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The special counsel took steps to dismiss the federal election-interference and classified-documents cases, a dramatic legal retreat driven by Trump’s return to power and the Justice Department’s rule against prosecuting a sitting president. The move did not clear Trump; it underlined how far his immunity strategy had already bent the system around him.
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The special counsel took steps to dismiss the federal election-interference and classified-documents cases, a dramatic legal retreat driven by Trump’s return to power and the Justice Department’s rule against prosecuting a sitting president. The move did not clear Trump; it underlined how far his immunity strategy had already bent the system around him.
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The special counsel took steps to dismiss the federal election-interference and classified-documents cases, a dramatic legal retreat driven by Trump’s return to power and the Justice Department’s rule against prosecuting a sitting president. The move did not clear Trump; it underlined how far his immunity strategy had already bent the system around him.
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