US EditionJudiciary Dems float killing Mar-a-Lago case in nudging Garland to release Trump report
- House Judiciary Democrats requested Attorney General Merrick Garland to drop charges against Trump's co-defendants to release the second volume of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on the classified documents case.
- Garland stated he will not release the report while charges against Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira remain, as both men face prosecution.
- Democrats believe that dropping the charges would allow for transparency and accountability, emphasizing that Trump's actions should not escape public scrutiny.
- Judge Aileen Cannon will hear arguments regarding the report's release, and the outcome could affect the report's availability for at least four years.
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Democrats have one weird trick to release the rest of Jack Smith's report
In a letter sent Thursday morning, House Judiciary Committee Democrats urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to drop federal charges against Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. In so doing, Garland would remove...
The fight over Jack Smith’s report on documents case symbolizes the Trump-era legal war
Just days ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration, there’s a legal battle playing out in the classified documents case that captures how the outgoing and incoming administrations view justice and wield power.
'Essential to the rule of law': Why Dems want Garland to stop prosecuting Trump codefendants
With just four days left atop the Department of Justice (DOJ), outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland is still pursuing federal charges against two of President-elect Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Now, Democrats are asking him to drop those two cases.CB...
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