Judge Denies Trump Codefendants’ Motions to Dismiss Classified Docs Case

Published on April 19, 2024

The federal judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida on Thursday denied several pre-trial motions to dismiss filed by codefendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira. The motions sought various forms of relief, including the dismissal of charges and requests for additional information regarding the allegations against them. However, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, following a two-hour hearing on the motions on April 12, ruled against the defendants in an order issued on Thursday. Mr. Nauta, a former valet to President Trump, was charged in June 2023 with six counts related to concealing classified documents stored at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Mr. de Oliveira, a property manager for the estate, was added as a codefendant about a month later and accused of helping delete security footage of boxes of classified documents being moved....

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