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Donald Trump‘s valet, Walt Nauta, was reportedly told he would be pardoned during a potential second Trump administration if he was charged with lying to the FBI.
Mr Nauta was charged in June 2023 for lying to the FBI and for obstructing the agency’s investigation into the classified government documents Mr Trump had stored at Mar-a-Lago after his presidency. Mr Trump was also charged with obstruction and with mishandling classified national defence information. Both men have pleaded not guilty.
On Monday, court filings made public a set of heavily redacted interviews concerning an FBI witness named “Person 16”. The witness is described in the summary as having been interviewed by the FBI in November 2022 and as having been someone who formerly worked in Mr Trump’s White House, CNN reports.
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