Trump valet's grand jury testimony in classified docs case may be made public: report
Donald Trump's valet's grand jury testimony may soon be released publicly.
Judge Aileen Cannon is likely to unseal the transcript of testimony from the former president's former personal assistant Walt Nauta after a Washington, D.C., court transferred jurisdiction of the case to her, Newsweek reports.
Nauta has given the testimony to a grand jury in D.C. He's facing a potential trial in Florida in the classified documents case, and his attorneys there requested access to what he said.
The Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a court brief on Monday that was emailed to both Cannon as well as Nauta's attorney, Newsweek reported.
The sealed D.C. order specifies the "resolution of public disclosure of certain pleadings and other materials arising out of a grand jury matter in the District of Columbia."
The materials being transferred to Cannon's court now task her on making a decision to release it publicly, according to Newsweek.
While it's unclear what Nauta may have divulged when questioned before the grand jury, what he said could directly affect his former boss's defense as to why he allegedly hoarded classified documents in banker boxes shipped from the White House to Mar-a-Lago.
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Trump was indicted on 40 felony counts, including conspiracy to obstruct justice, corruptly concealing a document or record and willful retention of national defense information.
Meanwhile, Nauta is charged with six counts, including conspiracy to obstruct justice.
He joins the head of maintenance at Mar-a-Lago, Carlos De Oliveira, also named in the obstruction conspiracy charges as Smith alleges he, Trump and Nauta collaborated to delete CCTV footage from Mar-a-Lago that allegedly showed staffers moving the classified items.
All three have pleaded not guilty.
In a separate March 9 filing to Cannon, Smith requested the redaction of several documents that would expand the scale of the investigation into Nauta, the outlet reported.
That filing, Newsweek reported, unveils how the feds sought search warrants in Washington, D.C., for Nauta's "Verizon cell site data" and for his "Google location data" that would prove the valet's whereabouts on the days he's accused of hiding the prized boxes of documents.