Last week, Biden Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith asked Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over the Mar-a-Lago documents case, for a hearing to explore potential conflicts of interest that, according to prosecutors, may require the disqualification of the lawyer for Waltine Nauta, a co-defendant of former president Donald Trump.
The lawyer at issue is Stanley Woodward Jr. As the New York Times reported after Smith filed his motion, Woodward is a lawyer well-known in Washington, D.C., who represents many Trump allies and associates. It is always messy when multiple subjects of the same or related criminal investigations retain the same lawyer.
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