Trump's attorneys review draft of Smith's final special counsel report and want it blocked from public release

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The attorneys, two of whom have been selected by Trump for top Justice Department roles in the new administration, asked for advance notice of the report's release so that they can "take appropriate legal action.
50% : In the filings, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira ask Judge Aileen Cannon to block the release of the special counsel report, which was expected in the coming days before Trump is sworn in as president for the second time.
40% : The special counsel's office indicated the report would have two volumes: likely one related to the documents case and another related to the separate January 6-related federal charges against Trump.
32% : Trump himself was dropped from the case, on the request of prosecutors, after his reelection last year, but the prosecution of Nauta and De Oliveira has been handed off to the US attorney's office in South Florida.
28% : The defense teams' efforts also come after recent special counsels Robert Hur, John Durham and Robert Mueller finalized reports that were released to the public with little opposition about criminal cases they charged or, in the circumstances of Trump and Joe Biden, declined to charge.
27% : The two men, who both worked for Trump and have pleaded not guilty to obstruction related crimes, argued in the filings that Smith does not have the authority to release the report because Cannon previously deemed his appointment as special counsel unlawful.
19% : While Cannon dismissed the case against them and Trump over the summer, the Justice Department is appealing her ruling that Smith's appointment was unconstitutional.
9% : Lawyers for Donald Trump have reviewed a draft of special counsel Jack Smith's final report related to federal investigations into the president-elect and are threatening legal action if the Justice Department moves to release it, according to a letter included in court filings from Trump's former co-defendants Monday night.

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