U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday allowed the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on President Trump’s ‘election interference’ case.
Judge Aileen Cannon Allows Release Of Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Trump Report https://t.co/uFJFmQBCo8
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“Based on these representations, the Court sees an insufficient basis to grant emergency injunctive relief as to Volume I,” Cannon wrote in a five-page ruling.
Also, Cannon ordered a January 17th hearing on whether to release the Mar-a-Lago case report.
Judge Aileen Cannon says she won’t block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report into Donald Trump’s January 6 actions and efforts to overturn the 2020 election https://t.co/Js8iG6RAWn
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The Hill reports:
The ruling is a victory for the Justice Department, who have been pushing for the release of the report recapping the Jan. 6 investigation in two different courts.
While the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals likewise declined to take up an emergency motion from Trump and his co-defendants, Cannon had previously agreed to temporarily bar release of both volumes of the report, keeping her order in effect for three days after any ruling from the