrush, Jonah E, Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Michael Gold, Michael Rothfeld, Ed Shanahan, Richard Fausset, Ashley Wong Organizations: Mr, Democrat, New, New York City, White House, Department, Georgia Republican Party, Trump, The New York Times, Capitol, Federal, Court, Congress, Justice Department, Mar, Manhattan, National Enquirer, Trump Tower, U.S, National, Trump Organization, Trump National Golf Club Westchester, New York, Civil, Michigan, Michigan Republican Party Locations: Manhattan, Georgia, Fulton County, Lago, New York, United States, Washington, Palm Beach, Fla, Mar, Lower Manhattan, Westchester County, Michigan, Arizona, Bromwich

☆ A Mar-a-Lago employee in charge of security cameras changed his testimony and implicated Trump after switching attorneys, prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Trump Employee 4" had initially been represented by a lawyer paid for by a Trump political action committee. Nauta is represented by Stanley Woodward, who previously repped Trump Employee 4, and prosecutors said that Woodward's continued presence in the case could also mark a conflict of interest. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Advising Trump Employee 4 to correct his sworn testimony would result in testimony incriminating Mr. Woodward's other client, Nauta; but permitting Trump Employee 4's false testimony to stand uncorrected would leave Trump Employee 4 exposed to criminal charges for perjury," prosecutors said in the filing. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the latest development, federal prosecutors said that they plan to call on Taveras to describe the pressure campaign to delete security footage. "The Government anticipates calling Trump Employee 4 as a trial witness and expects that he will testify to conduct alleged in the superseding indictment regarding efforts to delete security footage," prosecutors wrote.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump's, Jack Smith's, —, Prosecutors, Taveras, Aileen Cannon, Smith, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Stanley Woodward, Woodward's, Mr, uncorrected, Woodward, De Oliveira Organizations: Trump, Service, Trump's Save America PAC, NBC News, US, Prosecutors, DOJ Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Washington, Taveras

Mr. De Oliveira was also charged in the superseding indictment, which cited testimony from a witness who appeared to be Mr. Taveras. Mr. Taveras has not been charged in the case. Mr. Woodward’s fees have been paid by Save America, the political action committee aligned with Mr. Trump. The PAC was seeded with small donations from Mr. Trump’s supporters, who responded to his calls to help him prove what he falsely claimed was widespread fraud in the 2020 election. Trump advisers have insisted that there is no connection between any witness’s testimony and payment of their legal fees.

Persons: De Oliveira, Taveras, Trump, Trump’s, James E, “, Judge Boasberg, Woodward, Nauta, ” Organizations: Save America, Mr, Trump, First, Federal Locations: Mar, Washington

☆ Trump's $200,000 bond in his Georgia RICO case is the first time he's on the hook for cash in his criminal cases
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It's the first time in four criminal cases that he's required to post cash to secure his return. The bond order explicitly forbids him from intimidating witnesses and co-defendants on social media. It's the first time, out of four criminal cases, that he's being required to post bond to secure his court appearances. Trump has been charged in three other cases this year, none of which include a cash bond. Read the Trump bond order below:

Persons: Donald Trump, Drew Findling, Fani Willis, Trump, Willis, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Bond, Scott McAfee, McAfee, Ronald Carlson, He's, Stormy Daniels, Jack Smith, Carlos De Oliveira, Forbes, he's Organizations: Service, Trump, Fulton, University of Georgia School of Law, Prosecutors, Justice, Mar, Save Locations: Georgia, Wall, Silicon, Atlanta, Fulton County, Manhattan, New York, Lago

☆ Trump judge sets sealed hearing for special counsel's security request in documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Florida federal judge on Thursday said she would hold a hearing sealed from the public to discuss prosecutors' request for an order to protect classified material at the heart of a criminal case against former President Donald Trump. The hearing "will take place at a designated time and place to discuss sensitive, security-related issues concerning classified discovery," Judge Aileen Cannon said in a written order. Cannon did not say in the order where and when that hearing will occur. But she said that Trump and his co-defendants in the case, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, did not have to attend the hearing. Trump is charged in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida with crimes related to retaining classified government records after leaving the White House and trying to cover up the fact that he was keeping those documents in boxes at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.

