At least half of the final report could be made public within days, unless Trump gets the Supreme Court to block it.
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.
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.
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.
Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, had temporarily blocked the public release of the special counsel's report.
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.
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."
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.
Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress he plans to make special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the cases against Donald Trump available to committee leaders and, ultimately, the public, once courts allow,
The volume of Smith’s report covering the investigation into whether Trump withheld White House documents won’t be released.
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,