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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker

Judge blocks release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump classified documents case

Trump Classified Documents - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A federal judge on Monday permanently barred the release of a report by special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, granted a request from the Republican president to keep under wraps the report on a criminal investigation once seen as posing significant legal peril to Trump.

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