Persons: Donald Trump, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, Trump, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira Organizations: Southern, Southern District of, White House Locations: Florida, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Lago, Palm Beach

☆ Trump’s allies have long faced legal troubles, but this time is different because he is too
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

They were the latest members of the former president’s inner circle to find out that associating with Trump could put them on cracking legal ice. There is increasing speculation over why Meadows was charged in Georgia but not in special counsel Jack Smith’s federal investigation into Trump’s election stealing efforts. Legal experts wonder whether he could be cooperating with that probe in a sign of peril for the former president. Trump’s inner circles have long faced legal problemsTrump’s co-defendants in the Georgia case are not the first to find out that the ex-president’s intolerance for the rules and conventions that normally constrain presidencies can lead them into treacherous waters. Trump once vowed to bring only “the best people” to Washington, but his acolytes often find themselves dragged into his legal storms.

Persons: Donald, –, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani –, Trump’s, ”, Giuliani, bruiser, “, “ I’m, “ We’re, Mark Meadows, Meadows, Jack, John Eastman, Mike Pence, Harvey Silverglate, Sidney Powell –, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira –, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Robert Mueller’s, Steve Bannon, Bannon, ” Bannon, Allen Weisselberg, Michael Cohen, Cohen, ” Trump, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Stormy Daniels, extravagantly, Flynn, Manafort, Roger Stone, won’t, ’, District Attorney Fani Willis –, Ty Cobb, CNN’s Erin Burnett, wouldn’t, Willis, ” Cobb Organizations: CNN, Trump, New, New York City, WABC, White House, Caucus, White, Republican, Former Trump, Trump Organization, Manhattan, Attorney, Trump’s, Save, District Attorney Locations: Georgia, Fulton, New York, Ukraine, North Carolina, Washington, Meadows, Fulton County , Georgia, Lago, Trump, Russia, Manhattan, Congress

As president, Trump could try to pardon himself for federal crimes or otherwise seek to dismiss the Justice Department’s cases with “control” of the agency, his attorneys have said. Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Trial Date: May 20, 2024Sentence the Charges Carry: each carries a maximum fine of $250,000, with a maximum prison sentence of between five and 20 years. Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaTrial date: TBDSentence the Charges Carry: Each carries a maximum prison sentence of between five and 20 years. Willis had requested a trial date of Aug. 5, 2024, but McAfee has not yet settled on a date.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, –, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Juan Merchan, Merchan, Jack Smith, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, District Attorney Fani Willis, Scott McAfee, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, bondsman Scott Hall, Willis, McAfee Organizations: of Columbia, GOP, White, Trump, Prosecutors, Manhattan, Attorney, New York, New, Donald Trump View, Department of Justice, U.S, Walt Nauta –, Mar, Southern, Southern District of, Washington , D.C, Justice, U.S ., Appeals, District of Columbia, District Attorney, Fulton County Superior Court of Locations: New York, Miami, Atlanta, reimbursing, Manhattan, New York County, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Washington ,, United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Fulton County Superior Court of Georgia

☆ Trump co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira pleads not guilty in classified docs case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

De Oliveira pleaded not guilty to four criminal counts related to an alleged attempt to delete surveillance footage from Trump's Mar-a-Lago club. De Oliveira, a property manager at Trump's Palm Beach resort, was added to the case in a superseding indictment filed late last month. Walt Nauta, Trump's valet and co-defendant in the original indictment filed by special counsel Jack Smith, also received additional charges in the superseding indictment. Trump had already pleaded not guilty to the new charges and waived his appearance in last week's hearing. Trump's charges in Florida are one of four active criminal cases against him as he seeks the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Persons: Carlos De Oliveira, Donald Trump, James L, Donald Trump's, De Oliveira, Trump's, Shaniek Maynard, Walt Nauta, Jack Smith, Nauta, De, Larry Murrell, Trump, Joe Biden Organizations: King, Trump's Mar, Trump, White House Locations: Miami , Florida, Palm, U.S, Fort Pierce , Florida, New Jersey, Florida, Georgia

☆ Factbox: The legal troubles of former US President Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File PhotoAug 15 (Reuters) - Here is a list of legal troubles facing former U.S. President Donald Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to prevent certification of Biden's victory. Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records. Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and other crimes and was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 during Trump's presidency.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Morgan, Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Jack Smith, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, De Oliveira, Nauta, Trump's, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Daniels, reimbursing Cohen, Cohen, Jean Carroll, Carroll, Letitia James, James, Donald Jr, Eric, Joseph Ax, Luc Cohen, Karen Freifeld, Susan Heavey, Sarah N, Lynch, Jonathan Stempel, Jacqueline Thomsen, Noeleen Walder, Howard Goller Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Democrat, Trump, White House, CAPITOL, U.S, Capitol, Prosecutors, Congress, White, Mar, Trump's, CNN, NEW, GENERAL, New York, Trump Organization, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, GEORGIA, Georgia, Trump's, Washington, Miami, Lago Florida, New Jersey, York, Manhattan, Lago, Florida, New York

