Judge blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : The ruling from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon could represent a short-lived victory for Trump, but it's nonetheless the latest instance of the Trump-appointed jurist taking action in the Republican's favor.
38% : Using language that mimicked Trump's own attacks on Smith and his work, Blanche told Garland that the "release of any confidential report prepared by this out-of-control private citizen unconstitutionally posing as a prosecutor would be nothing more than a lawless political stunt, designed to politically harm President Trump and justify the huge sums of taxpayer money Smith unconstitutionally spent on his failed and dismissed cases.
35% : A federal judge temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on investigations into Donald Trump on Tuesday as an appeals court weighs a challenge to the disclosure of a much-anticipated document just days before the president-elect reclaims office.
35% : Lawyers for Trump, including Todd Blanche, who was picked by Trump to serve as his deputy attorney general, urged Garland in a letter made public late Monday to block the release of the report and to remove Smith from his position "promptly" -- or defer the release of the report to the incoming attorney general.
29% : Trump was also charged in an election interference case that was significantly narrowed by a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
22% : Trump was charged alongside two co-defendants in the classified documents case, which was dismissed in July by Cannon, who concluded that Smith's appointment was illegal.
12% : Trump responded to Cannon's order by complaining anew at a news conference about Smith's investigation and saying, "It'll be a fake report just like it was a fake investigation.

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