Judge Unblocks Release Of Smith’s January 6 Report

The Associated Press reports:

A federal judge said Monday that the Justice Department can release special counsel Jack Smith’s investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed to the bench by Trump, is latest back and forth in a court dispute over the report from the special counsel who prosecuted Trump in two cases the Justice Department abandoned in November.

Cannon had earlier temporarily blocked the department from releasing the report. Cannon’s latest order on Monday cleared the way for the release of the volume on Trump’s 2020 election interference case.

Read the full article. Trump will surely appeal.

BREAKING: Judge Cannon clears way for release of Jack Smith’s 2020 election report. https://t.co/BUY7ZauzKu pic.twitter.com/TJyDcz8zdK

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 13, 2025

JUST IN: Judge Cannon ruled that the DOJ can release Jack Smith’s 2020 election report.

This is TERRIBLE news for Trump, who fiercely opposes the release of the special counsel’s report about the January 6 attack on the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/4dvWqrQGVl

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 13, 2025