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 affidavit you slap it last summer to search mar-a-lago. it survived surveillance footage showing nauta levine dozens of boxes in and out of the storage room days before investigators arrived to collect sensitive records still in trump s possession. also tonight, the washington post reports the federal prosecutors on this case are now facing increasing threats, including substantial harassment threats online and elsewhere, according to extremism experts, and a government official familiar with the matter. meanwhile, we re
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
boxes when trump s lawyers went through to phone classified documents. so whether gonna want to do is present that to a jury and to show that nauta himself doesn t have a good explanation for why he did this and he was uncooperative. that could change, two choices point he could come up with more information, a better nato merit, if he could say trump made him do it. but it s really unlikely that s going to happen at this point. people who tend to stick with trump really want to be his ally, really want to stay with him. they have all sorts of reasons for doing it. so, again, that sort of evidence of him voluntarily moving boxes and then seeming to hide them is something the prosecution is definitely gonna want to bring before a jury. not just to show that he was lying but to show that he was conspiring with donald trump to hide classified information. tolu, a dreary means a trial, and there s a new poll and actually shows 57% of americans want to see this particular trial happened b
made him do it. but it s really unlikely that s going to happen at this point. people who tend to stick with trump really want to be his ally, really want to stay with him. they have all sorts of reasons for doing it. so, again, that sort of evidence of him voluntarily moving boxes and then seeming to hide them is something the prosecution is definitely gonna want to bring before a jury. not just to show that he was lying but to show that he was conspiring with donald trump to hide classified information. tolu, a dreary means a trial, and there s a new poll and actually shows 57% of americans want to see this particular trial happened before the republican primary. 62% say the trial should happen ahead of the 2024 election.