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Do federal or state prosecutors get to go first in trying Trump? A law professor untangles the conflict

  • Written by Darryl K. Brown, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
imageFormer President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in New Hampshire on April 27, 2023.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

A federal grand jury in Florida indicted former President Donald Trump on June 8, 2023, on multiple criminal charges related to classified documents he took from the White House to his home in Mar-a-Lago,...

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