Months of disputes between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents over how best to try to recover classified documents from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and residence led to a tense showdown near the end of July last year, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
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Updated March 1, 2023 at 2:46 p.m. EST|Published March 1, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST