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1 verified report published on July 9, 2022.
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This was the kind of day that looks quieter than it really is. In retrospect, it belonged to the phase when Trump’s legal exposure was compounding, his defenses were becoming more theatrical than persuasive, and the national-security implications were moving from abstract to unavoidable. The summer of 2022 was the point where the paperwork started looking like a problem and the problem started looking like a case.
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By July 9, 2022, the records dispute over boxes moved from Mar-a-Lago was already in federal hands. National Archives officials said they recovered 15 boxes in January, identified classified-marked material during their review, and referred the matter to the Justice Department in February, though a public criminal case had not yet been confirmed.