Judge Turns Down Bid to Release Secret Portion of Jack Smith’s Report

Volume two of the former special counsel’s report has not yet been made available to the public.

Special counsel Jack Smith in Washington on Aug. 1, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

A federal judge on Jan. 20 turned down a request to release the secret half of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report into his investigation of President Donald Trump.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said that American Oversight, a group that filed a lawsuit seeking the release of volume two of Smith’s report, had not shown it would be irreparably harmed absent the disclosure.