When former President Donald Trump was indicted in early June over the alleged improper retention and handling of classified documents, his longtime aide Waltine “Walt” Nauta was indicted with him.

While 31 of the 38 counts contained in the indictment were as to Trump only, six were as to both Trump and Nauta, and one was as to Nauta only:

• 31 counts (as to Trump only) of Willful Retention of National Defense Information
• 1 count (as to Trump and Nauta) of Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice
• 1 count (as to Trump and Nauta) of Withholding a Document or Record
• 1 count (as to Trump and Nauta) of Corruptly Concealing a Document or Record
• 1 count (as to Trump and Nauta) of Concealing a Document in a Federal Investigation
• 1 count (as to Trump and Nauta) of Scheme to Conceal
• 1 count (as to Trump only) of False Statements and Representations
• 1 count (as to Nauta only) of False Statements and Representations

Per the indictment, Nauta is alleged to have moved boxes containing the classified documents at issue around the Mar-a-Lago estate at Trump’s behest.

When the former president was arraigned in mid-June, he pleaded not guilty to the 37 charges against him. However, while Nauta was present for that arraignment, he did not enter a plea at that time, as he had not yet retained local counsel.

Now, Nauta is reported to have retained South Florida defense lawyer Sasha Dadan to represent him in the matter.

Sasha Dadan, a 34-year-old Republican all-purpose criminal defense attorney who ran in 2018 for the Florida House, began officially representing Nauta after he spent weeks interviewing potential counsel. She is based in Fort Pierce, Fla., where the trial is scheduled to be held. She declined to comment.

Nauta was originally supposed to be arraigned June 13 along with Trump, but the procedure was postponed for the ex-president’s valet because he did not have counsel admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. His June 27 arraignment was postponed again, until Thursday, because he still had not hired a South Florida attorney.

The delays led critics to speculate that it was part of Trump’s longtime practice of dragging out court proceedings. But those familiar with Nauta’s selection process say he just wanted to find a lawyer who was right for him. He has had counsel throughout the early proceedings, Stanley Woodward, but he’s not admitted to practice yet in the southern district of Florida.

Now represented, Nauta appeared for his arraignment in Miami on Thursday and entered a plea of not guilty to the charges levied against him.

Nauta, who first worked for Trump in the White House before accompanying him to Florida following Trump’s presidency, is facing six counts as part of the criminal case involving Trump’s handling of classified documents. The charges include conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements.

Nauta’s arraignment was repeatedly delayed due in part to his inability to obtain local counsel to represent him. A magistrate judge in Miami warned Nauta’s attorney last week that today’s arraignment should be considered the “drop dead” deadline.

At the June 27th proceeding, Woodward apologized to the court for the delay.

Nauta, 40, was then set to be arraigned last week, but an attorney for Nauta, Stan Woodward, told the judge that Nauta still had not retained local counsel, and was also unable to get to Florida due to travel issues.

Nauta wanted to “express his sincerest condolences to the court,” Woodward told the judge.

“He takes very seriously the charges,” Woodward said.

Members of special counsel Jack Smith’s team who brought the case did not oppose a delay in the arraignment, but asked for the delay to be as “brief as possible.”

A pre-trial conference on the case is set for July 14th.