Judge allows release of special counsel Smith's report on Trump's election interference
FirstpostUS District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday allowed the release of the volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report dealing with President-elect Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case, the latest ruling in a court dispute over the highly anticipated document days before Trump is set to take office again Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, on August 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. AP File US District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday allowed the release of the volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report dealing with President-elect Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case, the latest ruling in a court dispute over the highly anticipated document days before Trump is set to take office again. But even as Cannon permitted the release of the volume on election interference, she halted the Justice Department from immediately sharing with congressional officials a separate volume related to Trump’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Lawyers for the Republican president elect’s two co-defendants, Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira, had argued that the release of the report would prejudice them given that criminal proceedings remain ongoing against them in the form of a Justice Department appeal of Cannon’s dismissal of charges.