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On Tuesday, a process begins that could ultimately decide whether Judge Aileen Cannon will retain control of the criminal case looking into Donald Trump’s allegedly unlawful retention of White House documents, a former federal prosecutor said on Sunday. Ex-prosecutor Joyce Vance wrote for her Substack blog that, on that day, “Special Counsel Jack Smith’s opening brief is due in the Eleventh Circuit, where he’s appealing Judge Cannon’s decision to dismiss his prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents and obstructing the investigation into his crimes.” “Judge Cannon ruled …

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