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Trump ‘plainly guilty’ in case his handpicked judge derailed: ex-prosecutor

A former federal prosecutor says President Donald Trump would likely have been convicted if not for one person he picked himself. Harry Litman, host of "Talking Feds," said in a Thursday episode that the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case was "totally righteous, totally strong" and, "but for Cannon and the happenstance of the election," would have led…

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