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
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. let s get right to it. as special counsel jack smith pushes for this december trial for donald trump, arraigned just over a month ago with his aide and codefendant walt nauta who you see right there also facing this indictment on conspiracy, lying and withholding classified documents. that once obscure valet and body man is back in the news. everyone saw him that day at trump s arraignment. these are shots where he s around trump or in the background. he didn t plead that day or the next week or the week after that. he did not enter his plea because there s a florida law in that district that you have local council. a florida lawyer had been beset by wariness of reputational