Trump's attorneys ask Garland to stop the release of special counsel report as his former codefendants take the matter to federal court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : The letter, addressed to Garland and a top career official at the Justice Department, alleged the special counsel did not have the legal authority to submit a final report summarizing his dual investigations into Trump and urged the attorney general to "put an end to this weaponization of the justice system and move forward constructively."
39% : The pair were charged alongside Trump as part of an alleged effort to obstruct the classified documents probe.
31% : Bratt, a 34-year federal prosecutor and former head of the Justice Department's counterintelligence section, played a key role in the origins of the classified documents probe and went on to prosecute the case against Trump as part of Smith's team.
29% : While Smith dropped his appeal of the case against Trump citing Justice Department policy, he opted to keep going with the appeal in Nauta and de Oliveira's case in an effort to reverse the legal precedent created by Cannon's ruling that Smith was unlawfully appointed.
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.
21% : The probes resulted in criminal indictments against Trump, which have since been dismissed.
12% : The 2020 election-related charges against Trump were dismissed after Trump was re-elected.

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