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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you are looking for the latest prominent example of technical communication discussing legal issues, consider
<span style="color:black">the 44-page indictment of Donald Trump (and personal aide Waltine Nauta) released this afternoon by the US Department of Justice. The indictment is available at
</span><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.3.0.pdf">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.3.0.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Note the variety of rhetorical techniques adopted in the indictment, from the descriptions and definitions in paragraphs #1 to #21 on pages 1-27, to the detailed narrative (including tables and
photographs) in paragraphs #22 to #75 on pages 8-27, to the legal language detailing 39 crimes in paragraphs #76 to #96 on pages 28-44. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">This example could also offer instructive comparison/contrast with the earlier 16-page indictment of Trump for 34 crimes at
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf" title="Original URL:
https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf
Click to follow link."><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf</span></a>
<span style="color:black">and the 12-page narrative of the crimes at </span><a href="https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-SOF.pdf" title="Original URL:
https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-SOF.pdf
Click to follow link."><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-SOF.pdf</span></a>.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Sam</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Sam Dragga<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Professor Emeritus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Texas Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">sam.dragga@ttu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">1-806-543-6099<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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