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The Indictment Can Only Hurt Trump

Even his loyal supporters will understand that his mishandling of documents endangered U.S. security.

Peggy Noonan hedcutBy Peggy Noonan
Journal Editorial Report: Fasten your seatbelts. U.S. politics just got wilder. Images: Reuters/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly

I went back this stunning week to the first columns I’d ever written about Donald Trump, eight years ago, in the summer of 2015. It was for me a powerful experience. Columnists think aloud pretty much in real time, trying to apprehend and express what is true and important. I’ll speak of some of what I read and then go to the criminal indictments.

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