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The Trump team’s handling of classified and presidential records was no longer a vague process dispute by July 31, 2022. It had become an escalating legal and national-security problem, with the government’s investigation moving forward and Trump allies already laying the groundwork for a public-defense campaign that was going to make everything louder, not cleaner.
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The Trump team’s handling of classified and presidential records was no longer a vague process dispute by July 31, 2022. It had become an escalating legal and national-security problem, with the government’s investigation moving forward and Trump allies already laying the groundwork for a public-defense campaign that was going to make everything louder, not cleaner.
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The Trump team’s handling of classified and presidential records was no longer a vague process dispute by July 31, 2022. It had become an escalating legal and national-security problem, with the government’s investigation moving forward and Trump allies already laying the groundwork for a public-defense campaign that was going to make everything louder, not cleaner.
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