don t think that they counted on coming to florida until the very end. i think that they must have had an internal discussion that they didn t want to go into all these delays in a fight over venue. they wanted to have this in washington, d.c. after all, trump got 5% of the vote in washington, d.c. and the judges in d.c. are more experienced in the national security matters. but they ultimately decided to go to south florida for a few reasons. i think first they knew that trump would challenge venue. they did not want a chance of losing the case. they didn t want endless delays over challenges to venue. and plus i think jack smith wanted the public to buy into this. one thing to go into d.c. in the friendly confines, but another thing to get the indictment in trump s home state, a red state in front of a grand jury of individuals from all walks of life, nonpolitical, and i think that that makes a statement. i think that the justice department did a good job in creating what is called a
good information to describe what is going on here. compare that to new york which took a different approach in its indictment of donald trump. they didn t give us much information. they played a little bit of hide the ball. but jack smith wanted the public to buy into this. so not only did he explain the facts, also he did a show and tell. you have all the pictures of the boxes. and so there may be new evidence that we learn at trial, but i think they are already showing their hand and rightfully so. we ll have much more ahead including a closer look at security preparations. but also tune into our special coverage of the pivotal moment in u.s. history. it begins at 2:00 p.m. in new york and miami, that is 7:00 p.m. here in london. meanwhile former trump ally and ex-governor of new jersey chris christie is lashing on you at donald trump. during a town hall monday, christie slammed trump s conduct calling it awful.
according to the indictment nauta said i wish i could tell you, i honestly just don t know. but prosecutors say that nauta himself actually helped move about 64 boxes from a storage room at mar-a-lago at trump s direction. as a navy man he must have had some sensitivity to highly classified material. but yet he certainly did the president s wishes according to the allegations in the indictment. reporter: if nauta flips on trump, what kind of damage could he do? if he flips he is very close to trump. these are people close to trump who have been with him every day almost. and probably know a lot. reporter: walt nauta, a native of guam, is a navy veteran who started his service while in the white house mess hall. the indictment became a white house valleet to trump and was often bringing him diet cokes ensuring that the president s suit was pressed, and carrying hairspray or hand sanitizer to meet mr. trump s needs. after his service at the white
get. so i think if he wants to, he can still cooperate. reporter: walt nauta faces six counts including some related to obstruction and concealment of the documents. prosecutors say nauta lied to investigators when they asked if he knew where trump s boxes of documents were stored before they would found in trump s residence at mar-a-lago. nauta said, quote, i wish i could tell you, i honestly just don t know. but prosecutors say nauta himself actually helped move about 64 boxes from a storage room at mar-a-lago at trump s direction. as a navy man, he must ve had some sensitivity to highly classified material. but yet he certainly did the president s wishes, according to the allegations in the indictment. reporter: if nauta flips on trump, what kind of damage could he do? well, if he flips, he s very close to trump. these are people close to trump who have been with him every day almost, and probably know a lot. reporter: walt nauta, a native of guam, is a navy
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