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federal judge ruled Monday that special counsel Jack Smith may release a report detailing his election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump.
South Florida US District Judge Aileen Cannon in a signed order denied a request from two of Trump’s former co-defendants seeking to block the report, clearing the way for its release as soon as midnight.
The co-defendants, presidential valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago employee Carlos De Oliveira, are accused of conspiring with the former president to conceal sensitive intelligence files at the Palm Beach, Fla, resort.
Cannon ruled that a hearing should be held Jan. 17 to determine whether the portion of the report covering that case will see the light of day, given its “contested factual and legal issues.”
The 2020 election case, however, has no bearing on the classified documents indictment involving those two Trump co-defendants, she noted.
“All parties also appear to agree that public release of Volume II would be inconsistent with the fair trial rights of Defendants Nauta and De Oliveira and with Department of Justice Policy governing the release of information during the pendency of criminal proceedings,” Cannon added.
