The Mar-a-Lago case is heating up Attorney Renato Mariotti on the news that the DOJ is ramping up its stolen documents case against Trump: What should we make of news that DOJ sought testimony from former Trump official Kash Patel and Trump employee Walt Nauta in the Mar-a-Lago criminal investigation? Today the New York Times reported that former Trump official Kash Patel, who has said publicly that he supposedly personally witnessed Trump verbally declassified documents, took the Fifth before a D.C. federal grand jury. Patel reportedly took the Fifth “many” times in response to questions from federal prosecutors. In addition, the Times reported that Walt Nauta, who worked in the White House as a military valet and cook and now works for Trump personally at Mar-a-Lago, has been interviewed. Apparently Nauta’s initial statement to prosecutors conflicted with evidence, leading them to be “skeptical” of his “initial account.” DOJ has security camera footage showing Nauta “moving boxes out of a storage area at Mar-a-Lago” and has interviewed him twice about that. The Times reported Nauta indicated that Trump directed him to move boxes, which would be important evidence that Trump was trying to obstruct the DOJ’s investigation. But that conflicts with his initial account to the DOJ, and now they’re threatening him with charges. As for Patel, federal prosecutors have now asked a judge to force him to testify, presumably by granting him immunity for his testimony. If he is granted immunity, he would be forced to testify because you can’t … Continue reading Is the DOJ getting down to business?