A hearing scheduled for Tuesday for the arraignment of Waltine Nauta, personal aide to former President Donald Trump, who is also a defendant in the case of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago, has been postponed to July 6.
Edwin Torres, a Miami-based federal magistrate, set the new hearing date after Nauta’s attorney, Stanlew Woodward, noted that he had not yet found a local attorney with jurisdiction in the Southern District of Florida, through whom Enter petitions to the court, plus a predictable plea of not guilty.
In a brief hearing, Woodward declared that Nauta, 41, could not be present on Tuesday in the courtroom because last night he missed the flight that was going to transfer him from New York to Miami, and that it was canceled due to bad weather due to storms in the country.
Woodward said he expected to have a local attorney available by July 6 to allow him to file motions, including a probable waiver so that his client does not have to come in person to the next appointment, which is expected to be held in federal court in Miami.
The first official appearance in court took place on June 13, next to former President Trump, but that day was set for this Tuesday the hearing for the reading of the six charges he faces for moving boxes full of classified and top-secret documents in Mar-a-Lago, the former president’s private residence and club in Palm Beach.
The hearing had been scheduled because Nauta did not have an attorney licensed to practice in the state of Florida.
Meanwhile, Trump is charged with 37 counts involving seven crimes, including unlawfully withholding documents related to the Defense of the United States, and obstruction of justice, punishable by jail time and fines, pleading not guilty to all.
Nauta must respond to 38 charges to six crimes, including obstruction and false statements, reported the EFE news agency.
According to the indictment, the president ordered Nauta to move boxes of documents to hide them from Trump’s lawyer, the FBI and the grand jury.