Pounds Fists on Podium During Hearing to Dismiss Classified Docs Case
Judge Aileen Cannon on Wednesday held a hearing on Walt Nauta’s motion to dismiss Jack Smith’s classified documents for selective and vindictive prosecution.
Recall that Walt Nauta, a former White House employee and Navy veteran who worked valet for Trump and served as a personal staffer at Mar-a-Lago was indicted along with Trump last year.
According to the federal indictment reviewed by The Gateway Pundit, Nauta was charged along with Trump in counts 32, 33, 43, 35, and 36 – for the ‘crime’ of moving boxes of documents from one room to another at Mar-a-Lago.
The charges include conspiracy, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document or record, concealing a document in a federal investigation, and scheme to conceal.
Walt Nauta was also charged alone in count 38: False statements and misrepresentations.
Walt Nauta’s lawyer detailed prosecutorial abuses by hired gun Jack Smith, including “continued reference to uncharged offense allegations, improper reference to statements obtained through attorney-client communication privilege violations, and improper reference to “court-authorized search warrant.”
According to ABC News, Wednesday’s hearing “got heated at times” as Jack Smith’s prosecutor became frustrated with Walt Nauta’s lawyer, Stanley Woodward.
Woodward argued that his client Walt Nauta was being selectively prosecuted because he was not the only person who moved boxes around at Mar-a-Lago.
Additionally, Woodward told Judge Cannon that in August 2022, Jay Bratt, one of Jack Smith’s prosecutors, threatened him with a sinking judicial nomination if he didn’t get Walt Nauta to testify against Trump.