Cannon denies last-minute Trump bid to block Smith’s Jan. 6 report

SUMMARY

U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon denied President-elect Trump’s eleventh-hour attempt to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s January 6 report on alleged election interference. The emergency petition, filed just after 10 p.m. on January 13, came less than two hours before the Justice Department’s scheduled release of the report. Earlier in the day, Cannon had allowed the release of the election interference volume, while withholding the Mar-a-Lago documents portion of the report. Trump’s attorneys requested Cannon to extend her order blocking the report’s release until at least January 17, citing a need to address his motion to intervene and seek a permanent injunction. However, Cannon swiftly denied the request, upholding her earlier decision and permitting the release of the January 6 report. The Mar-a-Lago report remains under wraps, with a hearing scheduled for January 17 to address further consideration.