Attorney General Merrick Garland had agreed not to make the special counsel's findings public while the Justice Department appealed a judge's dismissal of the case.

The Justice Department has halted its appeal, which was aimed at reinstating the criminal charges against Trump's employees.

Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed and had no authority to prosecute Donald Trump.

The Justice Department has fired more than a dozen lawyers, involved in criminal investigations into Donald Trump during his campaign for president, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN,

The Justice Department on Wednesday abandoned all criminal proceedings against the two co-defendants of President Donald Trump in the Florida classified documents case, wiping out any legal peril the pair could have faced.

It hasn’t been two full weeks yet and Donald Trump already has redecorated the Justice Department with a baseball bat. He’s not trying to hide it, either. When his acting attorney general canned the remaining prosecutors from Jack Smith’s team this week — Smith himself knew what was coming and quit before Trump took office — the dismissal letter got right to the point: “You played a significant role in prosecuting President Trump.