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The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case is making decisions that are drawing scathing rebukes. And they may earn her a recusal. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump before he left office, this week ordered defense lawyers and Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s team to file their own version of submissions breaking down instructions they would offer to instruct a jury around competing interpretations of the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Trump’s defense in the case has cited the PRA granting the 45th president the right to …

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