Donald Trump aide Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty to charges he helped the former U.S. president hide top secret documents that Trump took when he left the White House in 2021. Nauta faces six counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice, falsifying statements, and withholding and concealing documents. Attorney Stanley Woodward entered the plea for Nauta at an arraignment lasting a few minutes. Nauta’s Florida-based lawyer, Sasha Dadan, was also present. Read more.
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In a major development in private crypto litigation, a California judge last week certified a class of U.S. purchasers of XRP digital assets in a case accusing XRP’s issuer, blockchain company Ripple Labs, of selling unregistered securities. The Ripple class — which may include millions of XRP purchasers, according to class counsel from Susman Godfrey and Taylor-Copeland Law — is the most consequential yet to have been certified in a crypto class action. And it doesn’t matter, according to the judge who certified the class, that tens of thousands of them disagree with the fundamental premise of the case. Alison Frankel has details on the milestone decision.
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