A federal judge ruled Monday that special counsel Jack Smith may release a report detailing the election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump.
U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon of South Florida with a signed purchase order Trump denied requests by two of Trump's former co-defendants to block the report, clearing the way for its release as early as midnight.
Co-defendants Walt Nauta, a presidential valet, and Carlos de Oliveira, a Mar-a-Lago employee, are accused of colluding with the former president to hide classified intelligence files at a resort in Palm Beach, Florida. There is.
Cannon has set a hearing on January 17 to determine whether portions of the report dealing with the case will see the light of day, given the “factual and legal issues at issue.” It was ruled that the event should be held.
But the 2020 election lawsuit has nothing to do with the classified documents indictment involving two of President Trump's co-defendants, she noted.
“All parties also agree that the release of Volume 2 would be inconsistent with the fair trial rights of Defendants Nauta and De Oliveira and with Department of Justice policies governing the release of information during the pendency of criminal proceedings. “It seems like there are,” Cannon added.
