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'Terminate all efforts': Trump fighting to keep Jack Smith's final report hidden from public

Jan 07, 2025 View Original Article
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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -52% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : ""We write on behalf of President Trump to demand that Smith terminate all efforts toward the preparation and release of this report," the filing read.
42% : The bid for a hearing could be a means of delaying the case further until Trump is sworn in as president, after which he would have full control of the DOJ.
40% : However, after Trump was elected to a second term in November, Smith moved to have the cases dismissed, likely so he could move to writing the final report before Trump's inauguration on January 20.
31% : "READ MORE: Trump dodging federal cases has 'implications for the future of American democracy': authorThe Guardian described the effort to suppress the report as a "long-shot effort," given that President Joe Biden's administration will ultimately decide whether the final report gets published.
22% : Trump was indicted on 37 felony counts of allegedly mishandling classified documents in the Southern District of Florida, and on four counts of allegedly interfering with the certification of the election in Washington D.C.
19% : Trump's lawyers falsely asserted that because U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon (who Trump appointed to the bench months before he was voted out of office) dismissed Smith's classified documents case based on an opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas in the Trump v. United States immunity ruling, that her decision was legally binding.
10% : "Now, Trump's lawyers are arguing for an additional hearing for co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, who were charged with allegedly helping Trump violate classified documents laws.

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