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The federal indictment against Donald Trump was unsealed on June 9, turning a sealed legal threat into a very public account of alleged obstruction, false statements, and the improper retention of classified material. The details were ugly, the political optics were worse, and the whole thing immediately became another test of whether Trump can drag the GOP through scandal without paying a price.
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The federal indictment against Donald Trump was unsealed on June 9, turning a sealed legal threat into a very public account of alleged obstruction, false statements, and the improper retention of classified material. The details were ugly, the political optics were worse, and the whole thing immediately became another test of whether Trump can drag the GOP through scandal without paying a price.
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The federal indictment against Donald Trump was unsealed on June 9, turning a sealed legal threat into a very public account of alleged obstruction, false statements, and the improper retention of classified material. The details were ugly, the political optics were worse, and the whole thing immediately became another test of whether Trump can drag the GOP through scandal without paying a price.
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