Trump valet arraignment delayed after losing Florida lawyer over fees dispute
by Hugo Lowell in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6CGYW)
Exclusive: Walt Nauta remains without a Florida lawyer after the person abruptly hiked their fees just before the arraignment
Donald Trump's valet charged in the classified documents case had his arraignment on Tuesday delayed for a second time to July by a magistrate judge, after he was forced to abandon his top choice Florida lawyer over a dispute about legal fees, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The valet, Walt Nauta, appeared alongside Trump when the former president pleaded not guilty to 37 criminal charges in federal district court in Miami this month but could not himself enter a plea - a necessary step to start trial preparation - because he lacked local counsel.
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