US EditionCannon keeps Jack Smith’s classified records report under wraps for now
Judge Cannon granted defendants time to argue against the report's release citing due process concerns; restrictions expire Feb. 24, with report due within 60 days.
- On Monday, Judge Aileen Cannon kept Special Counsel Jack Smith's final Mar‑a‑Lago report under restrictions, delaying public release and mandating they `automatically expire` on February 24, granting President Donald Trump leave to intervene in his `personal capacity`.
- Amid appeals and a complicated prosecution posture, Judge Cannon delayed the report, citing defendants' arguments that disclosure would harm their due‑process rights, as the 11th Circuit had chided her for undue delay.
- Cannon rejected attempts by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia and American Oversight to compel release, calling their intervention `unsupported by law and unprecedented in scope`; the Knight Institute vowed an appeal, while American Oversight denounced the ruling.
- The sealed status now hampers congressional oversight, as congressional Republicans cannot question Special Counsel Jack Smith and cases dismissed `without prejudice` could be refiled, with appeals to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Merrick Garland previously chose public release for another report and proposed in‑camera sharing here, while Special Counsel Jack Smith's testimony last week raised stakes with allegations of a criminal scheme.
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