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.
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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.
Tell Democrat congressmen not to do something, and that's exactly what they will do.
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. ๐ค
Trump can just declassify them.
Given that Congress has oversight responsibility for the Federal Courts, this is just wierd.
so...leaked in 2 hours or will it take 3?
Why would he do that? He has been fighting the release.
Why isn’t Meritless locked up for appointing an illegal prosecutor?
And, what is Matthew Coangelo doing today?
Jack’ole Smith?
That Graves guy?
Not the report but the classified docs which supposedly support it.
No matter, still prosecutable as conspiracy.
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.
The documents donโt support the report. Duhhhhhh.
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
Wink wink... nudge nudge....
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.
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.
The never-ending attempts to smear, defame and label Trump continues.
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