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Eugene

(67,293 posts) Fri Oct 20, 2023, 06:34 PM Oct 2023

Trump co-defendant in classified records case says he wants to keep lawyer despite possible conflict

Source: Associated Press

Trump co-defendant in classified records case says he wants to keep lawyer despite possible conflict

BY ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON AND ERIC TUCKER
Updated 3:53 PM EDT, October 20, 2023

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A valet to former President Donald Trump and a co-defendant in the federal classified documents case against him told a judge Friday that he wanted to keep his lawyer despite a potential conflict of interest.

Prosecutors maintain lawyer Stanley Woodward, who represents Trump valet Walt Nauta, has a conflict because he previously represented an information technology specialist who’s expected to be a key government witness at trial and still represents another person who may be called to testify.

Nauta is charged along with the Republican former president with scheming to conceal classified government documents from federal investigators. The case is currently set for trial in Florida in May 2024.

Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s team requested Friday’s hearing to ensure that Nauta understood there could be a possible conflict at trial. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon questioned Nauta about the risks of keeping his lawyer, advising him that it might harm his chances at trial and would deny him the ability to argue on appeal that his attorney had a conflict based on divided loyalties to a prior client.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-classified-documents-nauta-lawyer-conflict-d0f4aaea88fb81ac6dc48ac1264edbc5

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Trump co-defendant in classified records case says he wants to keep lawyer despite possible conflict (Original Post) Eugene Oct 2023 OP

Yeah. If I loved trump Turbineguy Oct 2023 #1

He is a dumb shit, and deserves to be convicted and sentenced JohnSJ Oct 2023 #2

Is conflicted lawyer being paid by TFG (or his PAC) but a different one wouldn't be, RockRaven Oct 2023 #3

Just because he served in the military does not mean he is all there. LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #4

Fool. 2naSalit Oct 2023 #5

Turbineguy

(40,207 posts)

1. Yeah. If I loved trump

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Oct 20, 2023, 06:38 PM

Oct 2023

I'd want to make sure I was bankrupted from legal fees and sent to prison too.

JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)

2. He is a dumb shit, and deserves to be convicted and sentenced

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Oct 20, 2023, 06:41 PM

Oct 2023

to prison for obstruction and unauthorized handling of classified materials

RockRaven

(19,749 posts)

3. Is conflicted lawyer being paid by TFG (or his PAC) but a different one wouldn't be,

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Oct 20, 2023, 06:55 PM

Oct 2023

or not?

LiberalFighter

(53,544 posts)

4. Just because he served in the military does not mean he is all there.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Oct 20, 2023, 06:59 PM

Oct 2023

2naSalit

(103,806 posts)

5. Fool.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Oct 20, 2023, 09:37 PM

Oct 2023

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