In an abrupt shift in strategy, attorneys for Donald Trump’s co-defendants have filed a motion arguing that FBI agents were not thorough enough in their search of Mar-a-Lago, potentially missing key evidence. They claim that a hidden room and a locked closet, which may have contained classified documents, were not searched. The motion seeks records related to the FBI’s alleged failure to search these areas, which the defense argues invalidates their obstruction charges.
Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman has criticized former President Donald Trump for his apparent desire to preemptively pardon body man Walt Nauta for his assistance in concealing stolen classified documents in the Mar-a-Lago case. Akerman compared Trump’s promise to the one he made to Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, both of whom were convicted of crimes related to the Russia investigation. Akerman believes that Trump’s pardons are part of a pattern of obstruction of justice and that Nauta may have been motivated to conceal evidence because of Trump’s promise of a pardon.
A bombshell revelation in court documents alleges that Donald Trump’s valet, Walt Nauta, was informed of a potential pardon if Trump is elected president again in 2024. The alleged promise was relayed to the FBI by a cooperating witness, known as ‘Person 16,’ who had close access to Trump and the Oval Office.
