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The hearing is part of a legal dispute over the use of new congressional districts supported by President Donald Trump for the upcoming November election."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Missouri's top court had previously instructed Hoskins not to implement the Trump-backed map, ordering the use of districts established after the last census. However, U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark issued an order barring Hoskins from using any map other than the one favoured by Trump. The state Supreme Court then scheduled the contempt hearing for Hoskins for failing to comply with its directives and for instructing local election officials to use the Trump-supported districts."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Attorneys for Hoskins had sought to halt the contempt hearing, but Judge Clark declined their request. 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