Trump files motion seeking court order preventing DOJ from releasing 2nd volume of Jack Smith investigation
Trump filed a motion seeking a court order preventing the Justice Department from releasing the second volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into his involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The motion, which was filed in Palm Beach on Tuesday and first reported by Politico’s Kyle Cheney, reads that Trump, “respectfully moves, in his individual capacity and as a former defendant in this since-dismissed criminal action, for an order prohibiting the release of Volume II of the Final Report prepared by so-called ‘Special Counsel’ Jack Smith and his office.”
The 19-page filing also requests that the court “permanently prohibit the release of Volume II,” requesting that “the Department of Justice, as well as its current, former, and future officers, agents, officials, and employees,” should be barred “from (a) releasing, sharing, or transmitting Volume II or any drafts of Volume II outside of the Department of Justice.”
The release of the work would “lead to the public dissemination of sensitive grand jury materials, attorney-client privileged information, and other information derived from protected discovery materials, raising significant statutory, due process, and privacy concerns for President Trump and his former co-defendants,” it adds.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tries-to-keep-second-set-of-damning-files-secret-forever/
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