Special counsel Jack Smith revealed Wednesday that Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to make public the portion of Smith’s final report pertaining to President-elect Donald Trump’s 2020 election case.
Justice Department lawyers said the plan is to release a special counsel report about Trump's election interference charges, not classified documents.
The volume of Smith’s report covering the investigation into whether Trump withheld White House documents won’t be released.
Special counsel Jack Smith has been working on a final report to be completed before Trump's inauguration, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.
The Florida federal judge overseeing Donald Trump ’s classified documents case is blocking Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing a report prepared by the prosecutor who led the classified documents criminal cases against the president-elect.
Democratic lawmakers blamed the Department of Justice not bringing charges against President-elect Trump sooner for assuring his election victory.
AG Merrick Garland intends to release the portion of the special counsel's report related to his election interference case against Donald Trump, according to a filing.
But Garland intends to withhold the classified docs report while the case against Trump's co-defendants is ongoing.
Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to release only the volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report dealing with Donald Trump’s plans to subvert the transfer of power after his loss in the
Donald Trump’s lawyers are demanding US Attorney General Merrick Garland block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s “Final Report.”
The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee this week urged the Department of Justice to rescind some war powers-related legal opinions and release certain records, a call that came in the lead-up to Republican President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House.