MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin and Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer for Slate magazine, talk with Alex Wagner about Trump judge Aileen Cannon "grabbing authority and power she does not have to return what has now become a predictable result for Donald Trump,
The president-elect’s defense lawyers accused the special counsel of unethical behavior. They could be in senior Justice Department roles within weeks.
The volume of Smith’s report covering the investigation into whether Trump withheld White House documents won’t be released.
Cannon, who was appointed by Donald Trump, has blocked the release of a report into his two federal prosecutions
Special counsel Jack Smith was finalizing his report about Trump's two indictments for release as early as Friday if the judge hadn't blocked it.
Trump tries to block the public from seeing special counsel Jack Smith’s final report. Two federal death row inmates don’t want their sentence to be commuted by Biden. And a winter storm starts heading offshore of the eastern U.S. while California braces for high winds.
Trump's attorneys asked Garland to withhold special counsel Jack Smith's final report from the public, arguing its release would be "imprudent and unlawful."
Smith’s classified documents case against Trump was effectively stymied by Cannon. Smith appealed that decision, but Department of Justice policy dictates that sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted. So this case against Trump is basically done. But Smith still intends to send a final report on his case to the DOJ.
Even Donald Trump’s former allies don’t understand Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to block forthcoming details of special counsel Jack Smith’s case against the president-elect. On Tuesday, Cannon caved to a request from two of Trump’s co-defendants,
But Garland intends to withhold the classified docs report while the case against Trump's co-defendants is ongoing.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has issued an order temporarily blocking the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his investigations into Donald Trump.