American hustles

 

voice-overs

Early in the movie American Hustle, there's a sequence where the voice-over technique is used, and it isn't one voice, it's the voices of two different people interwoven, back and forth, while you're seeing activities and settings on-screen.

The voices belong to a man, Irving, and a woman, Sydney.

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Irving

So, one January, I go to my friend's pool party -- in Long Island....

Sydney

He wasn't in the best shape, and he had this comb-over that was rather -- elaborate.  He had this - air about him.  And he had this confidence that drew me to him.  He was who he was.  He didn't care.

Irving

She was a very particular person.  Like me, she had come from a place where her options were limited.

Sydney

That actually can feel kind of sexy, sometimes.  There's a boldness in him.  But where would that boldness take me?  I didn't know, but I was gonna find out."

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("The Indictment" - Continued)

92.

The statements and representations set forth above were false, as TRUMP knew, because TRUMP had directed that boxes be removed from the Storage Room before Trump Attorney 1 conducted the June 2, 2022 search for documents with classification markings, so that Trump Attorney 1's search would not and did not include all of TRUMP's boxes that were removed from the White House; 

Trump Attorney 1's search would not and did not locate all documents responsive to the May 11 Subpoena; and all responsive documents were not provided to the FBI and the grand jury with the certification.  

In fact, after June 3, 2022, more than 100 documents with classification markings remained at The Mar-a-Lago Club until the FBI search on August 8, 2022.

All in violation of Title 18, United State Code, Sections 1001(a)(a) and 2.

COUNT 38

False Statement and Representations

(18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)[2])

93.

The General Allegations of this Indictment are re-alleged and fully incorporated here by reference.

94.

On May 26, 2022, NAUTA participated in a voluntary interview with the FBI.  During the interview, the FBI explained to NAUTA that the FBI was investigating how classified documents had been kept at The Mar-a-Lago Club, and the FBI asked NAUTA questions about the location and movement of TRUMP's boxes before TRUMP provided 15 boxes to NARA on January 17, 2022.  

NAUTA was represented by counsel, and the FBI advised NAUTA that the interview was voluntary and that he could leave at any time.  The FBI also advised NAUTA that it was a criminal offense to lie to the FBI.  The interview was recorded.

95.

On or about May 26, 2022, in Palm Beach County, in the Southern District of Florida, and elsewhere, the defendant,

WALTINE NAUTA,

in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of the United States government, did knowingly and willfully make a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement and representation; that is--in a voluntary interview during a federal criminal investigation being conducted by the FBI, NAUTA was asked the following questions and gave the following false answers:

        Question:     Does any -- are you aware of any boxes being brought to his home -- his suite?

        Answer:  No.

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        Question:     All right.  So, so to the best of your knowledge, you're saying that those boxes that you brought onto the truck, first time you ever laid eyes on them was just the day of when [Trump Employee 2] needed you to--

        Answer:     Correct.

        Question:     --to take them.  Okay.

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        Question:     In knowing that we're trying to track the life of these boxes and where they could have been kept and stored and all that kind of stuff--

        Answer:     Mm-hm.

        Question:     --do you have any information that could--that would--that could help us understand, like, where they were kept, how they were kept, were they secured, were they locked?  Something that makes the intelligence community feel better about these things, you know?

        Answer:     I wish, I wish I could tell you.  I don't know.  I don't--I honestly just don't know.

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        Question:     And what--so, so you only saw the 15 boxes, 15, 17 boxes--

        Answer:     Mm-hm.

        Question:     --the day of the move?  Even--they just showed up that day?

        Answer:     They were in Pine Hall.  [Trump Employee 2] just asked me, hey, can we move some boxes?

        Question:     Okay.

        Answer:     And I was like, okay.

        Question:     So, you didn't know--had no idea how they got there before?

        Answer:     No.

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("The Indictment" - to be continued)

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