Trump aide finally has his day in court

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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First: Walt Nauta, the Trump aide who allegedly hid boxes of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago before the FBI arrived pleads not guilty, despite the Justice Department saying he was caught on surveillance video hiding those very boxes. 2024 Republican presidential challenger Chris Christie joins the show to discuss. Plus: The Kremlin sends in their officers to sniff out Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in St. Petersburg, Russia. They find guns, cash, gold and even wigs. And: Federal charges are brought against the man prosecutors say had weapons outside the Obama's DC home. Did a social media post from Donald Trump provide him with the Obama's home address? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Trump aide who allegedly hid boxes at Mar-a-Lago was in court today.
0:07.3	The lead starts right now.
0:09.8	Caught on tape, Donald Trump's right-hand manned wal-nada scene in surveillance video, according
0:15.1	to the Justice Department, the boxes full of classified documents prosecutors say he
0:20.0	moved and hid on Trump's property before the FBI arrived.
0:24.5	This hour, former federal prosecutor turned 2024 Trump challenger Chris Christie is here.
0:30.5	With his reaction to all the latest trouble that Trump might be in, then a raid in Russia,
0:36.8	the Kremlin sending their officers to sniff out Wagner mercenary group boss Yevgeny
0:41.7	Pregozion, guns, cash, gold, even wigs found.
0:46.0	When the world thought that the mercenary chief had been hiding in Belarus, and federal
0:50.8	charges brought against the man prosecutor said had weapons outside the Obama's DC
0:56.0	home.
0:57.0	See the social media posts from Donald Trump that allegedly gave this man a Trump superfan
1:02.3	the Obama's home address.
1:08.4	Welcome to the lead.
1:09.4	I'm Jake Tapper, and we start today with our law and justice lead the unprecedented
1:13.6	criminal charges against the former president for allegedly mishandling classified documents
1:18.9	and today's not guilty plea from the aid accused of helping Trump hide those documents
1:25.1	from the government.
1:26.6	Walnut appeared in Miami court room earlier today after his first two hearings had been
1:30.0	delayed, not as appearance comes as we learned of a major development in a separate investigation
1:35.3	into different alleged criminal behavior by Donald Trump.
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