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This week, major news outlets blasted out “Breaking News” banners to announce an apparently major victory for Donald Trump. As one outlet, the Wall Street Journal, reported: “N.Y. Appeals Court Throws Out $500 Million Civil Fraud Penalty Against Trump.” If you just read these initial headlines and saw the top-of-the-page placement these publications gave them, you might think that Trump had notched a spectacular victory in his New York civil fraud case and was now in the clear. For his part, the president wasted no time touting the decision as a “TOTAL VICTORY.” If you look a little closer at the details of the court’s opinion, though, it’s clear that the ruling

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