Fight over Hidden Report on Trump Documents Case Goes to Appeals Court - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Fight over hidden report on Trump documents case goes to appeals court - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

WASHINGTON — A Trump-appointed federal judge’s lingering inaction over a special counsel’s report about President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents has ensured that it remains hidden, prompting a free-speech group to urge an appeals court to intervene.

Knight Institute Asks Appeals Court to Compel Ruling in Trump Classified Documents Case

ATLANTA—The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University today filed a petition asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to compel a lower court to rule on a motion that the Institute filed more than six months ago, seeking the release of a Special Counsel report on President Trump’s alleged unlawful retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after he left office in 2021.  “The court’s months-long delay in ruling