President-elect Donald Trump‘s attorneys asked Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday to withhold special counsel Jack Smith’s final report from the public, arguing its release would be “imprudent and unlawful.”
Trump’s attorneys, led by his deputy attorney general nominee, Todd Blanche, made the demand in a scathing letter after recently reviewing a draft of the two-volume report.
They made numerous objections to the report’s release and said it functioned only as a “partisan weapon.” They argued Smith was not properly appointed as special counsel and therefore not in a position to release such a report. They also said it violated presidential immunity and interfered with Trump’s transition to the White House.
“You must countermand Smith’s proposed course of action, remove him, and stop the preparation
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