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Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to publicly release special counsel Jack Smith’s final report detailing evidence that Donald Trump criminally conspired to subvert the 2020 election and disenfranchise millions of voters.
But Garland will withhold from public release a second volume of the report describing Smith’s second case against Trump for amassing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after leaving office in 2021.
The Justice Department revealed Garland’s decision Wednesday morning in a court filing opposing Trump’s effort to block Smith from releasing his final report altogether, “since the President-elect is no longer a defendant in any Special Counsel matter.” Both cases against Trump were dismissed after he won election to a second term in November, with prosecutors citing long standing DOJ policies against prosecuting a sitting president.
But Garland will withhold from public release a second volume of the report describing Smith’s second case against Trump for amassing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after leaving office in 2021.
The Justice Department revealed Garland’s decision Wednesday morning in a court filing opposing Trump’s effort to block Smith from releasing his final report altogether, “since the President-elect is no longer a defendant in any Special Counsel matter.” Both cases against Trump were dismissed after he won election to a second term in November, with prosecutors citing long standing DOJ policies against prosecuting a sitting president.