Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday extended the hold she has placed blocking the Justice Department from sharing special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents with members of Congress.
Cannon told the Justice Department to keep the report under wraps, raising the likelihood it will never be seen by the public.
In a new ruling released Tuesday, Cannon granted a request from Trump's co-defendants, his aides Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, to deny the Department of Justice 's request to release the report. The move blocks the report from being shared with the heads of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
Judge Aileen Cannon for the Southern District of Florida stepped back on Monday from an earlier ruling that purported to block part of ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report from being released, while reasserting her claim to have blocked the rest of it.
The judge denied a request to block the release of Smith's report on Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Legal analyst Joyce Vance questioned why Judge Cannon continues to issue orders when the case has been dismissed.
Judge Aileen Cannon has triggered outrage among legal experts for purporting to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith's reports on the criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump, given that she likely surrendered jurisdiction of the ...
Federal Judge Aileen Cannon ordered a Friday hearing to discuss releasing a DOJ report in the dismissed classified document case against Donald Trump.
Judge Aileen Cannon has devoted the past few weeks to striving to ensure that special counsel Jack Smith’s two-volume report on Donald Trump’s criminal activities would not see the light of day. Despite Cannon’s best efforts,
U.S. District judge Aileen Cannon has denied a request by the Department of Justice to share former special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents report with Congress. The DOJ under outgoing president Joe Biden had requested that the second volume of Smith's report be shared with lawmakers,
According to legal analyst Glenn Kirschner on Friday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is "about to do Donald Trump another solid" by potentially helping the president-elect stop the release of details about his mishandled classified documents case to ...
Judge Aileen Cannon gave Attorney General Merrick Garland the green light on Monday to release special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his 2020 election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump.