Judge Aileen Cannon blocks release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on Trump investigation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Cannon was appointed by Trump during his first term in office.
51% : In the filings, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira asked Cannon to block the release of the special counsel report, which is expected in the coming days before Trump is sworn in as president for the second time.
51% : The attorneys, two of whom have been selected by Trump for top Justice Department roles in the new administration, asked for advance notice of the report's release so that they can "take appropriate legal action."In the court filings, the defense lawyers said that the government allowed them "limited-access" review of the draft over the weekend and that it "revealed a one-sided narrative arguing that the Defendants committed the crimes charged in this case.
32% : Trump himself was dropped from the case, on the request of prosecutors, after his reelection last year, but the prosecution of Nauta and De Oliveira has been handed off to the US attorney's office in South Florida.
30% : Lawyers for Trump have reviewed a draft of Smith's final report related to federal investigations into the president-elect, according to a letter included in court filings from Trump's former co-defendants Monday night.
28% : The defense teams' efforts also come after recent special counsels Robert Hur, John Durham and Robert Mueller finalized reports that were released to the public with little opposition about criminal cases they charged or, in the circumstances of Trump and Joe Biden, declined to charge.
25% : The two men, who both worked for Trump and have pleaded not guilty to obstruction-related crimes, argued that Smith does not have the authority to release the report because Cannon previously deemed his appointment as special counsel unlawful.
19% : While Cannon dismissed the case against them and Trump over the summer, the Justice Department is appealing her ruling that Smith's appointment was unconstitutional.

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