Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to withhold former special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents report from four members of Congress after prosecutors under former Attorney General Merrick Garland fought to release it to the lawmakers.
Cannon, a Trump appointee, said she saw no legitimate reason to allow anyone in Congress to see the volume of the special counsel report pertaining to Trump’s classified documents case while Trump’s two co-defendants were still facing charges.
Garland wanted to give the top Republicans and Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary committees access to the report, but Cannon observed that none of the lawmakers asked for it.
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“With respect to the Department’s assertion of congressional interest in Volume II, there has been no subpoena by Congress
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