Walt Nauta's lawyer previously represented the Trump employee who was asked to delete security footage at Mar-a-Lago, writes Jordan_S_Rubin.
with asking to delete security footage at Mar-a-Lago to prevent the grand jury from seeing it.
According to Wednesday's motion, when Woodward still represented Taveras, he told the government he was unaware of incriminating testimony Taveras could give against Nauta. The grand jury returned the superseding indictment last weekWalt Nauta, left, a valet to former President Donald Trump, arrives for his arraignment along with defense attorney Stanley Woodward, at the James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building in Miami on July 6.
A lawyer’s cross-examination of a former or current client “raises two principal dangers,” prosecutors wrote: 1) it can result in the lawyer improperly using or disclosing client confidences, and 2) the lawyer might “pull his punches” while cross-examining witnesses, whether to protect client confidences or to advance the lawyer’s personal interest.
To be sure, while the government’s filing suggests a potentially serious conflict, defendants can still waive them. Indeed, it would be a bit surprising if Nauta doesn’t waive any conflict, given his seemingly servile relationship to Trump. He still works for the former president, whoseBut it’s not entirely up to Nauta. Cannon has to accept any waiver. So this is yet another instance when the trial judge’s vast, though not unlimited, discretion comes into play.
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