Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday cleared the way for the release of former special counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump's alleged election interference. The post ‘Confined to this proceeding’: Judge Cannon admits she has no authority to stop release of Jack Smith’s final report on Trump’s alleged election interference first appeared on Law & Crime.
Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday shot down a last-ditch bid by President-elect Donald Trump's attorneys to suppress the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on Trump's efforts to illegally remain in power after he lost the 2020 election.
Cannon’s ruling stated that Garland, the Department of Justice, Smith, and “all of their officers, agents, and employees, and all persons acting in active concert or participation with such individuals” could not publish any part of the report until three days after the Eleventh Circuit ruled on the case.
On the second day of his presidency, Donald Trump secured yet another victory from his ally Judge Aileen Cannon.
Federal Judge Aileen Cannon ordered a Friday hearing to discuss releasing a DOJ report in the dismissed classified document case against Donald Trump.
Smith led the federal cases against Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents. Trump suggested he might seek retribution.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon barred the Justice Department from sending the report to the heads of the House and Senate Judiciary committees.
The first volume of special counsel Jack Smith's report on the 2020 election case against President Trump was released last week.
Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the Justice Department to withhold former special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents report from four members of Congress.
The so-called documents case refers to Smith's probe into whether Trump left the White House in 2021 with classified documents.
Judge Aileen Cannon extended the hold she has placed blocking the Justice Department from sharing special counsel Jack Smith's report.