Walt Nauta, a valet for former President Donald Trump and a co-defendant in Trump’s federal classified documents case, said the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecuted him because he exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during the preliminary stages of the investigation.

Nauta’s attorneys made the claim that he was unfairly targeted by the DOJ in documents unsealed Friday by Judge Aileen Cannon of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the Washington Examiner reported Monday. The documents were related to a motion by Nauta’s attorneys to dismiss the charges against him.

Nauta was indicted on five criminal charges, including conspiracy to obstruct justice, concealing a document, scheming to conceal a material fact in a federal investigation and lying to the FBI. He has pled not guilty to all charges.

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