Former President Donald Trump said Friday that one of his personal aides had also been indicted in special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents probe — hours after Trump’s no…
— hours after Trump’s now-former attorney claimed a prosecutor “extorted” one of the aide’s lawyers.
In a CNN interview Thursday night, James Trusty claimed prosecutor Jay Bratt had threatened to sink Nauta attorney Stanley Woodward’s application for a federal judgeship. Bratt said Woodward wasn’t a “Trump guy” and was going to do “the right thing” with respect to Nauta, who went with Trump to Mar-a-Lago to serve as the former president’s body man after he left office, a source familiar with the meeting told The Post.
Trusty spoke with CNN about what he called a “corrupt and politicized” process hours after Trump announced his indictment on seven counts reportedly related to a violation of the Espionage Act and charges of obstruction of justice, destruction or falsification of records and conspiracy.
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