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Trump's a 'target'

CNN Inside Politics

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The Importance of Intent in Donald Trump's Actions

The key issue for prosecutors is absolutely going to be intent. Donald Trump's actions are fairly open and public. The hardest part of a case here is what was in this person's mind. Did he have intent to break the law? Did he know generally that what he was doing is wrong? And I think that's exactly why we've seen DOJ focusing in on the people who were closest to Donald Trump. Hope Hicks, one of his closest advisors, Jared Kushner, a family member, Mark Meadows. Those are the people who had at the time unvarnished, unregulated, one-on-one conversations.

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