Prosecutors say lawyers for co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira had conflicts of interest and should be ordered off case
two co-defendants, charged with trying to obstruct the US justice department from retrieving classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago club, had conflicts of interest and should be ordered off the case.
After Trump and Nauta were indicted in the classified documents case on 8 June, Taveras dropped Woodward, whose legal bills were being paid by Trump’s political action committee Save America, and retained an independent lawyer. The prosecutors have argued that Woodward’s prior representation could mean he might be unable to defend Nauta as vigorously as possible at trial, which could give rise to Nauta later claiming his sixth amendment right to have effective counsel had been violated.
The court filings from Woodward also questioned the basis for prosecutors seeking a conflict hearing, contending that the federal rules of criminal procedure only necessitated the court to investigate a potential conflict for a lawyer defending two or more defendants, not just witnesses.involves De Oliveira’s lawyer John Irving.
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