Left: Carlos De Oliveira, property manager of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estates stands on the property grounds, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell). Center: U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida). Right: Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump walks past Walt Nauta, personal aide, before a business roundtable at a campaign event at Precision Components Group, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in York, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
As the battle in Florida over how to handle the remnants of special counsel Jack Smith’s failed criminal prosecutions of Donald Trump limps toward its likely end, lawyers for the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago co-defendants continue to insist that their clients will suffer if the second volume of Smith’s final report is released — even if the charges against them are dropped.
As Law&Crime has previously reported, the federal cases against Trump have been dropped due to long-standing DOJ policy against indicting and prosecuting a sitting president, even as Smith moved forward with preparing a report about the investigations themselves. That final report comprises two volumes. The first, which was publicly released early Tuesday, relates to his investigation and prosecution of Trump in connection with his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election. The second deals with Trump allegedly mishandling classified documents and is still under an order from Cannon preventing its release to certain members of Congress.
On Thursday, lawyers for Nauta and De Oliveira implored Cannon to stand firm on her decision to block the release of that second volume and disregard the government’s promises that a limited release of the report to lawmakers would keep its contents under wraps.
The government’s motivation, the filing says, is purely political.
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