{"id":2401363,"date":"2025-02-11T11:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-ends-classified-documents-case-against-trump-co-defendants-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T11:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:20:24","slug":"court-ends-classified-documents-case-against-trump-co-defendants-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-ends-classified-documents-case-against-trump-co-defendants-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Court ends classified documents case against Trump co-defendants &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fcourt-ends-classified-documents-case-against-trump-co-defendants-washington-examiner%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=2401363&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>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-is-fast-tracking-sidney-powells-request-for-a-forensic-exam-of-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"... Is Fast-Tracking Sidney Powell\u2019s Request For A Forensic Exam Of Dominion Voting Machines\">federal appeals court<\/a> \u200chas \u200bdismissed the indictments against \u200dWalt \u200dNauta and Carlos De Oliveira, two former co-defendants of Donald \u200bTrump, effectively concluding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-reject-trump-request-in-fbi-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"DOJ Asks Supreme ... to Reject Trump Request in FBI ... ...\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo ...\">classified documents<\/a> case<\/a> that began nearly two \u200dyears ago in Florida. The U.S.Court of Appeals for \u2064the 11th Circuit threw out the charges after the Justice Department\u200b requested\u200d to drop the case following Trump&#8217;s\u2064 return to \u2062office. Nauta previously faced eight criminal counts, while De Oliveira \u200cwas charged with four, including obstruction of justice for allegedly attempting to \u200bdelete surveillance footage of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. This dismissal allows for the potential release of inquiry\u2064 records, as U.S. District\u200b Judge Beryl Howell\u200c indicated that the decision may ease \u200cthe way for more government\u2064 documentation to be made\u2062 public. Howell \u200dhas ordered the FBI to search for relevant documents \u200cin response to a Freedom of Details Act request,with an \u2063update\u200c due by February 20.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Court ends classified documents case against Trump co-defendants<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1990822\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal appeals court on Tuesday dismissed indictments against two former co-defendants of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, effectively ending the classified documents case that began nearly two years ago in Florida.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit threw out charges against Trump&rsquo;s valet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/walt-nauta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Walt Nauta<\/a>, and Mar-a-Lago employee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1368417\/donald-trump-trial-mar-a-lago-worker-carlos-de-oliveira-charged-in-jack-smith-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Carlos De Oliveira<\/a>, who were accused of helping Trump conceal classified files. The decision came more than three weeks after the Justice Department requested to drop the case following Trump&rsquo;s return to office on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Walt Nauta, center, valet to former president Donald Trump, his attorney Stanley Woodward, rear, and Carlos De Oliveira, foreground, the property manager of Trump&rsquo;s Mar-a-Lago estate, leave the Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S. Courthouse, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Fort Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo\/Wilfredo Lee)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nauta had faced eight criminal counts, while De Oliveira was charged with four, including obstruction of justice and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">making false statements<\/a>. Prosecutors alleged that De Oliveira attempted to delete security footage showing boxes of classified documents being moved at Mar-a-Lago to avoid detection by federal authorities and Trump&rsquo;s own lawyer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The dismissal comes just a day after U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell found that dropping the case against Trump eliminates a key barrier to making records about the investigation public, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/judge-orders-fbi-release-information-trump-documents-case\/story?id=118682652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to a memorandum opinion published in Washington, D.C., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">federal court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>&rsquo;s ruling on presidential immunity, Howell said the decision may have insulated Trump from prosecution but could expose more government records to public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Howell ordered the FBI to search for documents responsive to a Freedom of Information Act request and provide an update by Feb. 20.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1990822\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1990822\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Court dismisses classified documents case against Trump co-defendants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2401364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24228817165477.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32575,28787,4733,33211,3634],"class_list":["post-2401363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-classified-documents","tag-co-defendants","tag-court","tag-legal-news","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24228817165477.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2401363"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401367,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401363\/revisions\/2401367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2401363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2401363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2401363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}