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Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin Tuesday took a harsh view of the contempt order handed down by Manhattan criminal court judge Juan Merchan to former President Donald Trump. “I think it is historic and I think we need to pause and recognize what a big deal this,” Toobin told a CNN panel Tuesday night. “This is a finding of criminal contempt that had to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, and that’s what the judge did.” Trump has not been convicted in his criminal hush money case and has pleaded not guilty to charges he falsified business records to cover up hush money paid to adult fi…

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