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The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump’s classified documents case said that “sounds very ominous” when the former president’s lawyers argued that the special prosecutor was illegally appointed and part of a “shadow government,” according to reports. Judge Aileen Cannon appeared skeptical of Trump’s lawyers claims during a Friday hearing in which she heard arguments from both sides about whether Attorney General Merrick Garland’s naming Jack Smith as special prosecutor was lawful because he wasn’t confirmed by the Senate. It was the first of three days of hearings on the matter raised b…

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