An appeals court gave Attorney General Merrick Garland permission Thursday to release one volume of Jack Smith’s special counsel report after President-elect Donald Trump and his co-defendants in Florida fought to keep it under wraps.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a brief two-page order that Garland could release the report as soon as Judge Aileen Cannon’s temporary hold on it expires. Cannon, a Trump appointee, has indicated that her order will lift by Sunday.
The appellate court’s decision came after Trump’s co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, made an emergency request to block the full two-volume report from being made public, arguing that they were still facing charges in the classified documents case and that its release would prejudice them.
Garland said in a letter to Congress on Wednesday that he plans to publish the volume of…
