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Jack Smith goes after Trump valet’s ‘meritless’ arguments

Valet Walt Nauta hands former President Donald Trump an umbrell

Valet Walt Nauta hands former President Donald Trump an umbrella before he speaks at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Arlington, Va., after facing a judge on federal conspiracy charges that allege he conspired to subvert the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Special Counsel’s Office (SCO) on Wednesday asked the Mar-a-Lago judge to ignore the “deeply flawed” and “meritless arguments” that former President Donald Trump’s valet Walt Nauta “raised for the first time” in a reply brief but not in his motion to dismiss the case on grounds of vindictive and selective prosecution.

Nauta faces charges of conspiracy to obstruct, false statements to the FBI, and withholding documents, connected to an alleged scheme to delete Mar-a-Lago camera footage and conceal boxes of classified documents from a grand jury. His lawyers most recently argued that the indictment should be thrown out because he was singled out and was impermissibly retaliated against with prosecution because he didn’t testify in front of the grand jury.

Special Counsel Jack Smith countered on Wednesday by slamming the defense for just now — and not when filing their motion to dismiss — making “numerous false factual assertions and meritless arguments.” Smith said U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has seen this kind of “procedurally improper” and belated move before and that she should rule in the SCO’s favor for a second time.

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