President Donald Trump has appointed Walt Nauta, a Navy veteran and former co-defendant in special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case, to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy, The Hill reported.

“Our GREAT United States Naval Academy needs a new Board of Visitors. I am pleased to announce that an incredible group of Patriots will serve on the Board— Walt Nauta, Sean Spicer, ‘Doc Ronnie’ Jackson, and Derek Van Orden,” Trump wrote Friday on Truth Social. “Together, they will ensure continued Greatness for the Academy.”

Spicer was reappointed to the Naval Academy after the Biden administration encouraged his resignation in 2021. He will serve alongside Nauta; Jackson, a Republican congressman from Texas and retired Navy officer; and Van Orden, a Republican congressman from Wisconsin and a retired Navy SEAL.

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