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Special Counsel Jack Smith’s latest filing in the Florida classified documents case is carefully tailored to expose a jurist who has tipped the scales for defendant Donald Trump, legal experts said Friday. Smith on Friday asked Judge Cannon, who is overseeing the case, to gag Trump to prevent the former president from making further statements that could endanger law enforcement officers. The filing is based on Trump’s recent repetition of a false conspiracy theory that mischaracterized the search of his Mar-a-Lago golf club as an attempt to take his life. But the filing is a trap for Cannon, …

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