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

AG Merrick Garland intends to release the portion of the special counsel's report related to his election interference case against Donald Trump, according to a filing.

Lawyers for Donald Trump and his former co-defendants are trying to block the “imminent” release of a final report by special counsel Jack Smith following his prosecution of the president-elect for his attempts to overturn election results and his withholding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago compound.

Trump's attorneys asked Garland to withhold special counsel Jack Smith's final report from the public, arguing its release would be "imprudent and unlawful."

The Justice Department said Garland plans to release Jack Smith's report on Trump's 2020 election interference efforts.

Special counsel Jack Smith says that his team is finalizing a two-volume report on its investigations into President-elect Donald Trump

MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin and Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer for Slate magazine, talk with Alex Wagner about Trump judge Aileen Cannon "grabbing authority and power she does not have to return what has now become a predictable result for Donald Trump,

President-elect Donald Trump is trying to keep Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report summarizing his lengthy investigations into Trump and his allies hidden from public view, as the report could be released as soon as this week if courts and Attorney General Merrick Garland refuse Trump’s requests to keep it private.

The DOJ immediately launched legal action after winning an appeal on a point of law as it seeks to make the report public before Trump takes office.

President-elect Donald Trump is facing sentencing for his New York hush money conviction after the nation's highest court refused to intervene. Trump is expected to appear via video for Friday's proceeding.

A federal appeals court has blocked a move by Donald Trump's lawyers to stop the Justice Department from releasing Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report on two criminal cases against the former and future president.