Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee are pressuring Attorney General Merrick Garland to do whatever is necessary to release the report by Special Counsel Jack Smith on President-elect Donald Trump's handling of classified documents.
The plea includes the suggestion that charges against Trump's codefendants in the case could be dropped if they stand in the way of releasing the document. "It is essential that the American people and Congress understand how Mr. Trump mishandled our nation's most sensitive classified information, especially because he will be sworn in as Commander-in-Chief and take leadership of our national security apparatus in just five days," reads a passage of the letter signed by the group led by Ranking Member Jamie Raskin.
