How Trump’s indictment defense might fend off the classified documents charges

Police closed the street in front of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Miami ahead of former President Donald Trump's arraignment, June 13, 2023. | Andrew Atterbury for POLITICO

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One consequence of former President Donald Trump’s indictment by the Justice

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Department is that many Americans will learn a thing or two about how federal prosecutors actually work.

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Department is that many Americans will learn a thing or two about how federal prosecutors actually work.

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Everyone involved — the government, the defendants, their lawyers, and the court — is looking much further ahead.

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Trump was represented by Todd Blanche and Chris Kise, following the departure last week of two attorneys

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who had been handling Trump’s defense while the case was still in its investigation stage.

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Blanche is a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan who was already working on Trump’s defense in the criminal prosecution brought by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office earlier this year.

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His task now in Florida is to prepare and conduct an effective criminal defense in the most high-profile criminal case in recent memory.

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