The release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation was temporarily blocked Tuesday by an order granted by the federal court who presided over the case involving secret information against President-elect Donald Trump.
Three days after the 11th Circuit rules on a current request to prevent the distribution of the report over a different case involving Trump co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos DeOliveira, the injunction will expire.
In a motion filed Monday evening, attorneys for Nauta and De Oliveira cited U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s earlier decision that Smith’s appointment was unlawful in order to request that the report be blocked.
She was acting “to preserve the status quo” until the higher court made a decision, according to Cannon.
According to Herruling, Attorney General Merrick “Garland, the Department of Justice, Special Counsel Smith, all of their officers, agents, and employees, and all persons acting in active concert or participation with such individuals, are TEMPORARILY ENJOINED from (a) releasing, sharing, or transmitting the Final Report or any drafts of such Report outside the Department of Justice, or (b) otherwise releasing, distributing, conveying, or sharing with anyone outside the Department of Justice any information or conclusions in the Final Report or in drafts thereof.”
Within three days after the appeals court’s decision, the order will be in force, she said, “unless the Eleventh Circuit orders otherwise.”
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