When federal prosecutors urged a federal appeals court to lift Judge Aileen Cannon’s injunction blocking the release of the DOJ Mar-a-Lago classified documents, Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed his intent to release to the public the findings of Jack Smith’s 2020 election subversion case.
The court filing also said that the department will not release the investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents, as to “avoid any risk of prejudice” to Trump’s co-defendants in the case, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, whose cases are still pending.
Garland made the recommendation at Jack Smith’s determination.
- The filing all but assures us that the public will never see the classified documents report, but it will be available for review by top members of the House and Senate Judiciary committees.
- It is widely expected that the new Trump DOJ will dismiss charges against co-defendants Nauta and De Oliveira. Trump
lackeyswrote Garland abig beautiful loveletter urging him to fire Smith and leave the matter to his own DOJ.
But wait, there’s more —
Team Orange is still working hard to block the release of Jack Smith’s D.C. election subversion case as well.
