The Mar-a-Lago documents saga continued to narrow Trump’s room to maneuver, with prosecutors and the court process keeping pressure on the former president and his aides.
First recorded May 27, 2023·Meaningfully updated Jul 17, 2023
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The documents case keeps tightening around Trump
The Mar-a-Lago documents saga continued to narrow Trump’s room to maneuver, with prosecutors and the court process keeping pressure on the former president and his aides.
The Mar-a-Lago documents saga continued to narrow Trump’s room to maneuver, with prosecutors and the court process keeping pressure on the former president and his aides.
Even before any later dramatic filing or indictment, the classified-documents investigation had become a steadily worsening problem for Trump by May 27, 2023. Public reporting in the days around this date made clear that the inquiry was not fading; it was hardening, with the underlying facts increasingly difficult for Trump’s team to spin away. The basic screwup was simple and severe: the former president had turned…
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