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Judge Rules DOJ Can't Share Jack Smith Docs Report
Newsmax ^ | January 21, 2025 | Charlie McCarthy

Posted on 01/21/2025 9:14:03 AM PST by Navy Patriot

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the Justice Department cannot share special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents report with members of Congress.

U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon extended the hold she had placed blocking the DOJ from sharing with four lawmakers Smith's report on his probe into President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents.

"In short, the Department offers no valid justification for the purportedly urgent desire to release to members of Congress case information in an ongoing criminal proceeding," Cannon wrote in an order published Tuesday, the day after Trump returned to office.

Cannon, who dismissed the classified documents case in July, accused prosecutors representing the position of former Attorney General Merrick Garland of misleading her at a court hearing Friday, CNN reported.

The judge wrote that prosecutors play a "special role" in the criminal justice system, and Garland's attorneys were not "faithful to that obligation."

Before Trump was sworn in Monday, Garland sought to share Smith's report privately with leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees on the condition they did not disclose what was in it.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aileencannon; doj; fbi; fib; jacksmith; lawfare; merrickgarland
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Sorry, no leaking of Lies and Fabricated "evidence" like American bureaucrat Traitors did for Hillary Clinton in the Russia, Russia, Russia False Flag Hoax.
1 posted on 01/21/2025 9:14:03 AM PST by Navy Patriot
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Before Trump was sworn in Monday, Garland sought to share Smith's report privately with leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees on the condition they did not disclose what was in it.
Hey, at least there was no agenda on his part.
Rimshot!

2 posted on 01/21/2025 9:16:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Navy Patriot
Garland sought to share Smith's report privately with leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees on the condition they did not disclose what was in it.

Tell Democrat congressmen not to do something, and that's exactly what they will do.

3 posted on 01/21/2025 9:17:08 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: Navy Patriot

Yeah, that’ll stop it from being leaked. Hell, Hohman’s ICE plans for today’s actions were leaked over the weekend. Ferreting out these UPOS leakers will take some time. ๐Ÿค”


4 posted on 01/21/2025 9:17:10 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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To: Navy Patriot

Trump can just declassify them.


5 posted on 01/21/2025 9:18:44 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Navy Patriot
"In short, the Department offers no valid justification for the purportedly urgent desire to release to members of Congress case information in an ongoing criminal proceeding," Cannon wrote in an order published Tuesday, the day after Trump returned to office.

Given that Congress has oversight responsibility for the Federal Courts, this is just wierd.

6 posted on 01/21/2025 9:23:01 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Navy Patriot

so...leaked in 2 hours or will it take 3?


7 posted on 01/21/2025 9:23:48 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: circlecity

Why would he do that? He has been fighting the release.


8 posted on 01/21/2025 9:23:58 AM PST by FreedomNotSafety
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To: circlecity
Trump can just selectively declassify them.
9 posted on 01/21/2025 9:24:58 AM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot

Why isn’t Meritless locked up for appointing an illegal prosecutor?

And, what is Matthew Coangelo doing today?

Jack’ole Smith?

That Graves guy?


10 posted on 01/21/2025 9:26:53 AM PST by Paladin2
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...Garland sought to share Smith's report privately with leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees on the condition they did not disclose what was in it.


11 posted on 01/21/2025 9:27:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: FreedomNotSafety

Not the report but the classified docs which supposedly support it.


12 posted on 01/21/2025 9:28:02 AM PST by circlecity
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so...leaked in 2 hours or will it take 3?

No matter, still prosecutable as conspiracy.

13 posted on 01/21/2025 9:29:00 AM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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Again, why would he? He is fighting the release of the report which as you said includes documents. Why would he release the documents? These documents are testimony,interviews, etc.


14 posted on 01/21/2025 9:31:14 AM PST by FreedomNotSafety
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To: FreedomNotSafety

The documents donโ€™t support the report. Duhhhhhh.


15 posted on 01/21/2025 9:32:21 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Navy Patriot

If it is as truthful as his report on January 6, 2021, then it will be garbage: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/jack_smith_s_deceitful_january_6_timeline.html


16 posted on 01/21/2025 9:43:19 AM PST by AJFavish (www.allanfavish.com)
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Garland sought to share Smith's report privately with leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees on the condition they did not disclose what was in it.

Wink wink... nudge nudge....

17 posted on 01/21/2025 9:56:49 AM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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Suddenly he’s not only able to actually provide congress with information on “an ongoing investigation” for the first time ever, he was eager to do so. Go figure.


18 posted on 01/21/2025 9:58:01 AM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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You are correct, it will be mostly garbage.

However, every piece of fabricated evidence has information in it that will expose the fabricators and their method of fabrication.

Selective and partial Declassification can make that information available to disseminate by anyone, while disseminating the false accusation remains a punishable crime.

Serendipity.

19 posted on 01/21/2025 9:59:19 AM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot

The never-ending attempts to smear, defame and label Trump continues.


20 posted on 01/21/2025 10:11:28 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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