Judge Aileen Cannon gave Attorney General Merrick Garland the green light on Monday to release special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his 2020 election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump.
Cannon’s decision means Garland can release the report as soon as Tuesday after a week’s worth of legal wrangling left the public’s access to it in question.
Smith, who resigned from the DOJ after completing his final report last week, broke up the document into two volumes, corresponding to the two criminal cases he brought against Trump.
Cannon said that while the first volume, which concerns Smith’s case related to the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, could become public, the second volume must temporarily remain under wraps. That volume pertains to the classified documents case in Florida, and Cannon scheduled a hearing for Friday to…
