Donald Trump Jack Smith classified documents report: It’s not dead yet, actually.
SlateSign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Here’s how this all went down: Attorneys for Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, Trump’s co-defendants in the classified-documents case, filed a motion in Cannon’s court demanding that Smith be blocked from sending any report on the case to the DOJ. Cannon responded by releasing an order granting Nauta and De Oliveira’s motion, thereby blocking the DOJ from releasing Smith’s report. That’s great news.” But here’s the thing: Cannon’s order only temporarily blocks the DOJ from releasing Smith’s final report, and only while the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals considers a near-identical appeal from Nauta and De Oliveira; the circuit court will also determine whether the classified-documents case can go forward against Nauta and De Oliveira. So, then, how would one do that?” However, Fan believes that the 11th Circuit might be the right authority to rule on the fate of Smith’s final report, since the drama of the report’s becoming public could interfere with the court’s ability to effectively rule on Nauta and De Oliveira’s appeal.