Judge allows Trump to temporarily block release of special counsel report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : Related: Trump loses bid to delay sentencing in hush-money caseFinal reports are initially confidential when a special counsel sends them to the attorney general, but the attorney general can then choose how much should be made public - and Garland has previously pledged to release at least some of the contents of Smith's report.
37% : They argued that because Smith decided to drop his appeal against that ruling after Trump won the election, Cannon's ruling was binding.
23% : But that leaves a narrow window of time for Smith to be able to release his two-volume report before Trump takes office and his incoming attorney general almost certainly shreds the prospect of the highly damning document coming out.
22% : The lawyers leaned heavily into their contention that Smith was improperly appointed because he was not confirmed by the Senate before he took the job - the basis on which Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against Trump.
20% : The attempt to stave off the release of any of its contents appears to come from their vehement objection to the report concluding that Trump in effect orchestrated criminal conspiracies.

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