Appeals Court Rejects Bid to Block Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump

The release appears to focus on part of the report that details the investigation into Trump’s alleged attempts to interfere with the 2020 election results.

(Left) Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks in Washington on Aug. 1, 2023. (Right) Former President Donald Trump attends his trial in New York State Supreme Court in New York City on Dec. 7, 2023. Drew Angerer, David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

A federal appeals court on Thursday denied a bid to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on the president-elect’s alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election results.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta has now allowed the Department of Justice to release the report, without specifying when it would be made public.