Opinion: Two big surprises in court

Months of negotiations for a plea bargain involving Hunter Biden’s tax payments were blown up when a federal judge objected, and the grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents unexpectedly added the charge that the former president wanted employees to have subpoenaed Mar-a-Lago security footage deleted. The developments underlined how America’s political climate is being shaped by what happens in the courts.

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