Judge Aileen Cannon blocks release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on Trump investigation

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

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Source: CNN

District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump.

Her order prevents Smith and the Justice Department from moving forward with releasing the report until the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals has time to review the emergency motion by Trump’s codefendants to block the report’s release.

The move comes amid a flurry of legal filings Monday night and Tuesday. Lawyers for Trump have reviewed a draft of Smith’s final report related to federal investigations into the president-elect, according to a letter included in court filings from Trump’s former co-defendants Monday night.

In the filings, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira asked Cannon to block the release of the special counsel report, which is expected in the coming days before Trump is sworn in as president for the second time. The two men, who both worked for Trump and have pleaded not guilty to obstruction-related crimes, argued that Smith does not have the authority to release the report because Cannon previously deemed his appointment as special counsel unlawful. (The 11th Circuit is currently considering DOJ’s appeal of that ruling as well).

Cannon was appointed by Trump during his first term in office.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/politics/trump-smith-special-counsel-final-report/index.html

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I just threw up in my own mouth. Judge Canon is the gift that keeps on giving. I expect her to be his next SCOTUS appointee, after Felon47's billionaire donors make Justice Thomas an offer he can't refuse, like $3 million a year and his personal jet if he retires by the end of the month.

It doesn't matter what the Court of Appeals decides. A defendant has 90 days to file a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court after the entry of the judgment by the circuit court of appeals.

I feel like I'm watching a bad episode of "Parker Lewis Can't Lose." It's going to be a long four years.

[hlthe2b]

1. Given she dismissed the ONLY case over which she HAD jurisdiction, HOW the HELL does she

have ANY SAY over this today? About damned time we hear from the 11th circuit...

[forgotmylogin]

9. Isn't it because her district has like two judges?

Trump files there and it's a coin-flip he gets his sugar mommy.

[BonnieJW]

17. I think someone should follow the supremes example

and leak it.

[mdbl]

2. Dump will nominate her for the next SCROTUS Judge.

[CousinIT]

4. That's the plan. Guaranteed. nt

[BoRaGard]

3. G.O.P. fascists amping up their War on Truth and America

outrageous

[CousinIT]

5. All they have to do is delay until after Jan 20th, then SHitler goons will destroy

the reports and all the evidence. It will never see the light of day.

[MadameButterfly]

14. Don't you think somebody is going to hide a copy

We might need a Daniel Ellsberg here. This is serious. This has to come out. I'm sure Jack Smith knows this and is exploring every angle. He probably wants to stay alive though. That makes it tricky.

[wcmagumba]

6. She would be a perfect judge for Putin's Russia, oh wait, she is perfect for Trump's America too...nt

[aeromanKC]

7. 11th circuit isn't exactly in her corner.

They've slapped her down a few times already. So there is that.

[getagrip_already]

8. Biden can release the report....

As long as it is part of his official duties, he can do it without penalty.

Release it joe.

[forgotmylogin]

12. I'd hope it's in someone's hands as a sort of dead-man's switch.

A trusted reporter should sit on it.

Biden could release it; he's got immunity. What are they gonna do, fire him?

[mn9driver]

15. THIS

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

10. Motherfucking damnit

I have had it with that abomination of a 'judge'.

[Marthe48]

11. Will she overreach into Judge Merchan's court and cancel the hush money sentencing hearing Friday?

And will the judiciary supposedly holding the line let her?

[gab13by13]

13. Pretty ridiculous isn't it?

What jurisdiction does Cannon have over the J6 report? None.

[hadEnuf]

16. This is the plan. They will destroy everything that makes Trump look bad and destroy the rest with exective orders,

legislation and judges. I think we need to forget about "how we will look" and pull out all the stops. Release the report any way we can. Hit these fuckers in the mouth any way we can. We are screwed for now anyway.

There is no chance of a way out of this unless we fight them like the way they have been fighting us, but we have to do it better and more intelligently.

We are basically at war. We turn and fight or we go quietly into the night

[Emile]

18. After alerts to the hosts, locking.

This is a duplicate post on the same news story posted earlier.

Dupe of
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143368424