House Democrats ask Attorney General Merrick Garland to drop the charges against President-elect Trump's former co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira.
Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years under former President
In a filing, Garland outlined his intentions to publicize the final memo on Trump’s 2020 election subversion case, which constitutes “volume one” of Smith’s report, while handing the controversial details of Trump’s classified documents case to the chair and ranking member of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress he plans to make special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the cases against Donald Trump available to committee leaders and, ultimately, the public, once courts allow,
Justice Department attorneys told a federal appeals court that Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to release Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s election interference case (Getty Images) Smith dropped Trump as a defendant in the Florida case ...
President-elect Trump and his two co-defendants in the classified documents case are working to block special counsel Jack Smith from releasing his final report that would review the documents as
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.
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.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to release Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on the 2020 election interference case, but not the classified documents case.
The volume of Smith’s report covering the investigation into whether Trump withheld White House documents won’t be released.
With Donald Trump returning to the White House, Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the Justice Department urged its ongoing independence.