Trump aide Walt Nauta indicted in docs case after attorney claims ‘extortion’

Former President Donald Trump said Friday that one of his personal aides had also been indicted in special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents probe — hours after Trump’s now-former attorney claimed a prosecutor “extorted” one of the aide’s lawyers.

“I have just learned that the ‘Thugs’ from the Department of Injustice will be Indicting a wonderful man, Walt Nauta, a member of the U.S. Navy, who served proudly with me in the White House, retired as Senior Chief, and then transitioned into private life as a personal aide,” Trump, 76, wrote on Truth Social. “He has done a fantastic job! They are trying to destroy his life, like the lives of so many others, hoping that he will say bad things about ‘Trump.’ He is strong, brave, and a Great Patriot. The FBI and DOJ are CORRUPT!”