with trump to hide classified documents at trump s florida beach glove and then attempted to cover it all up. for weeks now, mr. nauta has been delaying this arraignment, claiming that he s had trouble finding local florida representation. and today we ll, we learned he has found that local representation, the dawn baton a law. we don t know for sure who is paying for mr. nauta s new local council but the other lawyer, the non local council that mr. nauta has had for a while who by the way was also in court today and entered mr. nauta s plea, that lawyer is an attorney named and we know from public disclosures that mr. woodward s law firm is being paid by former president trump political action committee save america. that matters because if the past is prolonged here, then the lawyers and who pays for the lawyers can make a world of a difference when it comes to actually getting at the truth. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say som
greetings. i am symone sanders-townsend in for stephanie ruhle. donald trump s longtime aide and codefendant finally faces his arraignment. walt nauta appeared in federal court in miami three weeks after his boss pleaded not guilty to more than three dozen counts in the case. is nauta accused of helping trump hide top secret material from authorities after leaving the white house. his hearing have been delayed because of travel issues and because he had been unable to find a local lawyer. but he did find one, and today, in a hearing that lasted just a few minutes, he pleaded not guilty to six counts laid out in last month s indictment. those charges include conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, and making false statements. upon leaving the courthouse, nauta made no comments. do you have anything else to say? anything to say? anything to say about today s appearance, mr. nauta? his arraignment comes a day after a federal judge is more of the a
damage by representing trump. in other words, while he s legally presumed innocent and the burden is on the government, it is a public fact that even getting a lawyer is hard when you are this yolked to this person you work for who s your coconspirator under the indictment. the florida he did find is a former public defend we are limited experience in the federal courts according to the new york times. if you check there s a federal system for this, the google of courts. it s called pacer. and can t find her name in pacer, in that database. but the times notes she has handled local cases. nauta was out dining with trump as recently as friday. you can see him there. they were together in philadelphia. but this news tonight that nauta s finally gotten a lawyer so he can do step one, which is plea, speaks to the potential gap here between two people whose fates are intertwined. a gap in the very literal time of these arraignments it s taken three weeks but also a gap in
ari, you re transformed yourself on to another floor, another studio, and we ll be back around the big set together. the magic of tv. i have been seeing you a lot and look forward to seeing you. have a great show. thank you. right now our coverage continues. today the justice department arrested, booked and arraigned donald trump. this is how trump looked today according to new court sketches we just got into your newsroom. since federal courts limit cameras, we are looking at the sketches. this is how we are seeing and learning about this very new breaking news event that spilled over the late afternoon. he s the first former president ever indicted by the former government he ran. this picture is the image that donald trump worked very hard to avoid people seeing. i m going to leave it up on the screen and give you that context, because he is a former president, he is a politician, he s a candidate for office right now, and this image and this moment is something that
with trump to hide classified documents at trump s florida beach glove and then attempted to cover it all up. for weeks now, mr. nauta has been delaying this arraignment, claiming that he s had trouble finding local florida representation. and today we ll, we learned he has found that local representation, the dawn baton a law. we don t know for sure who is paying for mr. nauta s new local council but the other lawyer, the non local council that mr. nauta has had for a while who by the way was also in court today and entered mr. nauta s plea, that lawyer is an attorney named and we know from public disclosures that mr. woodward s law firm is being paid by former president trump political action committee save america. that matters because if the past is prolonged here, then the lawyers and who pays for the lawyers can make a world of a difference when it comes to actually getting at the truth.