Trump’s Bag Man
If the greatest mystery at the center of Donald Trump’s indictment is why he so zealously hoarded classified documents, a close second is how Walt Nauta ended up as his co-defendant.
The former president’s personal valet, a Navy veteran who was little known outside Trump’s inner orbit until last week, is an unexpectedly central player in the story. He now faces six felony charges for allegedly helping Trump hide classified documents from the federal government. Nauta fascinates because he is such a cipher—neither a political true believer like some of Trump’s confidants nor an obvious opportunistic grifter like most of the rest—and because of the impossible dilemma he faces. Like so many other Trump aides and advisers, as well as the Republican Party and the nation as
