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Former President Donald Trump's legal team meets judge behind closed doors

Donald Trump to testify in New York civil fraud trial

Former President Donald Trump and his legal team are currently engaged in a closed-door hearing with a federal judge in Florida. The hearing revolves around the handling of classified documents in a case involving Trump and his co-defendants, Walt Nata and Carlos de Oliveira. The prosecution has sought to withhold certain classified documents from the defendants, providing only summaries instead. Trump's legal team argues that they should have access to any documents they deem crucial for his defense.

The closed-door nature of the hearing is due to the sensitive nature of the classified information involved. Unlike the questionable storage conditions for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, the hearing takes place in a federal courthouse equipped with a SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) - a specially designed space for storing classified documents securely.

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