‘Under No Circumstances Should the Court Order the Release’: Pam Bondi Moves To Bury Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago Dossier on Trump

The Department of Justice calls the special counsel an ‘unconstitutionally appointed prosecutor’ as it aims to keep the volume out of the public eye.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on August 1, 2023 at Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Department of Justice’s position against releasing Jack Smith’s final report on his Mar-a-Lago prosecution could mean that the dispatch on the secret documents never sees the light of day.

The DOJ on Friday joined President Trump’s two co-defendants in the case, his valet, Waltine Nauata, and a property manager, Carlos De Oliveira, in urging Judge Aileen Cannon to block the volume’s release. Mr. Smith’s report on his prosecution of Mr. Trump for January 6 has been published — and in it the special counsel contends that “but for” presidential immunity, he would have secured a conviction of the 47th president.

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