Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee who had dismissed the documents case in its entirety, temporarily barred the Justice Department from releasing Jack Smith’s account of his investigation.

A judge has cleared the release of the report compiled by now-former special counsel Jack Smith into President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to interfere in the 2020 election.

Amid fights over the report from special counsel Jack Smith, a New York appellate judge denied Trump’s request to delay his hush money sentencing.

The judge denied a request to block the release of Smith's report on Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Judge Aileen Cannon suggested Friday she was not inclined to allow the Justice Department to share special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the classified documents case with Congress – at least for now.

The decision by Judge Aileen M. Cannon not to issue an immediate ruling raised the possibility that President-elect Donald J. Trump would take office in the meantime and have power over the report’s release.