United States District Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida temporarily blocked the Justice Department from releasing any report by special counsel Jack Smith about the investigations involving President-elect Donald Trump.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith to oversee investigations into allegations surrounding Trump’s efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election and retention of classified material by the president-elect in November 2022. Cannon’s ruling would block Garland from releasing the report until the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled on an emergency motion. (RELATED: J6 Committee Dem Points Fingers At DOJ For Not Prosecuting Trump Sooner After Jack Smith Drops Case)
“Pending resolution of the Emergency Motion filed in the Eleventh Circuit and/or any further direction from the Eleventh Circuit,…