Jack Smith hammers Trump's valet co-defendant for 'numerous false factual allegations and meritless legal arguments'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Law & Crime

Apr 11th, 2024, 5:58 pm


Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday asked the judge overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents case to ignore a series of “false factual allegations and meritless legal arguments” recently put forward by former President Donald Trump’s valet Waltine “Walt” Nauta.

Nauta faces charges of conspiracy to obstruct, making false statements to the FBI, and withholding documents — connected to an alleged scheme to delete Mar-a-Lago camera footage and conceal boxes of classified documents from a grand jury. In reply briefs, he argued the indictment should be thrown out because he was singled out via vindictive prosecution and impermissibly retaliated against because he declined to testify in front of a grand jury.

In late March, Nauta alleged he was being prosecuted in part due to government “animus” toward him and had been vindictively charged because of his refusal to cooperate with federal investigators. Days later, Smith fired back, calling Nauta’s claims “meritless,” “flat-out false” and “deeply flawed,” and, in any event, simply raised far too late.

The back-and-forth continued two weeks later with Nauta’s reply to the government’s arguments. Now, once again, the special counsel is pointing out the sluggish pace and reiterating earlier arguments. In the Thursday filing — and using substantially similar language to last month’s brief — Smith blasted the defendant for waiting so late to make “numerous false factual allegations and meritless legal arguments” on new “selective and vindictive prosecution” theories.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/jack-smith-hammers-trumps-valet-co-defendant-for-numerous-false-factual-allegations-and-meritless-legal-arguments-in-fiery-mar-a-lago-brief-about-dilatory-tactics/

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Full headline: Jack Smith hammers Trump’s valet co-defendant for ‘numerous false factual allegations and meritless legal arguments’ in fiery Mar-a-Lago brief about ‘dilatory tactics’

Link to filing (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.444.0.pdf

[LiberalFighter]

1. It is a shame he isn't slapped silly.

He better be sentenced to a long time in prison. First they need to get rid of the current judge.

[iluvtennis]

2. Nauta, you're being prosecuted because you are accused of committing a crime..not because you

refused to cooperate with the prosecutors.

Why you want to protect TSF, I don't know, but if I were in your shoes, I would've cooperated and protected myself, not someone who doesn't give a damn about you.

[republianmushroom]

3. By the play book delay, then delay some more.

And with this trump puppet judge, the valet co-defendant will get what he wants.
And the country gets screwed.

[markodochartaigh]

5. "Justice delayed is justice denied"

is a useful legal doctrine to authoritarians.

[ancianita]

4. Thanks for the document filing link.

It's good to get a look at Smith's whole line of argument. His filings, imo, qualify him for future Attorney General when this is all over.

[LudwigPastorius]

6. This motherfucker may be THE stupidest Trump sycophant out there.

He's going to federal prison for decades because he's too dumb to testify against his beloved boss.

[Demobrat]

7. Who's paying his lawyers?

[Traurigkeit]

8. Being a Liar proves you are a Trump employee

Number One on the list of requirements