Special counsel’s Trump report should be partially released, Justice Department tells appeals court – CBS News
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The Justice Department urged a federal appeals court in Atlanta on Wednesday to clear the way for the release of a portion of special counsel Jack Smith’s report detailing his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump.
In court documents filed with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the government wrote that Attorney General Merrick Garland has determined not to release the volume of Smith’s report that deals with the classified documents case, so long as criminal proceedings involving co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira are pending.
Garland does, however, plan to submit to Congress and the public the first volume of Smith’s report, which relates to his investigation and prosecution of Trump stemming from the 2020 presidential election.
“Because the Attorney General has determined not to release to the public Volume Two of the Final Report to the public while defendants’ case remains pending—the volume that concerns the proceedings against defendants—an injunction is unnecessary,” prosecutors wrote, urging the 11th Circuit to deny the emergency request for an injunction.