Special counsel Jack Smith is conducting two investigations of former President Donald Trump.
in Florida last month to the 37 counts against him — which include 31 charges of illegally holding onto sensitive government records — and Nauta entered a not-guilty plea on Thursday after weeks of delays. Nauta, Trump's one-time White House valet, is accused of working with the former president to move and hide boxes of documents with classified markings inside Mar-a-Lago and lying to investigators about his knowledge of the records.
Since his appointment, Smith has spoken publicly just once — after indicting the former president in the Southern District of Florida in June."Our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the United States and they must be enforced," Smith said at the time."We have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone."
Investigators have examined a number of leads in the matter and are focused on an alleged fake elector scheme in which supporters of the former president worked to overturn the certification of the Electoral College votes via an alternate group of swing-state representatives pledging support to Trump, according to sources familiar with the probe. State officials from Arizona, Nevada, and Georgia have spoken with investigators or complied with subpoenas for records in recent months.
Days later, the Archives notified the Justice Department and on Nov. 9, the FBI began an assessment to examine whether classified information had been mishandled in violation of federal law, and a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney was tasked with leading the probe prior to Hur's appointment. Hur's ongoing investigation cost $615,962 in expenditures from the congressionally authorized independent counsel fund and another $572,185 in additional costs like FBI and U.S. Marshal support. More than $340,000 were spent on personnel compensation and benefits and about $225,000 were spent on rent, communications, and utilities.
Durham testified about his findings last month and told Congress the use of the so-called Steele dossier — an opposition memo that included unproven accusations compiled by a former British intelligence officer — to secure investigative warrants was improper.
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