{"id":67044,"date":"2026-02-23T09:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/federal-judge-blocks-release-of-jack-smith-reports-second-volume\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:58:12","slug":"federal-judge-blocks-release-of-jack-smith-reports-second-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/federal-judge-blocks-release-of-jack-smith-reports-second-volume\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge blocks release of Jack Smith report&#8217;s second volume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge on Monday agreed to permanently block the release of Volume 2 of former special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s report, centered on President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/u><\/a> handling of classified materials after his first term in office \u2014 in a significant victory for the president and his co-defendants.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling, issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, blocks the Justice Department from &#8220;releasing, distributing, conveying, or sharing with anyone outside the Department of Justice any information or conclusions in Volume II or in drafts thereof.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cannon previously ruled that Smith was unconstitutionally appointed as special counsel, though the matter was ultimately dismissed following Trump&#8217;s reelection in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><i>This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge on Monday agreed to permanently block the release of Volume 2 of former special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s report, centered on President Donald Trump&#8217;s handling of classified materials after his first term in office \u2014 in a significant victory for the president and his co-defendants. The ruling, issued Monday by U.S. District Judge &#8230; <a title=\"Federal judge blocks release of Jack Smith report&#8217;s second volume\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/federal-judge-blocks-release-of-jack-smith-reports-second-volume\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Federal judge blocks release of Jack Smith report&#8217;s second volume\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}