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1 verified report published on September 8, 2022.
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September 8 was less about a single dramatic new bombshell than about the slow grind of consequence. The documents case was no longer a one-night outrage; it was an expanding legal and political disaster with evidence, filings, and public explanation all moving against Trump. That is how a screwup turns into a season.
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On Sept. 8, 2022, the Justice Department filed a notice of appeal and sought to narrow or stay Judge Aileen Cannon’s special-master order in the Mar-a-Lago records fight, arguing the classified materials needed to stay in the government’s hands while the dispute moved forward.