Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to release the volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report alleging President-elect Donald Trump committed crimes in challenging the 2020 election—but he’s withholding the volume on Trump’s handling of classified documents after he left the presidency in 2021.
This comes one day after U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon temporarily blocked the public release of the report related to the classified documents cases. The ruling stemmed from two defendants charged along with Trump in the documents case arguing that the public release of such a report would likely prejudice a jury and future criminal proceedings against them.
“The special counsel has already transmitted the final report to the attorney general. Volume One related to the prosecution of President Donald Trump relating to the 2020 presidential election….
