Trump attorneys demand Garland withhold Jack Smith’s report: ‘Partisan weapon’

Published January 7, 2025 12:06am ET



President-elect Donald Trump‘s attorneys asked Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday to withhold special counsel Jack Smith’s final report from the public, arguing its release would be “imprudent and unlawful.”

Trump’s attorneys, led by his deputy attorney general nominee, Todd Blanche, made the demand in a scathing letter after recently reviewing a draft of the two-volume report.

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