Judge blocks release of special counsel report on Trump’s criminal cases
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, ...