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Special counsel Jack Smith filed a thorough response to Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss charges that he mishandled classified documents. In a 27-page filing, Smith explained to U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon why he believed Trump’s case should not be dismissed. Smith said Trump’s lawyers were wrong to argue that the Presidential Records Act (PRA) nullified a national security law. “Section 793(e) prohibits the unauthorized possession and willful retention of national defense information,” Smith wrote. “Even if the raft of highly classified documents that Trump took from the White Hou…

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