Federal Appeals Court Leaves Door Open For Jack Smith To Release Report On Trump Cases
A federal appeals court left open a path for special counsel Jack Smith to release the final report on his two cases against President-elect Donald Trump. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied an effort by…
A federal appeals court left open a path for special counsel Jack Smith to release the final report on his two cases against President-elect Donald Trump.
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied an effort by Trump’s co-defendants in the classified documents case to block the release of the report. However, it left in place an order by Judge Aileen Cannon that restricts the report’s release until Sunday.
If the Department of Justice (DOJ) wants to challenge Cannon’s order, it can still appeal it to the Eleventh Circuit, according to the order.
Both of Smith’s cases against Trump — the classified documents case in Florida and 2020 election case in Washington, D.C. — were dismissed after he won the election.
In an amicus brief filed Wednesday, Trump urged the court to block the report’s release. His attorneys wrote that Attorney General Merrick Garland “cannot issue a report of an unconstitutionally appointed and funded Special Counsel.”
The DOJ indicated