A federal judge has temporarily halted the release of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on investigations into former President Donald Trump while an appeals court considers a challenge. Smith had indicated that at least one volume of the report could be made public as early as Friday.
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on investigations into President-elect Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a challenge.
The disclosure came in response to a request by defense lawyers, filed in court and in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, to preemptively block the report from being made public. Smith's team abandoned both cases in November after Trump's presidential victory, citing Justice Department policy that prohibits the federal prosecutions of sitting presidents.
The letter was attached in an exhibit to an emergency request filed late Monday in federal court by lawyers for Trump's codefendants in the documents case, Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira. They asked U.S District Judge Aileen Cannon to block the report's release, noting that Smith's appeal of her dismissal of charges against the men is still pending and that the disclosure of pejorative information about them will be prejudicial.
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