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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Tucker

Justice Dept. abandons criminal proceedings against 2 Trump co-defendants in classified records case

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The Justice Department on Wednesday abandoned all criminal proceedings against the two co-defendants of President Donald Trump in the classified documents case, wiping out any legal peril the pair could have faced.

Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira were both charged with conspiring with the president to obstruct an FBI investigation into the hoarding of classified documents that Trump took with him when he left the White House after his first term.

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