It wasn't until the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago on August 8, 2022, that 11,000 more presidential records that Trump had allegedly not declared were recovered.Īccording to a prosecution document filed in court in September, 2022, the FBI raid uncovered 18 top secret documents 54 secret documents 31 marked as confidential and 11,179 government documents or photographs that were without classification markings.Īfter months of wrangling, Cannon ordered the public release of Nauta's testimony, with redactions to hide the names of FBI agents and others who are likely to testify. Truck moving Trump's classified docs too 'huge' to fit In Mar-a-Lago-valet.

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'The grand jury inquiries are conducted in secret so only the witness, attorneys, an interpreter when needed, and a court reporter to transcribe the testimony, will be involved in the procedure.' According to Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute, a grand jury witness 'is asked to appear before the grand jury, since they may have some information or knowledge about a matter under consideration by the grand jury.' Newsweek have contacted the attorneys of Trump, Nauta and De Oliveira via email for commentĪ representative group for media organizations had sided in court with Trump and Nauta in seeking the release of the unredacted grand jury testimony.Ī grand jury comprises members of the public who are asked to decide if charges should be brought in a case. Nauta's grand jury testimony in the classified documents case, in which he and Trump both deny obstruction, can now be released. Nauta and De Oliveira have pleaded not guilty to all federal charges against them, including conspiracy to obstruct justice.ĭonald Trump with valet Walt Nauta. Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, a Mar-a-Lago maintenance worker, are accused of moving boxes of sensitive materials around Trump's Florida home to prevent federal agents from finding them and conspiring to delete security footage that had been sought under a subpoena. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges. He is accused of obstructing efforts by federal authorities to return them. The former president is facing 40 federal charges over his handling of sensitive materials retrieved from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, after he left the White House in January 2021. Smith previously told Cannon he did not want potential witnesses to be intimidated. The grand jury testimony of Donald Trump's valet is to be made public under an order by Judge Aileen Cannon, after a months of argument over its release.īoth Trump and valet Walt Nauta had wanted the testimony released, in opposition to prosecutor, Jack Smith, who feared an unredacted version would identify witnesses in the Florida classified documents case.

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