Trump lawyers ask attorney general to block outgoing special counsel's report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "We write on behalf of President Trump to demand that Smith terminate all efforts toward the preparation and release of this report," the Trump lawyers, including Todd Blanche, whom Trump nominated to be his deputy attorney general, wrote in a 12-page letter to the attorney general, Merrick Garland.
41% : The twin actions on Monday amount to a long-shot effort by Trump to prevent the report into the case over his retention of classified documents and the case over his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election from ever becoming public.
37% : They argued that because Smith decided to drop his appeal against that ruling after Trump won the election, Cannon's ruling was binding.
31% : The lawyers accused Smith of using the two-volume report as a vehicle to damage Trump politically by using language that declared he engaged in criminal conduct, and in an ironic twist, complained that Smith was interfering in the transfer of power by preventing a smooth transition.
28% : The letter to Garland was attached to a motion filed by Trump's former co-defendants in the classified documents case: Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, two employees charged with helping Trump obstruct the criminal investigation by lying to the FBI.
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 the US district judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against Trump.
19% : 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 effectively orchestrated criminal conspiracies.

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