Special counsel's Trump report should be partially released, Justice Department tells appeals court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

34% : The special counsel and his office withdrew from the case after the 11th Circuit agreed to dismiss the appeal as it pertains to Trump following his election to a second term in November.
33% : The ongoing litigation is part of a bid by Trump and his allies to prevent federal prosecutors from releasing the contents of Smith's report.
30% : In the classified documents case, Trump was charged alongside Nauta and de Oliveira in an alleged scheme to obstruct the federal probe.
27% : Garland does, however, plan to submit to Congress and the public the first volume of Smith's report, which relates to his investigation and prosecution of Trump stemming from the 2020 presidential election.
25% : Smith led two now-defunct investigations into the president-elect, one tied to his alleged efforts to resist the peaceful transfer of power and overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and another based on accusations that Trump unlawfully retained sensitive government records after he left office in 2021.
25% : Trump initially pleaded not guilty and denied all wrongdoing.
23% : During a press conference on Tuesday, Trump slammed Smith as a "bad guy" and complimented Cannon, whom he appointed to the federal bench during his first term, as a "brilliant judge."
21% : The probes resulted in criminal indictments against Trump, which have since been dismissed.
21% : Smith ultimately dropped his bids to prosecute Trump, citing Justice Department rules that forbid the prosecution of a sitting president.

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