The Florida jurist finds ‘no historical precedent’ for plan to release a special counsel’s dossier while a case is ongoing.
The Florida-based judge did not immediately rule on whether the Justice Department can move forward with its plan to show the report to a handful of lawmakers.
House Democrats ask Attorney General Merrick Garland to drop the charges against President-elect Trump's former co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira.
Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal wrangling over
Though Trump is no longer a party to the case, Garland agreed with concerns raised by Smith that publicly releasing the classified documents report could unfairly prejudice co-defendants Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira - both longtime Trump employees.
A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for the Justice Department to release one of the two volumes that make up special counsel Jack Smith's final report.
Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who dismissed the classified documents case, blocked a volume about that matter from being shown to Congress but allowed the release of a volume about the election case.
Judge Aileen M. Cannon said prosecutors should not be allowed to share the report outside the Justice Department, adding that it contained information that had not been made public.
President Trump signed another executive order, titled "Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government." It provides, in part: The prior
Attorney General Merrick Garland has said that the classified documents section of the two-volume report should not be made public at the moment because an appeal in that proceeding remains active as to Trump’s two co-defendants in the case and that any release of new information could be prejudicial to them.
The owner of a popular Palm Beach County pizzeria faces a felony charge, accused of not paying more than $100,000 in state sales tax revenue. Tonight a short list of potential candidates was supposed to be presented to Fort Pierce city commissioners, but some technical hiccups caused a delay in that process.