The president-elect’s defense lawyers accused the special counsel of unethical behavior. They could be in senior Justice Department roles within weeks.
The volume of Smith’s report covering the investigation into whether Trump withheld White House documents won’t be released.
Trump tries to block the public from seeing special counsel Jack Smith’s final report. Two federal death row inmates don’t want their sentence to be commuted by Biden. And a winter storm starts heading offshore of the eastern U.S. while California braces for high winds.
But prosecutors say an expected two-volume report detailing charging decisions for Donald Trump should be partially held back.
Trump's attorneys asked Garland to withhold special counsel Jack Smith's final report from the public, arguing its release would be "imprudent and unlawful."
Smith’s classified documents case against Trump was effectively stymied by Cannon. Smith appealed that decision, but Department of Justice policy dictates that sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted. So this case against Trump is basically done. But Smith still intends to send a final report on his case to the DOJ.
Special counsel Jack Smith says that his team is finalizing a two-volume report on its investigations into President-elect Donald Trump
AG Merrick Garland intends to release the portion of the special counsel's report related to his election interference case against Donald Trump, according to a filing.
The DOJ plans on releasing the portion of Smith's report that deals with Trump's alleged efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election.
In a filing, Garland outlined his intentions to publicize the final memo on Trump’s 2020 election subversion case, which constitutes “volume one” of Smith’s report, while handing the controversial details of Trump’s classified documents case to the chair and ranking member of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
But Garland intends to withhold the classified docs report while the case against Trump's co-defendants is ongoing.