A Battle Over Jack Smith’s Secret Mar-a-Lago Dossier on Trump Is Brewing at Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice
Three lawsuits — including one from the New York Times — press the case that the special counsel’s final word belongs to the public.
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his prosecution of President Trump for storing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago is emerging as a flashpoint early in Attorney General Bondi’s tenure. A growing cluster of organizations hostile to the president is seeking to push the dossier into the public’s ken.
Mr. Smith’s dossier, which could contain new information that would reflect poorly on Mr. Trump, is written but has never seen the light of day. Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida blocked its release the weekend before Mr. Trump took the oath of office, reasoning that the 47th president’s two co-defendants — valet Waltine Nauta and property manager Carlos De Oliveira — still faced an active criminal case.
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