The Florida jurist finds ‘no historical precedent’ for plan to release a special counsel’s dossier while a case is ongoing.
Democrats urged the attorney general to release the remainder of the special counsel's report even if it means dismissing charges against Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira.
The first part of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on his now-closed investigations into President-elect Trump was released Tuesday, days before he will be sworn into office.
The Justice Department is firing "over a dozen" officials who were part of former special counsel Jack Smith's teams that prosecuted President Donald Trump, officials confirmed to ABC News Monday. Acting Attorney General James McHenry transmitted letters to the officials informing them of their termination,
House Democrats are urging Merrick Garland to take all necessary steps to release special counsel Jack Smith's report on Donald Trump's handling of classified documents.
Within days of becoming attorney general, he assembled his deputies and told them to turn over every Trump rock. Blame a lumbering system—and an electorate that didn’t care.
President-elect Donald Trump had sought to block the report’s release by Attorney General Merrick Garland, arguing that Smith’s detailing of his efforts to remain in power after his 2020 electoral defeat would interfere with his presidential transition.
Cannon’s ruling stated that Garland, the Department of Justice, Smith, and “all of their officers, agents, and employees, and all persons acting in active concert or participation with such individuals” could not publish any part of the report until three days after the Eleventh Circuit ruled on the case.
It’s a state of affairs in which Attorney General Merrick Garland playing it by the book will effectively aid Trump’s bid to keep special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the documents case ...
Six months after she dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon can now decide whether to squash the release of Jack Smith's report, too.
Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on Donald Trump's election interference attempts was released, sending many online into anger.
The Justice Department fired officials who worked on the special counsel team that investigated Donald Trump in two separate criminal cases, a spokesman said.