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The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case ruled that a paragraph should be deleted from the indictment on grounds that it could prejudice jurors against him. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued the decision in a 14-page order Monday that denied a defense motion to dismiss the indictment against Trump and two codefendants for allegedly stashing boxes of government papers at his Florida resort and obstructing official efforts to retrieve them. Cannon said special counsel Jack Smith improperly included references to an incident during which Trump allegedl…