AG Garland to Release SC Report on Trump's Insurrection

Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Special counsel Jack Smith has turned over to Attorney General Merrick Garland the completed final report on his two investigations that resulted in felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump ...

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Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to publicly release special counsel Jack Smith's final report detailing evidence that Donald Trump criminally conspired to subvert the 2020 election and disenfranchise millions of voters. www.politico.com/news/2025/01 ...

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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-08 03:49 PM | Reply

"But the Justice Department said Wednesday there was "neither any need nor legal basis for an injunction" on the release of the report because Garland intends to give Congress only volume one "

which focuses on Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election " "in furtherance of the public interest in informing a co-equal branch and the public regarding this significant matter."

"Garland will not publicly release volume two of the report as long as the cases against Trump's co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira remain pending. The 11th circuit on Wednesday ordered lawyers for Nauta and De Oliveira to reply by 5 p.m.

The Justice Department's filing said that they would not release any material from volume two, which is the only portion of the report that is relevant to the classified documents case."

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-08 04:59 PM | Reply

"For the time being, Volume Two will be made available for in camera review only by the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees upon their request and agreement not to release any information from Volume Two publicly," Justice Department lawyers wrote.

"This limited disclosure will further the public interest in keeping congressional leadership apprised of a significant matter within the Department while safeguarding defendants' interests."

"The Justice Department is also asking the 11th Circuit to vacate Cannon's temporary injunction blocking the release of any portion of the report for three days following a ruling by the circuit court.

That three-day window would theoretically give Trump time to seek intervention from the Supreme Court to block the release of volume one of the report. If the circuit court grants DOJ's request and overturns Cannon's order, volume one could be released any time after that."

Velly interesting....

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-08 05:46 PM | Reply

That report cost a lot of money. The people that paid for it should get to see it.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-01-08 05:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

... an injunction put in place by a Trump-appointed judge ...

She has already dismissed the documents case that was before her.

So, what say does she have in saying the report about the J6 events (a case that was not before her) should not be released?

I admit that I am a legal lay-person, even so, Judge Cannon's decision seems odd to me.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-08 05:56 PM | Reply

We are just mere citizens with bo right to now the truth about the pnly coup sttempt in the history of the United States; probably the crimes committed should remain hidden so that evil propagandists can rewrite the history of this event in a more favorable light to the instigator in chief.

#6 | Posted by danni at 2025-01-09 12:20 AM | Reply

@#4 ... hat report cost a lot of money. The people that paid for it should get to see it. ...

Yes.

But the release of the report should go through the Judicial process.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-09 12:25 AM | Reply

LAMP

Should Trump succeed in blocking release of these reports in the U.S., I'd be curious to know if there is any reason why these reports can't be released to any friendly foreign journalism who may have a "vested" interest.

If not, albeit circular, I doubt it would take long for the reports to make their way back into the hands U.S. journalists who have no obligation to disclose their source.

At least not until Trump's gets around to shutting down the Freedom of the Press.

#8 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-01-09 06:08 AM | Reply

Only one person is above the law in America, and that is the idiot incoming President, who the truly irrational American electorate chose to run things for four years.
If Trump is above the law in our democracy, then so am I, so are you, and so is Luigi. Sure, people will go to jail, but the only moral law is "don't get caught".

#9 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-01-09 07:39 AM | Reply

If nothing else I hope what comes of this is a better photo of Judge Cannon in her office.

This report will do little other than further clarify to the world what and whom they are dealing with in King Dotard II. I hope the report is posted far and wide, and read by as many Americans as possible. To fight our enemy we must know them first...

#10 | Posted by catdog at 2025-01-09 09:34 AM | Reply

Smith and Garland can both go F themselves.
Useless mf'ers.

#11 | Posted by morris at 2025-01-09 08:41 PM | Reply

This won't be biased, what a PoS Garland is.

#12 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-01-09 08:49 PM | Reply

Eleventh Circuit: No problem. www.courthousenews.com

#13 | Posted by et_al at 2025-01-09 08:50 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

He FINALLY does one thing right, and 1Nut is pissy about it.

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-09 08:59 PM | Reply

#10 | Posted by catdog at 2025-01-09 09:34 AM | Reply

Sorry to burst your little bubble but the American people don't care about your anti-democratic lawfare anymore. They have seen Russia gate, the phony NY lawsuits, the attempted assassinations, the childish name calling and soundly rejected it. It also showed to the American people that the Democratic party has nothing else to offer. And the big one was the Democratic part continuing to insult half of americans, even Obama blew that one. So go ahead and release it, it will be click bait for losers like yourself who live in a constant state of misery. Good luck with that.

#15 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-01-10 01:49 PM | Reply

Does this compromise the cases of co-defendants.

#16 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-10 02:01 PM | Reply

I neglected to put a question mark after that sentence.

#17 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-10 02:02 PM | Reply