The indictment said Mr. Trump and six unnamed co-conspirators had pushed state legislators and election officials to change electoral votes won by Mr. Biden to votes for Mr. Trump. The July indictment accused Mr. Trump, Mr. De Oliveira and Mr. Nauta of trying to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage. Once he was sworn in as president, Mr. Trump reimbursed Mr. Cohen. Rather than publish her account, the tabloid suppressed it in cooperation with Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen, prosecutors say. The court papers also referred to a payment to a former Trump Tower doorman who claimed that Mr. Trump had fathered a child out of wedlock.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, Jack Smith, Alvin L, Bragg, Joseph R, Biden Jr, Biden, Prosecutors, Mike Pence, Mr, Smith, Walt Nauta, Smith’s, Carlos De Oliveira, De Oliveira, Nauta, ’, Stormy Daniels, Michael D, Cohen, Daniels, Karen McDougal, McDougal, Bragg’s, Juan M, Merchan, “ Trump, Merchan’s, Mimi E, Rocah, Letitia James, James, Donald Jr, Eric, Ivanka Trump, Maggie Haberman, Glenn Thrush, Jonah E, Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Michael Gold, Michael Rothfeld, Ed Shanahan, Richard Fausset, Ashley Wong Organizations: Mr, Capitol, Federal, Court, Congress, Justice Department, Mar, Manhattan, National Enquirer, Trump Tower, U.S, Trump Organization, Trump National Golf Club Westchester, New York, Civil, New, Trump Locations: Manhattan, Lago, United States, Palm Beach, Fla, Mar, New York, Westchester County, Bromwich

Mr. Trump was also charged with attempting to obstruct an official proceeding — the certification of the election results by Congress. The indictment said Mr. Trump and six unnamed co-conspirators had pushed state legislators and election officials to change electoral votes won by Mr. Biden to votes for Mr. Trump. The July indictment accused Mr. Trump, Mr. De Oliveira and Mr. Nauta of trying to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage. Rather than publish her account, the tabloid suppressed it in cooperation with Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen, prosecutors say. Mr. Trump faced a second criminal investigation in New York related to financial dealings at a Trump Organization golf course in Westchester County.

Mr. Trump was also charged with attempting to obstruct an official proceeding — the certification of the election results by Congress. The indictment said Mr. Trump and six unnamed co-conspirators had pushed state legislators and election officials to change electoral votes won by Mr. Biden to votes for Mr. Trump. The July indictment accused Mr. Trump, Mr. De Oliveira and Mr. Nauta of trying to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage. Once he was sworn in as president, Mr. Trump reimbursed Mr. Cohen. Rather than publish her account, the tabloid suppressed it in cooperation with Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen, prosecutors say.

☆ Donald Trump aide pleads not guilty to new charges in US documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Trump's valet Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction of justice and false statements in an appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Shaniek Mills Maynard in Florida. Neither defendant spoke to reporters when leaving the courthouse, where a handful of Trump supporters had gathered to protest the case. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 40 counts of unauthorized retention of national defense information, obstruction of justice and false statements. Nauta had already pleaded not guilty to some charges in the documents case, but returned to court to face additional counts filed in a superseding indictment in July. Trump pleaded not guilty to the new charges in a court filing and did not appear in court on Thursday.

Persons: Donald Trump, Reba Saldanha, FORT, Walt Nauta, Shaniek Mills, Carlos De Oliveira, Nauta, Trump, Joe Biden, Jack Smith's, De Oliveira, John Irving, Smith, Jack Queen, Andy Sullivan, Will Dunham, Noeleen Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Trump's, Trump, Democratic, Prosecutors, White House, Mar, FBI, White, Manhattan, Thomson Locations: Windham , New Hampshire, U.S, FORT PIERCE , Florida, Shaniek Mills Maynard, Florida, Lago, Palm Beach, Bedminster , New Jersey, Georgia

☆ Analysis: Donald Trump's legal drama grows by the day
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Donald Trump’s already daunting legal predicament gets grimmer by the day as new details emerge of the depths to which he was prepared to stoop to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election. And as the former president’s legal team juggles court dates in different cities this week, their task in defending Trump is getting ever more complex. The stampede of developments around Trump’s cases is providing only a hint of the political and legal collision that is likely to unfold next year. But data from Trump’s account could potentially provide information about which phone – and potentially person – posted tweets to the account. Twitter data might also show any direct messages sent to or from Trump’s account.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Fani Willis, Jack Smith’s, Carlos De Oliveira, Walt Nauta, Biden, Craig Robertson, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Stormy Daniels, Bragg, George Soros, Robertson, ”, General Merrick Garland, Willis –, –, Willis, Gov, Geoff Duncan, ” Duncan, CNN’s Erin Burnett, Georgia Biden, Brad Raffensperger, CNN’s Sara Murray, Elie Honig, Smith, “, Renato Mariotti, Jake Tapper, Trump ‘, ’ ” Trump, Joe Biden’s DOJ, ” Trump Organizations: CNN, Trump, Twitter, New York Times, FBI, Democratic, Manhattan, Attorney, Republican Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Washington, Mar, Florida, Trump’s, Utah, Fulton, Coffee County , Georgia

