Dozens of boxes of documents, which were also labeled top secret, secret and confidential, were hidden in Mar-a-Lago in locations such as a ballroom, a bathroom, a storage room and former US President Donald Trump’s room.

The person responsible for moving those boxes was Waltine “Walt” Nauta, a U.S. Navy veteran who was looking for Trump’s Diet Coke in the White House before joining him as a personal assistant at Mar-a- Lago, who is now in legal danger together with the former president.

According to the indictment, the boxes were moved on Trump’s orders. from May 11, 2022 to June 3, 2022 at least five timesas described in the indictment.

Nauta’s attorney, Stanley Woodward, declined to answer questions about the allegations or any attempt to get his client to turn against the former president, but confirmed the two would appear together.

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However, Nauta was not prosecuted today because he did not have a lawyer to represent him in this court and a new hearing was scheduled for June 27 before Judge Edwin Torres.

After Donald Trump (i) left the White House, aide Walt Nauta (d) accompanied the former president. He was also called to court today.

“We certainly plead not guilty,” Todd Blanche, Trump’s attorney, said during the courtroom hearing. The ex-president had to listen to a federal judge read the 37 charges against him, including those of “illegally withholding information pertaining to national security,” “obstruction of justice” and “false testimony.” Soon after, the former president left the court.

According to a judicial source, Trump had to undergo the same procedure as the rest of the defendants, who were fingerprinted and photographed. But in this case, the image will not be made public.

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Trump, the first former US president to face federal charges, is charged with “deliberate withholding of national defense information,” which carries more than 10 years in prison, and conspiracy to obstruct justice, false testimony and other crimes .

The indictment also records meetings between Trump and two of his attorneys — identified as Attorney 1 and Attorney 2 — to implicate him in an attempt to mislead investigators trying to recover documents taken from the White House and sent to Trump’s residence in Mar-a-Lago. , Florida.

According to notes Attorney #1 brought to a meeting discussing how to respond to the May 2022 grand jury subpoena, Trump said, “What if we just don’t respond at all or we don’t play ball with them?”.

“I don’t want anyone going through my boxes, I really don’t want to,” Trump said. “Wouldn’t it be better if we told them we don’t have anything here?” .