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- Hush-money prosecutors want to know early if Trump plans to use an advice-of-counsel defense.
- They want a Manhattan judge to make Trump reveal any such plan six weeks before his March 25 trial.
- Trump's lawyers pushed back Thursday, noting NY law does not require he tip his hand pre-trial.
Donald Trump's hush-money prosecutors have asked a Manhattan judge to force him to reveal by February 12 whether he'll mount an advice-of-counsel defense when the case goes to trial six weeks later.