Walt Nauta, aide to former president Donald Trump, disembarked from Trump’s plane, known as Trump Force One, in Bedminster, New Jersey, following a Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. court appearance. US Courthouse in Miami, June 13, 2023.
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Donald Trump aide Walt Nauta has been unable to find a local Florida attorney to represent him criminally case against him and the former president for maintaining classified government documents.
Nauta’s arraignment Tuesday in federal court in Miami was postponed until July 6 to give him more time to hire a local attorney to represent him, as required by court rules for such a trial.
Nauta did not appear in court for an abbreviated hearing Tuesday because his flight from New Jersey was canceled, his out-of-state lawyer Stan Woodward told Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres, according to a court filing.
Woodward, whose legal practice is based in Washington, DC, declined to comment when asked by CNBC why his client had not yet hired a Florida attorney.
Nauta’s inability to hire a lawyer in Florida underscores Trump’s own difficulty in finding lawyers to represent him in the case after both men were indicted earlier this month on related charges. for keeping classified documents at Trump’s Palm Beach residence and allegedly hiding them from federal officials.
Trump, who is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, pleaded not guilty at his own arraignment last month.
