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2 verified reports published on February 12, 2024.
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Trump has spent years trying to make “I’m being persecuted” do the work of a normal campaign message. That can energize the base, but it also keeps dragging the rest of the country back to the same ugly fact pattern: subpoenas, indictments, delays, and a candidate who keeps needing the courts to save him from the consequences of his own record. These aren’t abstract process fights. They are the cost of doing business in Trump Inc. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/cd3b59e50d33eea942772186111c240e))
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Trump asked the Supreme Court to stay the D.C. Circuit’s mandate in the federal election-interference case, while the Justice Department opposed the request and urged the justices to move quickly on it.
Trump appeared at a Florida courthouse for a closed hearing in the classified-documents case, and his campaign quickly used the moment to frame the proceeding as political persecution. At the time, the trial was scheduled for May 20, making the hearing part of an active criminal case, not just another campaign stop.