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US judge temporarily blocks release of Trump investigations report

A court sketch from August 2023 depicts former President Donald Trump at a federal court in Washington, DC [Dana Verkouteren/Associated Press illustration]

A United States judge has temporarily blocked Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing a report on his investigation into President-elect Donald Trump for his mishandling of classified documents.

On Tuesday, Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge who presided over the now-dismissed case against Trump, directed the US Department of Justice not to release the report until a federal appeals court rules on a request from his two former co-defendants.

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