Former United States President Donald Trump and his valet Walt Nauta have entered pleas of not guilty in a Florida federal court, in response to additional charges made in a case about the alleged mishandling of classified documents.
A lawyer for Trump entered the plea on his behalf on Thursday, as the former president had previously waived his right to attend the hearing.
Nauta, meanwhile, attended the hearing in person, held in the Fort Pierce courtroom of US Magistrate Judge Shaniek Mills Maynard.
Originally, Trump faced 37 charges, and Nauta six, for retaining classified documents without authorisation and concealing them from federal authorities.
But on July 27, Special Counsel Jack Smith announced an updated indictment, with new charges and a new defendant: Carlos De Oliveira, a property manager at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
Two of the new charges stem from an incident in which Trump allegedly ordered his employees to delete security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago, after a grand jury subpoenaed the tapes.
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