those are the only three words spoken by donald trump s codefendant walt nauta in miami today in an arraignment hearing that lasted only five minutes. walter replied yes, your honor, when judge edwin torres asked him if he had read the charges against him and consulted with an attorney. the delay in walt nauta s arraignment occur because washington-based attorney, stanley woodward, took three weeks to find a local florida lawyer who would join the defense team as required by florida rules. walt nauta s local florida lawyer is a least experienced lawyer in the case and has never handled high pressure federal litigation. the new york times reports of the 34-year-old lawyer, sasha dadan, his limited experience with the federal courts. her name doesn t appear at all in pace, or the nationwide database federal cases. but she has handled numerous local cases in fort pierce, florida. that is where judge aileen mercedes cannon, who is overseeing mr. trump s prosecution, is based and
says, how can you charge me with rico? i m not an organized crime member. i m not part of the mafia in new york. well it s true that the rico statute is used for that, but that s not all it s used for. this, to me, it s such a demeaning way of pandering to his base. well there s really no they are there. that s my total assessment. and of course, simple possession of a classified document is the first stage of espionage. you must first possess it before you then disseminated to someone else in an actual active espionage. but let s move on with more of the trump defense. let s hear more of donald trump s defense of donald trump. the espionage act of 1917 is an act for a crime so heinous that only the death penalty would do, is one of the most
it s not discretion, it s not nearly as discretionary as the past examples. if we were sitting in a law office, and you said that as senior partner, and i was the research associate, i would only say to you that you re right. but those are the only precedents we have. so explain to the viewers what you mean about why they re what we have, but they might not really rise to the stakes here. the key thing in any privilege is the need for the evidence. the need for the evidence is, what is the particular case about? this is the most monumental, important investigation in our lifetimes, or close to it. prior contempt decisions don t tell us too much. if i m sitting in the attorney general s seat, i have to think, yes, the public has a right to this evidence. the justice department has a right to get this evidence. someone who is stonewalling and acting like a guilty organized
they were going to ruin my career proflly and they were going to try to try my business ethics into a customer who was allegedly an organized crime member and made it very clear to me that they were going the roon my life, you know, right then and there. after that time and i did report that to the division of gaming enforcement in new jersey the next day. because i thought the threats were so serious. but the threats didn t stop after that, erin. they continued. i got not only anonymous threats, but i was told by another executive in the organization to be careful, that i was being followed 24/7, that they were going to do anything that they could to get their hands on that manuscript. and obviously you did go ahead and publish it. i mean omarosa now has gone ahead with her book. which you know look there appear to be some serious factual errors in there but she does have tapes which have come out and raised questions. the president responded by
case officers, the c.i.a. case officers in the area, study the culture, working sources, developing pieces of information that say guess what? once you get the high value target, washington, d.c., led out of the white house is going to send a big group of people in to do the questioning, because apparently you don t know what you re doing. it s really a horrible message to send. it s inefficient. we have to ask some very hard questions about should we be doing it this way. jamie: which i know you ll do in your committee. so my question is this: are you in favor of waterboarding? and are there other methods that could be made available that might allow for bipartisan support of what you re calling for? i think there is. i think waterboarding is off the table. that s okay, but there are other enhanced techniques that can be used. interesting, there are techniques that an f.b.i. agent can use against a suspected organized crime member in new york city that this group, the h.i.g., acco