Show threadNonilexNov 26

On the list are #LindaMcMahon & #HowardLutnick, who served as co-chairs of the transition & were subsequently appointed as the secretaries of #education & #commerce, respectively. #SteveWitkoff, #Trump special envoy to the #MiddleEast, donated, as did #StanleyWoodward Jr., the third-ranking official in the #DOJ. #DominickGerace II, who was sworn in as the #USattorney for the Southern District of Ohio in August, is also listed as a donor.

#law #government #corruption #PayToPlay #billionaires

Show threadNonilexOct 22

…Whether #Trump will get his payout is officially up to #DOJ’s Deputy Attorney General, or the Associate Attorney General who oversees the agency’s civil division. Those jobs are held respectively by #ToddBlanche, a former Trump lawyer who represented Trump on the Mar-a-Lago case, & #StanleyWoodward, who represented a Trump co-defendant in that case, along with various current Trump aides.

#criminal #law #corruption

joe•iuculano May 4, 2024

Via #RawStory
#DailyBeast: #StanleyWoodward, attorney 4 #Trump "body man" #WaltNauta, →alleging "vindictive prosecution" by #DOJ #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith, stemming from incident in which prosecutor #JayBratt, working under Smith, reportedly inferred Woodward's representation of Nauta could complicate possible judicial appointment in #Washington DC courts. Defense lawyers also say Bratt engaged in "campaign of intimidation & harassment" against Woodward 2 exert pressure

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-jack-smith-2668159033/

'Huge problem': New allegation by a Trump lawyer could derail Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago case

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon still hasn't set a trial date in former President Donald Trump's classified documents case in the Southern District of Florida. And a date could be even further off after new allegations leveled by a member of Trump's defense team.The Daily Beast reported that Stanl...

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Show threadNonilexSep 7, 2023

#Judge Mehta schedules #Navarro's #sentencing for Jan. 12, 2024.

Navarro's (& EVERYBODY’s & btw bought & paid for by #Trump’s #PAC) #lawyer, #StanleyWoodward, moved for a #mistrial, saying the #jury all exited the courthouse just prior to issuing a #verdict & *may* have seen #Jan6 related #protests occurring outside the building. (umm what? Nonsense)

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/07/peter-navarro-contempt-trial-00114453

Peter Navarro convicted of contempt for defying Jan. 6 select committee

The former Trump adviser, who strategized to delay certification of the 2020 election, will now face prison time on two criminal counts of contempt of Congress.

POLITICO
NonilexSep 6, 2023
Navarro’s contempt trial is going on, his (& everyone else's) #attorney is #StanleyWoodward (see my earlier posts about #ClassifiedDocuments case), anyway when #Woodward got up to speak he said the following "For starters, ‘Dr. Navarro’ — not ‘Mr. Navarro’ as the government has referred to him — is a PhD economist w/a degree from Harvard." This cracks me up, I’m #OldEnoughToRemember when the entire #Republican establishment laughed at refused to call Jill #Biden “doctor” despite her #doctorate.
NonilexSep 6, 2023

Key #witness in #Trump #ClassifiedDocuments case entered into a #deal w/prosecutors to provide #testimony, his fmr (paid by Trump) #attorney said in a #court #filing.

The deal was reached after #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith’s office “threatened” to prosecute the witness, who is the head of #IT at Mar-a-Lago, for #lying to a #GrandJury, atty #StanleyWoodward, said in the filing.

#law #legal #ethics #WitnessTampering #Taveras
https://www.reuters.com/legal/witness-trump-documents-case-reached-deal-with-prosecutors-ex-attorney-says-2023-09-06/

Witness in Trump documents case reached deal with prosecutors, ex-attorney says

A key witness in the case accusing former U.S. President Donald Trump of mishandling classified documents after leaving office has entered into a deal with prosecutors to provide testimony, his former attorney said in a Wednesday court filing.

Reuters
joe•iuculano Aug 23, 2023

#YuscilTaveras changed his testimony regarding efforts to delete security camera footage at #Trump's #Florida club in July after switching from a lawyer paid for by Trump's Save America PAC to a public defender. He was previously being represented by #WaltNauta's lawyer #StanleyWoodward.

#MarALago #ClassifiedDocuments #Obstruction #Conspiracy #WillfulRetention #JackSmith

https://www.salon.com/2023/08/22/sounds-very-much-like-organized-crime-witness-in-documents-case-recants-false-testimony/

The first to flip: Jack Smith says witness in Mar-a-Lago case has retracted testimony, now implicates Trump

Salon.com
Political IQAug 3, 2023
DOJ raises conflict of interest issues with Trump aide Walt Nauta's attorney in classified documents case https://politicaliq.com/2023/08/03/doj-raises-conflict-of-interest-issues-with-trump-aides-attorney-in-classified-documents-case/ #WaltNauta #StanleyWoodward #indictment #Trump #ClassifiedDocuments #politicaliq #news #politics
DOJ raises conflict of interest issues with Trump aide's attorney in classified documents case - Political IQ

The is gearing up a potential disqualification of an attorney representing Trump aide Walt Nauta in its classified documents case.

Political IQ
NonilexAug 3, 2023

#SpecialCounsel #JackSmith has asked Judge #AileenCannon for a hearing to discuss whether the #lawyer, #StanleyWoodward, who represents Walt #Nauta, one of #Trump’s co-defendants in the #ClassifiedDocuments case, has too many #conflicts to provide adequate #legal advice to his client.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/02/stan-woodward-trump-nauta-conflicts-lawyers/

Special counsel asks if Nauta’s attorney has too many Mar-a-Lago clients

Special counsel Jack Smith flagged potential conflicts for Stanley Woodward, a lawyer representing many people involved in criminal probes of Donald Trump.

The Washington Post
Show threadNonilexJul 31, 2023

“It’s very risky for such a person to be represented by someone who owes loyalty to someone else,” Kathleen Clark, a #law prof at Washington University explained.

#Trump’s Save America #PAC is paying other #lawyers like Washington-based #attorney #StanleyWoodward, who represents people involved in the #SpecialCounsel's investigation into both Trump’s handling of #ClassifiedDocuments & his efforts to overturn the #2020election.

#Ethics #Legal #Criminal #Conspiracy #Obstruction #DOJ #JackSmith