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Opinion: Indict Walt Nauta? Why not the biggest liars first?

Photo/Doug Mills/The New York Times / Walt Nauta, President Donald Trumps personal aide and co-defendant, boards Trumps plane in Miami, June 13, 2023. Trump and Nauta were ordered by a federal magistrate judge last Tuesday to not discuss their criminal case, even though the two work closely and see each other practically every day.
Photo/Doug Mills/The New York Times / Walt Nauta, President Donald Trumps personal aide and co-defendant, boards Trumps plane in Miami, June 13, 2023. Trump and Nauta were ordered by a federal magistrate judge last Tuesday to not discuss their criminal case, even though the two work closely and see each other practically every day. Photo/Doug Mills/The New York Times / Walt Nauta, President Donald Trumps personal aide and co-defendant, boards Trumps plane in Miami, June 13, 2023. Trump and Nauta were ordered by a federal magistrate judge last Tuesday to not discuss their criminal case, even though the two work closely and see each other practically every day.

Walt Nauta is a 10-year veteran of the Navy and served as an aide to former President Donald Trump both in and out of office.

Special Counsel Jack Smith has now indicted him for allegedly “making false statements in interviews with the FBI.” The indictment’s subtext is that Nauta refused to cooperate with, and turn state’s evidence to, the special counsel in its efforts to convict Trump.

But why stop the indictments with a man who loyally served and followed the orders of the former president of the United States, was a Navy veteran, and a hard-working immigrant from Guam?

Are there not far bigger fish to fry to remind Americans that justice is blind?

After all, when Smith announced his indictments of Trump, he lectured America on the rule of law and the cherished notion that no one is above it.