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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Trump lawyers ask attorney general to block outgoing special counsel’s report

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Special counsel Jack Smith in 2023, announcing the indictment of Donald Trump for his alleged role in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Donald Trump’s lawyers made a last-ditch attempt to block special counsel Jack Smith from releasing his final report into the two federal criminal cases he brought against the president-elect, asking the attorney general to prevent its completion.

The Trump lawyers also took formal legal action and asked the federal judge who dismissed one of the cases to intervene with a court order prohibiting Smith from making public some of the evidence from that prosecution.

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