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

Report into classified documents and election interference cases is due to be released by Jack Smith

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 lawyers simultaneously took separate legal actions and asked the federal judge who dismissed one of the cases to intervene with a court order blocking Smith from making materials from that prosecution public.

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