The injunction lasts until three days after the 11th Circuit rules on a pending request to block the release of the report over a separate matter involving Trump's co-defendants.

Summary

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon temporarily blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s criminal cases.

The injunction will last until three days after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on a related case involving Trump co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira.

Nauta and De Oliveira argue that releasing the report could jeopardize their right to a fair trial.

Cannon, who previously ruled Smith’s appointment unconstitutional, issued the order to “preserve the status quo” pending appellate decisions.

  • @ReallyActuallyFrankensteinEnglish
    9•2 days ago

    Her opinion ties this report to the exercise of special counsel authority that she has (absolutely corruptly and incorrectly) deemed unconstitutional when she dismissed the case prior to appeal.

    Therefore, Trump’s lawyers filed a motion, presumably claiming that Cannon’s dismissal order was being violated by the exercise of special counsel authority in preparing the report, which at least on the surface gives Cannon authority to enforce her ruling with an injunction (pending 11th Circuit review, which frankly cannot come soon enough).

    That’s my sanewash/lawfare-approved explanation.