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(WASHINGTON) — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed Donald Trump’s classified documents case, has ruled that the Justice Department can release Volume One of special counsel report Jack Smith’s report, covering his election interference case against Trump — but is reserving ruling on whether the DOJ can make Volume Two, on the classified documents case, available to congressional leadership for review.<\/p>\n

Cannon has scheduled a hearing for Jan. 17 on that matter.<\/p>\n

Cannon last week issued the injunction\u00a0temporarily blocking<\/a>\u00a0the release of the entire report — both the first volume on the Jan. 6 case and the second volume on the classified documents case — as the Justice Department appeared poised to publicly release the report. Attorney General Merrick Garland had vowed to release the classified documents volume to top members of Congress and to publicly release the classified documents volume — which the DOJ attested in a\u00a0filing this weekend<\/a>\u00a0has no bearing on the evidence or charges related Nauta and De Oliveira — but Trump’s former co-defendants continue to push for neither volume to see the light of day.<\/p>\n

In a separate case, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, who in April\u00a0indicted 11 individuals<\/a>, including Trump allies Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election results in her state, told Garland in a letter Sunday that gaining access to the case file will “help ensure that those who should be held accountable are.”<\/p>\n

“Today, my office has one of the only remaining cases that includes charges against national actors,” the letter said. “I have held steadfast to prosecuting the grand jury’s indictment because those who tried to subvert democracy in 2020 must be held accountable.”<\/p>\n

The letter also asked the DOJ for any “exculpatory material” unearthed in the probe.<\/p>\n

It also referenced a recent order from a state judge that granted a request from Meadows for discovery in the case to help aid in his defense. The letter, though, acknowledges that the state judge “cannot compel disclosure from a federal agency.”<\/p>\n

“For the reasons discussed above, the Maricopa County Superior Court’s order should be fulfilled. In the alternative, consider this a request under the Freedom of Information Act,” the letter states. “Disclosure will ensure justice is done consistent with the rule of law.”<\/p>\n

Trump\u00a0pleaded not guilty<\/a>\u00a0in 2023 to 40 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials after leaving the White House, after prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information and took steps to thwart the government’s efforts to retrieve them from his Mar-a-Lago estate. The former president, along with Nauta and De Oliveira, pleaded not guilty in a\u00a0superseding indictment<\/a>\u00a0to allegedly attempting to delete surveillance footage at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n

Trump also\u00a0pleaded not guilty<\/a>\u00a0in 2023 to separate charges of undertaking a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 election in an effort to subvert democracy and remain in power.<\/p>\n

Both cases\u00a0were dismissed<\/a>\u00a0following Trump’s reelection in November due to a longstanding Justice Department policy prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president.<\/p>\n

Smith\u00a0resigned as special prosecutor<\/a>\u00a0on Friday after wrapping up the cases and submitting his report to Garland.<\/p>\n

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