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Donald Trump late Friday night slammed Special Counsel Jack Smith in a new court filing, saying the prosecutor’s “demanded deadlines” are “detached from reality.” Specifically, Trump’s attorneys filed an opposition to Smith’s request that the court force Trump to make it known whether he plans to utilize an advice-of-counsel defense in the Mar-a-Lago case involving classified documents. Legal experts say the special counsel hopes to make Trump answer the question, a move many said was an attempt to obtain key attorney communications that would otherwise be covered by attorney-client privilege….

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