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How Two Manhattan DA Classmates Hold Trump’s Fate in Their Hands

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Justice Juan Merchan and Special Counsel Jack Smith were in the same class of rookie Manhattan prosecutors in 1994. Now they both could affect Donald Trump’s fate.

Jose Pagliery
Jose Pagliery 

Political Investigations Reporter

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Jose Pagliery

Jose Pagliery

Political Investigations Reporter

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