Paper-trail
noun
1.
a written or printed record, as of transactions or judicial opinions, especially when used to incriminate someone.
noun phrase
Records, documents, etc, that lead to a conclusion: Officials had expected to find a damning paper trail of incriminating evidence (mid-1980s+)
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