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What ‘peaceful transition’? Joe Biden’s Justice Department is making the most of their final days in office to take digs at President-elect Donald Trump and his support base, in what appears to be a strategic effort to leave a written record labeling MAGA supporters as ‘dangerous extremists’ and Trump as a ‘felon.’
In a press release on Monday, the DOJ touted all the charges and arrests surrounding the January 6, 2021 Capitol protest event. Now the DOJ is reportedly planning to release special counsel Jack Smith’s ‘findings’ on Trump’s ‘efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election.’
From the Associated Press: The Justice Department said Wednesday that it intends to release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings on Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election but will keep under wraps for now the rest of the report focused on the president-elect’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
The revelation was made in a filing to a federal appeals court that was considering a defense request to block the release of the two-volume report while charges remain pending against two Trump co-defendants in the Florida case accusing the Republican former president and current president-elect of illegally holding classified documents. Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge presiding over the classified documents case, granted the request Tuesday, issuing a temporary block on the report.
The Justice Department said it would proceed with plans to release the first of two volumes centered on the election interference case but would make the classified documents section of the report available only to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees for their private review as long as the case against Trump’s co-defendants — Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira — is ongoing.
“This limited disclosure will further the public interest in keeping congressional leadership apprised of a significant matter within the Department while safeguarding defendants’ interests,” the filing said.
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BREAKING: The Justice Department says it will release the special counsel’s findings on Trump’s efforts to undo the 2020 election results but withhold the rest of the report. https://t.co/1rq0RzITiG
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 8, 2025
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