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A Trump banner hanging from the J. Edgar Hoover Department of Justice Building in Washington, Feb. 25, 2026. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

A Trump banner hanging from the J. Edgar Hoover Department of Justice Building in Washington, Feb. 25, 2026. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

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