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The classified-documents case was just getting started, and the indictment was already ugly

By June 24, 2023, the federal classified-documents case against Donald Trump had been unsealed less than three weeks earlier and was still in its early pretrial phase. The indictment itself was already doing the damage: it laid out the government’s account of boxes, retention, concealment, and obstruction, and put those allegations on the public record.

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First recorded Jun 24, 2023·Meaningfully updated Jun 24, 2023

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The classified-documents case was just getting started, and the indictment was already ugly

By June 24, 2023, the federal classified-documents case against Donald Trump had been unsealed less than three weeks earlier and was still in its early pretrial phase. The indictment itself was already doing the damage: it laid out the government’s account of boxes, retention, concealment, and obstruction, and put those allegations on the public record.

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The classified-documents case was just getting started, and the indictment was already ugly

By June 24, 2023, the federal classified-documents case against Donald Trump had been unsealed less than three weeks earlier and was still in its early pretrial phase. The indictment itself was already doing the damage: it laid out the government’s account of boxes, retention, concealment, and obstruction, and put those allegations on the public record.

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