Source: USA Today
by Chris Brennan
“It has been just 36 days since Trump asked [Aileen] Cannon to prohibit the release of the report compiled by former special counsel Jack Smith, based on the investigation and Trump’s 2023 indictment in hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate after he lost the 2020 presidential election. The judge predictably ruled in Trump’s favor on Feb. 23, permanently prohibiting the U.S. Department of Justice from releasing the special counsel’s report, even while the 11th Circuit considers whether the report should be made public. … the DOJ has a long-standing policy that sitting presidents can’t be prosecuted. But that doesn’t mean Americans can’t know what Trump did to get indicted in the documents case.” (02/24/26)