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A recent filing by Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith alleges that former President Donald Trump did more than violate classified documents laws — he also tried to get his attorney to take part in his crimes. Newsweek reported Tuesday that in his latest filing in the classified documents case in the Southern District of Florida, Smith laid out how the former president sought to loop in his own legal counsel in his efforts to stymie the government’s efforts to obtain classified documents from his administration. “When presented with a grand jury subpoena demanding the return of th…