Trump Co-Defendants Seek to Block Release of Special Counsel Report

Lawyers for Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, former co-defendants of Donald Trump, requested on Monday that Judge Aileen Cannon issue an emergency order to block the public release of Special Counsel Jack Smith‘s final report on the classified documents investigation. The report, which summarizes Smith’s probe into Trump’s handling of classified materials, is expected to be submitted to Attorney General Merrick Garland by January 10.

The legal maneuver comes as Trump’s personal attorneys separately demanded Garland remove Smith from his position and delay the report’s release until after Trump’s inauguration. Trump’s lawyers, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, argued that releasing the report would be a