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These communications are said to detail a longstanding plan to file lawsuits against a potential second Trump administration. The proposed legal actions would target policies that had not yet been implemented. The Center Square is identified as the origin of this information."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on who is withholding records"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The digests from ussanews.com state that Democratic attorneys general are withholding records. The digests from OpsLens, WND, KPVI, Your Alaska Link, and WBFF state that attorneys general across the United States are withholding records."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated reports ran this story. 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