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
never thought i would, i m running out of things to say. having known you for 1000, years that seems hard to believe, dude. or that we will get to the bottom of that jar of peanut butter. there you go. there s nothing left. we will never tire of the things that you have to say. keep saying them. so many takes. i ll be following. thanks, chris. and thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. we start this evening with this. get caught in a hot mess? call the dawn bomb of law. that is an ad for the legal services of the new florida lawyer representing former president trump s alleged coconspirator, walt nauta in the mar-a-lago documents case. just from the layman s perspective here, yes, it sure seems like he is caught in a hot mess. today in miami, mr. nauta finally pleaded not guilty to the charges that he screamed with trump to hide color documents of trump s florida beach club, and then attempted to cover it up. for weeks now, if mr. nauta it has been delay
boxes before making the statements. they ve got text messages of mr. nauta s, where they talk about moving those boxes. again, before making the statements. and still today, walt now to pleaded not guilty. i don t know if that was his own idea, or if that is the legal advice that he s getting. it was certainly a bold decision here. the very live question now is, how long will it walt not to stick with that decision? will he make it all the way to a trial with the lawyer paid for by donald trump? joining us now to discuss is the former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan, msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade, as well as david aaron. former federal prosecutor and intelligence attorney with the u.s. department of justice. thank you both for being here. barr, i have a good set of theories about why walt nauta might be inclined to flip on trump, but entertain the idea for a moment that he doesn t
it is permissible for somebody else to pay your legal fees, but the duty of loyalty for a lawyer s to the client. it s an ethical duty that every lawyer has. regardless of who s paying the bills, you re supposed to act in the best interest of a client at all times. in the cassidy hutchinson, casey said earlier, you see how those incentives can cause people to do things differently than perhaps the ethics rules would suggest. for prosecutors, they are very reluctant to get in between a lawyer and her client, to do anything to disrupt that relationship. if they were to get wind that something was amiss, what they could do is file a motion with the judge, for the judge to acquire exactly as to whether they were satisfied with the representation. it would take a lot before that could happen, and that lawyers and prosecutors would put
i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, you know, i don t care that they have weapons, they are not here to hurt me. take the effing mags away. let those people in, they can march the capitol from here. let the people in, take the effing mags away. remember cassidy hutchinson? she was a former top aide to trump s white house chief of staff, mark meadows. and cassidy hutchinson was one of the star witnesses for the january 6th investigation. she described how president trump not only knew the crowd gathering to hear the speech at the ellipse on january 6th had weapons, she testified that trump also did not want security to take those weapons away. she was in the west wing, she was the first hand witness to many of the key scenes leading up to, and on january 6th itself. but cassidy hutchinson was not always completely transparent with the january 6th committee. early on in the house investigation, hutchinson was represe