☆ Trump and Longtime Aide Plead Not Guilty to New Charges in Documents Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Charlie Savage | More About Charlie Savage | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump and an employee, Walt Nauta, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to additional criminal charges in the case accusing the former president of illegally holding onto secret national security documents after leaving office and conspiring to obstruct the government’s efforts to retrieve them. The plea to the added charges was entered for Mr. Trump by one of his lawyers after an updated indictment last month that accused him of seeking to delete security footage at his Mar-a-Lago residence and club. Mr. Trump, who was first charged and arraigned in person in June, chose not to appear at the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Fla.Last week, he signed a form forgoing his appearance and indicating that he would plead not guilty. During a 10-minute hearing Thursday, Todd Blanche, a lawyer for Mr. Trump, told a magistrate judge that he had discussed the expanded charges with his client, who “has authorized me to enter a plea of not guilty.”Two Trump employees whom prosecutors also accused of conspiring to delete the footage, Mr. Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, were also charged in the revised indictment and appeared at the hearing.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Walt Nauta, Todd Blanche, “, Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira Organizations: Mr, Trump Locations: Fort Pierce, Fla

☆ Third co-defendant in Trump documents case has arraignment delayed again
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The newest defendant in former President Donald Trump's classified documents case failed to enter a plea in court Thursday due to an issue with his local counsel, NBC News reported. Walt Nauta, Trump's valet, pleaded not guilty to the latest charges against him during the hearing, according to NBC. Thursday's scheduled arraignment in special counsel Jack Smith's case stemmed from a new batch of charges filed in a superseding indictment last month. Trump, who was also hit with additional charges in the superseding indictment, has already pleaded not guilty. The following month, Smith brought a superseding indictment that added three new counts against Trump.

Persons: Walt Nauta, Donald Trump, Lee Adams Sr, Donald Trump's, Carlos De Oliveira, Shaniek Mills Maynard, De Oliveira, Thursday's, Jack Smith's, Trump, Nauta, Smith Organizations: NBC News, NBC, Mar, Trump Locations: Lee Adams Sr ., Fort Pierce , Florida, U.S, Palm, Mar, Lago

☆ Donald Trump's aides set to enter pleas in US classified documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets the crowd during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., August 8, 2023. Nauta moved boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago to hide them from Trump's lawyer and federal investigators, according to prosecutors. In the documents case, Nauta has pleaded not guilty but must be arraigned on additional counts filed in a July superseding indictment. Trump pleaded not guilty to the new charges in a court filing and will not appear in-person Thursday. Trump has denied wrongdoing in Georgia involving an investigation into his efforts to reverse his election loss in that state.

Persons: Donald Trump, Reba Saldanha, FORT, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Shaniek Mills Maynard, Jack Smith's, Nauta, De Oliveira, Trump, Joe Biden, Smith, Jack Queen, Will Dunham, Noeleen Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Trump's, Democratic, Prosecutors, White House, Mar, FBI, Trump, White, Manhattan, Thomson Locations: Windham , New Hampshire, U.S, FORT PIERCE , Florida, Florida, Lago, Palm Beach, Bedminster , New Jersey, Georgia

☆ Trump’s co-defendants set to enter pleas on new charges in classified documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Ft. Pierce, Florida CNN —A Mar-a-Lago property manager and former President Donald Trump’s personal aide are set to be arraigned Thursday morning in Fort Pierce, Florida, on new charges brought by the special counsel in the case regarding the mishandling of classified documents. Carlos De Oliveira, the Florida property manager, and Trump’s body-man Walt Nauta have been charged with multiple offenses related to Trump’s allegedly unlawful retention of documents after leaving office, including classified material. Nauta, who was charged alongside Trump earlier this summer, pleaded not guilty to the charges he faced in the original indictment. The charges Nauta and De Oliveira face include making false statements, conspiracy to obstruct justice and corruptly altering, destroying, mutilating, or concealing documents. The indictment also alleges that Nauta and De Oliveira had asked an employee if they could delete security footage at Mar-a-Lago.

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