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Judge permanently blocks release of Jack Smith's report on Trump classified documents case
Judge Aileen Cannon ruled the report confidential citing unlawful appointment and presumption of innocence, blocking public access to evidence from Trump’s dismissed documents case.
- On Monday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon permanently barred the Justice Department from releasing Volume II of former special counsel Jack Smith's report, which focused on President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
- Cannon said a June 2023 protective order prevents disclosure of discovery materials, citing that `disclosure of non-public discovery material... would contravene basic notions of fairness and justice` and that Smith was unlawfully appointed.
- Compiled from voluminous discovery, the report included 137 pages of detailed evidence and was finalized before the DOJ departure in January 2025.
- The order bars the Department of Justice from sharing Volume II externally, including with U.S. Congress, and prevents public disclosure of substantial case details, risking grand jury secrecy and defendants' presumption of innocence.
- Against that backdrop, First Amendment groups pressed for release while Smith defended his investigation, saying `Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power`.
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A U.S. federal judge permanently blocked on Monday the publication of the report of former special prosecutor Jack Smith on the case that investigated the alleged improper handling of classified documents by President Donald Trump after the end of his first term (2017-2021). District judge Aileen Cannon, appointed to Trump's post, approved the Republican's petition to block the publication of the "Volume II of the Final Report by former prosecut…
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Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday permanently blocked the release of Jack Smith’s report on the classified documents case against President Trump. Cannon, a Trump appointee, slammed Jack Smith for compiling the Trump report after she dismissed the case. “Special Counsel Smith and his team went ahead for months, undeterred, preparing [the classified documents report] using discovery collected in connection with this proceeding and expending governmen…
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