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1 verified report published on June 16, 2023.
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The day’s best-documented Trump-world screwup was procedural, but it still mattered: the government was telling a judge that discovery in the classified-documents case could reveal more than Trump wants the public to see. For a man who thrives on saying the quiet part loudly, that is exactly the sort of legal friction that can keep multiplying. The broader story on June 16 was simple: the Mar-a-Lago mess was no longer just about what Trump kept, but about what else prosecutors might still be finding around it.
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Special counsel Jack Smith’s team asked the court for a protective order covering discovery in the classified-documents case, saying some material could touch sensitive information, ongoing investigations, and uncharged people.