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Federal Judge To Decide On Dismissal Of Trump's Classified Documents Case

This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

A federal judge is set to hear arguments on whether to dismiss the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The dispute revolves around Trump's interpretation of the Presidential Records Act, which his attorneys argue allowed him to designate certain documents as personal and retain possession of them after leaving the White House.

Special counsel Jack Smith's team contends that the files in question are presidential records, not personal ones, and that the statute does not apply to classified and top-secret documents found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

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