Judge blocks release of Jack Smith’s report on Trump documents case

Aileen Cannon denounces ‘brazen’ special counsel for compiling report after she had dismissed case in 2024 A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump permanently barred the justice department on Monday from releasing the former special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the president’s mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club after his first term. The ruling by US district judge Aileen Cannon marked the latest effort to stop the report from being sent to Congress or otherwise bec...

By Hugo Lowell in Washington