Judge Cannon blocks Jack Smith report release
CNBC • • nation
Key Points:
- A Florida federal judge appointed by Trump, Aileen Cannon, permanently blocked the public release of former special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on Trump’s prosecution for retaining classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, citing her prior ruling that Smith was not legally appointed.
- Cannon argued that releasing the report would cause irreparable harm to the defendants due to disclosure of non-public material and contested grand jury and privilege issues, emphasizing the presumption of innocence since no guilt was adjudicated.
- Trump’s co-defendants and Trump himself had requested the report be kept from the public, and Cannon also rejected a request to destroy the report; she acknowledged her ruling could be appealed to higher courts.
- Advocacy groups like the Knight First Amendment Institute and American Oversight condemned
