‘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 U.S. Department of Justice over the weekend continued to push for the release of former special counsel Jack Smith’s two-volume final report into the federal criminal investigations into Donald Trump. The department has been pressing for the release of the report since U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon last week issued an order temporarily enjoining Attorney General Merrick Garland from putting out either volume of the report.

Smith formally resigned as special counsel on Friday after submitting his report to Garland.

The DOJ is seeking the public release of the first volume of the report, which deals with Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election, and the release of the second volume, which deals with Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, to select members of Congress due to ongoing criminal cases against two of Trump’ associates.

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