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Trump’s In La-La Land When It Comes to Executive Privilege
LAW IS A THING
The ex-president’s demand for the immediate return of documents seized from Mar-a-Lago shows he doesn’t understand how any of this works.
Mitchell Epner
Published
Aug. 15 2022
2:49PM EDT
opinion
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