The judge denied a request to block the release of Smith's report on Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Six months after she dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon can now decide whether to squash the release of Jack Smith's report, too.
Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday issued a harsh order halting the release of the special counsel's report into Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents The post ‘No valid justification’: Cannon slams DOJ’s ‘urgent desire’ to release Jack Smith’s full Trump report based on a ‘non-existent historical practice’ first appeared on Law & Crime.
Cannon’s ruling stated that Garland, the Department of Justice, Smith, and “all of their officers, agents, and employees, and all persons acting in active concert or participation with such individuals” could not publish any part of the report until three days after the Eleventh Circuit ruled on the case.
Judge Aileen Cannon for the Southern District of Florida stepped back on Monday from an earlier ruling that purported
The special counsel faces a fight to get his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump released before January 20.
The ruling means the volume of Smith’s report on the 2020 election case could be released any time after midnight.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon barred the Justice Department from sending the report to the heads of the House and Senate Judiciary committees.
On the second day of his presidency, Donald Trump secured yet another victory from his ally Judge Aileen Cannon.
Judge Aileen Cannon fulfilled the final terms of her employment—and threw a drive-by elbow at Jack Smith into the bargain.
Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the Justice Department to withhold former special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents report from four members of Congress.