{"id":2219761,"date":"2024-04-12T19:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T23:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nauta-told-fbi-he-was-unaware-of-classified-material-in-trumps-boxes\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T19:06:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T23:06:52","slug":"nauta-told-fbi-he-was-unaware-of-classified-material-in-trumps-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nauta-told-fbi-he-was-unaware-of-classified-material-in-trumps-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Nauta informed the FBI that he was unaware of any classified material in Trump&#8217;s boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnauta-told-fbi-he-was-unaware-of-classified-material-in-trumps-boxes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2219761&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200btranscript of an FBI interview\u200d with \u2064Walt Nauta, a co-defendant in former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Florida criminal case, revealed his\u2063 lack of knowledge \u200cabout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-says-trump-is-a-liar-and-coward-as-gop-candidates-prepare-for-presidential-debate\/\" title=\"Christie slams Trump as a 'lying coward' ahead of GOP debate.\">classified \u200cmaterial<\/a> in boxes moved at Mar-a-Lago. Nauta faces charges of\u2063 obstructing justice and lying to investigators. The interview highlighted Nauta&#8217;s cooperation \u2062and details about the\u2062 handling \u200dof the boxes. The FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-school-board-president-accuses-mayor-of-division-for-criticizing-renaming-re-opening-plans\/\" title=\"SF School Board President Accuses Mayor Of \u2018Division\u2019 For Criticizing Renaming, Re-Opening Plans\">interview transcript<\/a> \u2062with Walt Nauta, a co-defendant in former\u2062 President Donald Trump&#8217;s Florida criminal case, uncovered his unawareness of \u2063classified material \u2063in\u2064 boxes moved at Mar-a-Lago. Nauta is \u200dcharged\u2063 with obstructing justice \u2063and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-south-korean-police-indict-countrys-first-omicron-patient-for-lying-in-virus-survey\/\" title=\"Report: South Korean Police Indict Country's First Omicron Patient for 'Lying' in Virus Survey\">providing false information<\/a>\u2063 to investigators. The interview showcased Nauta&#8217;s willingness to cooperate\u200c and offered insights into how the boxes were handled.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A co-defendant in former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s criminal case in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Florida<\/a> told the FBI that he did not have any knowledge that boxes he helped move at Mar-a-Lago contained classified material, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/722487139\/Walt-Nauta-transcript?secret_password=FAbY734OrJuOZbRkrcXm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>transcript<\/a> made public on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Walt Nauta was interviewed by the FBI in May 2022 and indicted a year later for allegedly obstructing justice, conspiring to hide classified material, and lying to federal investigators during the May interview.<\/p>\n<p>The interview transcript is noteworthy because it sheds light on how Nauta voluntarily shared with the FBI many details about his handling of boxes belonging to Trump, even going so far as to describe in detail the layout of a room in which he had found them. The transcript was included in a request Nauta filed to Judge Aileen Cannon seeking for his case to be dismissed on grounds that special counsel Jack Smith does not sufficiently explain how he lied to the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The transcript shows FBI agents conversationally seeking information from Nauta about Trump\u2019s sprawling Mar-a-Lago property, where Nauta worked as Trump\u2019s personal aide, and also repeatedly asking Nauta what he knew about the contents of boxes he encountered.<\/p>\n<p>Nauta, according to his indictment, transported boxes to a truck for delivery to the National Archives in January 2022. Nauta denied to the FBI that he knew from where the boxes had originated and how they were stored. Smith has said that text messages and other evidence suggest otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish I could tell you. I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t \u2014 I honestly just don\u2019t know,\u201d Nauta said at one point in response to questions about whether the boxes had been stored in a locked location.<\/p>\n<p>Nauta, however, did provide the FBI with other details about his recollections of moving the boxes destined for the National Archives, such as roughly how many there were, and he repeatedly told the FBI when asked about various sets of boxes that he never looked inside them and only knew of the contents of ones containing \u201cpersonal items.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you look inside any of those boxes?\u201d an FBI agent asked of boxes on Trump\u2019s golf course property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Nauta replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWere you aware of any boxes of \u2026 government documents in the residence?\u201d an FBI agent asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Nauta replied.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the interview, an agent asked, \u201cHave you seen anything with classified markings?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Nauta replied.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Nauta said he did look in boxes that contained the former president\u2019s personal items.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is quite the hoarder with these particular items. Deodorant \u2026 you know, multiple hairspray cans,\u201d Nauta said of Trump\u2019s items.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who is overseeing the case, also alleged that Nauta removed a portion of boxes from a storage room at Trump\u2019s direction in May 2022, right before an attorney was scheduled to search the room for classified documents in response to an FBI subpoena. An attorney for Trump signed a statement to the FBI verifying that Trump\u2019s team had provided all classified documents to investigators despite that being untrue because Nauta had removed some from the storage room, according to Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Nauta previously worked at Mar-a-Lago as a valet in the Navy, and the FBI drew on that to impress upon him the seriousness of missing classified material.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, you know, you\u2019ve served, so you know what that means,\u201d an FBI agent said, to which Nauta agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Smith noted in his indictment that in December 2021, Nauta found boxes in a storage room of Mar-a-Lago with classified documents spilling out of them. Nauta, according to Smith, texted another Trump aide a photo of the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI opened the door and found this\u2026,\u201d Nauta wrote in the message, though it is unclear if Nauta realized what the documents were.<\/p>\n<p>Nauta was charged with eight federal crimes: conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document, corruptly concealing a document, concealing a document in a federal investigation, scheme to conceal, false statements to the FBI, altering or concealing an object, and corruptly altering or concealing a document or object.<\/p>\n<p>He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has made several requests to dismiss the case, including one on Thursday arguing that Smith failed to provide \u201cparticulars\u201d in his indictment of Nauta, such as the specific contents of three dozen boxes Nauta allegedly concealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe indictment fails to allege that the specific boxes provided to NARA had come from the Storage Room (as opposed to another area of Mar-a-Lago) or what was contained in the boxes actually had classified markings, given that many boxes contained no documents with classified markings, but instead contained only personal items, papers, toiletries and other content,\u201d Nauta\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorneys-argue-senate-impeachment-trial-unconstitutional\/\" title=\"Trump Attorneys Argue Senate Impeachment Trial Unconstitutional\">defense attorneys wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Aileen Cannon has not ruled on the motions and has not set any time frame for when she might do so or when a trial in the case will occur.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for Nauta and a third co-defendant, Carlos De Oliveira, were present in Fort Pierce, Florida, for a hearing on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing was set to focus on both of their arguments about lacking particulars in the indictments, as well as other motions to dismiss the case brought by Nauta.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During an FBI interview in May 2022, Walt Nauta, a co-defendant in former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Florida criminal case, stated that he had no knowledge of any classified material in the boxes he assisted in moving at Mar-a-Lago. This information was revealed in a recently publicized transcript. 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