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Judge Aileen Cannon ruled against Donald Trump’s request to have access to classified filings in the documents case Wednesday. The content of the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago have complicated special counsel Jack Smith’s federal court case against Trump as both sides navigate the Classified Information Procedures Act that protects them. Trump’s lawyers asked for information Smith submitted under Section 4 the law allowing the Justice Department to delete sensitive information, a motion to which Smith strongly objected. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlin…

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