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Trump requests Garland block Smith’s final report
By Craig Nigrelli (Anchor), Brock Koller (Senior Producer), Shea Taylor (Producer), Kaleb Gillespie (Video Editor)
Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday, asking him to prevent Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing his final reports on the election interference and classified documents cases. The special counsel must provide a report to Garland, despite the dismissal of both cases.
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According to the letter and a legal filing, Trump’s lawyers and two former co-defendants in the documents case viewed a two-volume draft copy of the report over the weekend. They called the report “one-sided” and “slanted.”
In the letter, Trump’s lawyer requested Garland fire Smith. However, Smith said he’d resign before Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
If Smith doesn’t release the report before his resignation, he risks Trump’s incoming attorney general, Pam Bondi, deciding on the report’s release.
The lawyers for Trump’s two former co-defendants in the documents case also asked the judge who dismissed the case to halt the report’s release, citing her ruling that Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional.
While it is not clear when the report will be released, the lawyers asked the judge for a hearing on their request by Friday, Jan. 10, believing the release is “imminent.”
[craig nigrelli]
ON MONDAY — LAWYERS FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP SENT A LETTER TO ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND – ASKING HIM TO STOP SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH FROM RELEASING HIS FINAL REPORT ON THE ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE AND THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE.
THOUGH BOTH CASES HAVE BEEN DISMISSED – THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REPORT TO GARLAND – WHO CAN THEN DECIDED WHETHER TO MAKE IT PUBLIC.
ACCORDING TO THE LETTER AND A LEGAL FILING – LAWYERS FOR TRUMP — AS WELL AS FOR TWO OF HIS FORMER CO-DEFENDANTS IN THE DOCUMENTS CASE – WERE ABLE TO VIEW A TWO-VOLUME DRAFT COPY OF THE REPORT OVER THE WEEKEND. THEY CALLED IT QUOTE “ONE-SIDED” AND “SLANTED.”
IN THE LETTER – TRUMP’S LAWYER REQUESTED GARLAND FIRE SMITH – WHO IS SET TO RESIGN BEFORE TRUMP’S INAUGURATION – OR LET THE DECISION ON THE RELEASE OF THE REPORT BE HANDLED BY TRUMP’S INCOMING ATTORNEY GENERAL, PAM BONDI.
MEANTIME – THE LAWYERS FOR TRUMP’S TWO FORMER CO-DEFENDANTS, IN THE DOCUMENTS CASE, ARE ASKING THE JUDGE WHO DISMISSED THE CASE, TO HALT THE REPORT’S RELEASE – CITING HER RULING THAT SMITH’S APPOINTMENT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
WHILE IT IS NOT CLEAR WHEN THE REPORT WOULD BE RELEASED – THE LAWYERS HAVE ASKED THE JUDGE FOR HEARING ON THEIR REQUEST BY FRIDAY – BELIEVING THE RELEASE IS “IMMINENT.”
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