‘Pathetically transparent tirade’: Trump asks Cannon to block release of special counsel report as lawyers call Smith a ‘rogue actor’ with a ‘vendetta’

Left: FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File). Center: U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida). Right: Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before departing Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, Pool).

Left: FILE – Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File). Center: U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida). Right: Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before departing Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, Pool).

The Department of Justice is asking a federal appeals court to reverse U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s order temporarily enjoining Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his investigations into Donald Trump, arguing that the judge had “no basis at all” for halting the public release of volume one of the report.

The DOJ planned to release the first volume to Congress and the public while only releasing volume two for review in chambers “by the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees upon their request and agreement not to release any information from Volume Two publicly.”

The DOJ’s notice of appeal, filed just after midnight on Friday, came after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request from Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, Trump’s codefendants in the case, to prevent the release of Smith’s report. While the appeals court rejected Nauta and De Oliveira’s request, it left in place Cannon’s order, which she said would remain in effect for additional three days following resolution by the appellate court.

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