Trump valet lawyer has three potential conflicts of interest, prosecutors say
by Hugo Lowell from US news | The Guardian on (#6DG9Q)
Stanley Woodward, lawyer for Walt Nauta, might be in the position of cross-examining past or current clients', court filing says
Federal prosecutors requested a hearing to inform Donald Trump's valet, Walt Nauta, about his lead lawyer's potential conflicts of interest stemming from his defense work for at least three witnesses that could testify against Nauta and the former president in the classified documents case.
The prosecutors made the request to US district court judge Aileen Cannon on Wednesday, explaining that Nauta's lead lawyer, Stanley Woodward, represents two key Trump employees and formerly advised the Mar-a-Lago IT director, Yuscil Taveras, who is cooperating in the case.
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