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A federal judge on Monday permanently barred the release of a report by special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, granted a request from the Republican president to keep under wraps the report on a criminal investigation once seen as posing significant legal peril to Trump.

Smith and his team produced a two-volume report on investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election after he lost to Joe Biden and his retention of classified documents at his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, after he left the White House following his first term.

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[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 16 points 17 hours ago

Of course it can be released/leaked anyways. Just drop it into a signal chat and accidentally invite a journalist.

[-] AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Smith's one of those super straight-arrows; I doubt he'd violate the law in any way to get past this.

My bet is he'll find a way to get this appealed and reversed, because he's a sharp legal mind and she's a sycophantic dingbat.

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