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Before the U.S. Supreme Court takes up former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from criminal prosecution in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the justices will hear another Jan. 6 case that may affect not just Trump, but 300 others involved in that violent riot, and the future power of federal prosecutors in similar situations.
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