The Florida jurist finds ‘no historical precedent’ for plan to release a special counsel’s dossier while a case is ongoing.

Cannon’s ruling could make it easier for the Trump administration to bury the report, which recounts Smith’s investigation into the classified records that Trump stored at his Mar-a-Lago home after his first term and his alleged attempt to obstruct efforts to retrieve them.

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon ordered a Friday hearing to discuss releasing a DOJ report in the dismissed classified document case against Donald Trump.

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.

Six months after she dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon can now decide whether to squash the release of Jack Smith's report, too.

Judge Aileen Cannon may not be inclined to allow the Justice Department to share special counsel Jack Smith's report on the classified documents case with Congress — at least for now.

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.

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.

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.

Smith resigned from the Justice Department ... Judge Aileen Cannon will hear arguments over Volume 2 in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Thursday. Garland released Volume 1, focused on the election ...

FORT PIERCE — The federal judge who dismissed ... Attorney General Merrick Garland from sharing Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on the classified documents case with select members of ...

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