Cannon denies last-minute Trump bid to block Smith’s Jan. 6 report
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U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon denied an  eleventh hour bid from President-elect Trump to block the release of the volume special counsel Jack Smith’s report dealing with election interference.

The emergency petition to Cannon was filed just after 10 p.m., less than two hours before the Justice Department is set to release the Jan. 6 report.

Cannon earlier Monday denied an effort by Trump to halt the release of the election interference volume, allowing the release of that portion of the report while continuing to keep the Mar-a-Lago documents report under wraps until further consideration of the matter at a Jan. 17 hearing.

In the late-night filing, Trump’s attorneys asked Cannon to shift gears and extend her order baring the reports release until at least Friday.

“President Trump respectfully submits that the Court can hear argument on his motion to intervene and his request to permanently enjoin issuance of the entire Final Report at the hearing on Friday, January 17, 2025,” Trump’s attorneys wrote.

Cannon responded swiftly, declining to grant Trump’s request, greenlighting for a second time the Justice Department’s release of the Jan. 6 volume.

This story was first published at 10:43 p.m. and was updated at 11:41 p.m.

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