Both men had faced charges of obstructing justice for allegedly helping to move highly classified papers at Mar-a-Lago after the FBI demanded their return. There's an effort underway to push the Justice Department to release part of a report by prosecutors explaining their decisions in that case. But the Trump DOJ is expected to resist making more information public.
A U.S. court has dropped charges against two associates of Donald Trump who were accused of obstructing a probe into his mishandling of classified documents. This decision ends federal cases against Trump while he was out of office. Trump, Nauta, and De Oliveira were previously charged but pleaded not guilty.
However, the DOJ's appeal against Nauta and de Oliveira remained until Jan. 29, when the DOJ under Trump moved to withdraw Smith's appeal and dismiss the charges against Nauta and de Oliveira. "The United States of America moves to voluntarily dismiss its appeal with prejudice," prosecutors wrote. "The government has conferred with counsel for Appellees Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, who do not object to the voluntary dismissal."
