A federal appeals court has rejected an effort by Donald Trump and his allies to block the Justice Department from releasing special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his two defunct criminal cases against the president-elect.

AG Merrick Garland intends to release the portion of the special counsel's report related to his election interference case against Donald Trump, according to a filing.

District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump.

Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress he plans to make special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the cases against Donald Trump available to committee leaders and, ultimately, the public, once courts allow,

Donald Trump is trying to block special counsel Jack Smith from publishing a final report on Smith's two failed prosecutions of the president-elect. Under Justice Department rules, the special counsel's office is required to provide a confidential report to Attorney General Merrick Garland,

MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin and Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer for Slate magazine, talk with Alex Wagner about Trump judge Aileen Cannon "grabbing authority and power she does not have to return what has now become a predictable result for Donald Trump,

Trump's attorneys asked Garland to withhold special counsel Jack Smith's final report from the public, arguing its release would be "imprudent and unlawful."

President-elect Donald Trump is trying to keep Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report summarizing his lengthy investigations into Trump and his allies hidden from public view, as the report could be released as soon as this week if courts and Attorney General Merrick Garland refuse Trump’s requests to keep it private.

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump over the objections of the president-elect.

Special counsel Jack Smith was finalizing his report about Trump's two indictments for release as early as Friday if the judge hadn't blocked it.

The US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Thursday denied Donald Trump allies — ex-aide Walt Nauta, and former Mar-a-Lago employee Carlos de Oliveira — their request to block the release of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on his investigation into Donald Trump's alleged 2020 election interference,