Waltine “Walt” Nauta went from military valet to co-defendant, but the remarkable rise of Trump’s body man could be his downfall as pressure rises on Nauta to reshape the federal case by cooperating against his boss.
This time, the personal aide, who was charged with conspiring with Trump to hide classified documents from the government, dined at the club’s swanky steakhouse, BLT Prime, as a guest of the former president. Joining them around the table was a large group that included Trump’s political advisers, his lawyer Christopher Kise, Nauta’s lawyer, Stanley Woodward, and right-wing media figure Tom Fitton. Nauta was quiet throughout the dinner, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
Nauta was with Trump on Friday in New Jersey as news broke that he had been jointly indicted with the former president and traveled with Trump throughout Monday and Tuesday, advisers said, next to him both at political events and at the courtroom defendants’ table.According to the indictment, Nauta helped bring boxes to Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago for his review before Trump returned 15 boxes of documents to the National Archives in January 2022.
Chuck Rosenberg, a former federal prosecutor and Justice Department official, said that Nauta could be a powerful witness for the government — but only if he testified “truthfully and completely.” Trump’s PAC is paying for his legal counsel, Woodward and Brand, who are representing a range of witnesses employed by Trump. People familiar with the case said investigators have questioned several witnesses about why the PAC was footing their legal bills — and whether any strings were attached to such an arrangement.
“He’s just a service oriented guy,” said Ty Cobb, a former Trump White House lawyer who knew Nauta in his capacity as Trump’s valet. Nauta served them during long, working lunches in the residence. Cobb recalled that when Nauta noticed that Cobb was leaving the cheeseburgers Nauta served untouched, he quietly began serving him fish instead.
Goodman said that he would ordinarily order the two to cease all contact until they go on trial but he would instead require only that they not speak about the case, given that Nauta works for Trump and, he noted, is with him “on a daily basis.”Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday. Goodman ordered a lawyer for Nauta to appear again to enter a plea on June 27 since he did not have a permanent Florida lawyer admitted to practice before the federal court in the state, as required for an arraignment.
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