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Joan E Greve in Washington

Trump and valet plead not guilty to new charges in classified documents case

Donald Trump’s valet, Waltine 'Walt' Nauta, enters the Alto Lee Adams Sr courthouse, in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Thursday.
Donald Trump’s valet, Waltine 'Walt' Nauta, enters the Alto Lee Adams Sr courthouse, in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Thursday. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA

Donald Trump and his valet pleaded not guilty on Thursday to an expanded set of charges stemming from the former president’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, after special counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment in the case last month.

Trump’s two codefendants in the case appeared in court in Ft Pierce, Florida, although the former US president himself was not in attendance as his legal team submitted a plea of not guilty.

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