Judge Aileen Cannon blocks release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on Trump investigation

Source: CNN

District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump.

Her order prevents Smith and the Justice Department from moving forward with releasing the report until the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals has time to review the emergency motion by Trump’s codefendants to block the report’s release.

The move comes amid a flurry of legal filings Monday night and Tuesday. Lawyers for Trump have reviewed a draft of Smith’s final report related to federal investigations into the president-elect, according to a letter included in court filings from Trump’s former co-defendants Monday night.

In the filings, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira asked Cannon to block the release of the special counsel report, which is expected in the coming days before Trump is sworn in as president for the second time. The two men, who both worked for Trump and have pleaded not guilty to obstruction-related crimes, argued that Smith does not have the authority to release the report because Cannon previously deemed his appointment as special counsel unlawful. (The 11th Circuit is currently considering DOJ’s appeal of that ruling as well).

Cannon was appointed by Trump during his first term in office.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/politics/trump-smith-special-counsel-final-report/index.html

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I just threw up in my own mouth. Judge Canon is the gift that keeps on giving. I expect her to be his next SCOTUS appointee, after Felon47's billionaire donors make Justice Thomas an offer he can't refuse, like $3 million a year and his personal jet if he retires by the end of the month.

It doesn't matter what the Court of Appeals decides. A defendant has 90 days to file a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court after the entry of the judgment by the circuit court of appeals.

I feel like I'm watching a bad episode of "Parker Lewis Can't Lose." It's going to be a long four years.