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title: Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases amid court fight
description: U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on investigations into President-elect Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a challenge.
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# Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases amid court fight

[![Picture of Annie Gimbel](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png) Annie Gimbel ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/annie-gimbel) |  Jan 07, 2025

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Washington — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on investigations into President-elect Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a challenge.

Cannon made the ruling Tuesday, the morning after an emergency request by defense lawyers to stop the Justice Department from making the report public — a step that Smith had said could come as early as Friday.

The matter is being considered by the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

*This is a developing story, please check back for updates*.

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