Donald Trump faced sufficient evidence for conviction in election case, report says

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• Special counsel's final report says Trump would have been convicted

  The fast-moving legal battle over the release of the special counsel's final report played out days before Trump's second-term inauguration.
  
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  Trump would have been convicted of election interference, report says

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  Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, says special counsel

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• President-elect Donald Trump sentenced in New York hush money trial

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  Trump avoids punishment for hush-money conviction and calls case ‘terrible experience’

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  Justice department to release part of Trump election interference report, leaving out documents case – US politics live

  Department of Justice to release details on Jack Smith’s investigation into attempts to overturn 2020 result but withhold Mar-a-Lago documents portion . Outgoing secretary of state Antony Blinken ...
  
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