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Waltine Nauta 2022 Interview Transcript Unsealed

Hyemin Han
Friday, April 12, 2024, 3:53 PM
The transcript reveals a conversation Nauta had with FBI special agents about his knowledge of the boxes moved at Mar-a-Lago.
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On April 11, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon unsealed a redacted transcript of an interview of Waltine Nauta conducted by two FBI special agents on May 26, 2022. Nauta, a co-defendant in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s ongoing Mar-a-Lago classified documents case and Donald Trump’s former valet, told officers that he thought that miscellaneous items, such as picture frames, news clippings, and shampoo were being moved in the boxes. Nauta is charged with lying in this interview. 

Nauta is currently asking Judge Cannon to dismiss the charges against him on the basis of constitutional vagueness. 

You can read the transcript here or below:


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Hyemin Han is a J.D. candidate at Yale Law School. She was previously an associate editor at Lawfare and an eviction defense paralegal in Boston. She holds a BA in government from Dartmouth College.

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