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Trump’s firm found guilty of fraud. He faces deeper legal waters.

Former President Donald Trump has announced that he is running for the White House again in 2024. At the same time, he is facing the greatest legal jeopardy of his life, as the Department of Justice intensifies its investigation into the potential mishandling of secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

It is impossible to predict how long this investigation will last or whether federal prosecutors will in the end decide to take the momentous step of indicting a once and possibly future U.S. chief executive. But if they do, the next two-year cycle of American politics could be a jolting journey into unexplored territory.

Trump supporters would almost certainly blast any criminal case the DOJ were to bring against the former president as political retribution by a successor from the other party. If prosecutors pass on such action, a countervailing number of anti-Trump voters may see it as a

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