Donald Trump’s lawyers are demanding Attorney General Merrick Garland block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s “Final Report” — arguing it contains “false and discredited accusations” tied to the president-elect.
The attorneys wrote to Garland on Monday as part of a last-ditch effort to prevent any documents tied to Smith’s two dismissed criminal cases against Trump from being made public, court filings show.
“As you know, Courts in Florida and the District of Columbia have now dismissed both of Jack Smith’s failed cases against President Trump,” attorneys Todd Blanche and John Lauro wrote after reviewing the two-volume report over the weekend.
“Rather than acknowledging, as he must, President Trump’s complete exoneration, Smith now seeks to disseminate an extrajudicial ‘Final Report’ to perpetuate his false and discredited accusations.”
The attorneys also blasted the document as a “lawless political stunt,” citing US District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s previous decision to dismiss Trump’s confidential documents case after she ruled Smith was unlawfully appointed.
“The release of any confidential report prepared by this out-of-control private citizen unconstitutionally posing as a prosecutor would be nothing more than a lawless political stunt, designed to politically harm President Trump and justify the huge sums of taxpayer money Smith unconstitutionally spent on his failed and dismissed cases,” the letter reads.
Garland has already told Congress he plans to provide lawmakers with a redacted copy of Smith’s findings in his probes into the classified documents case and the federal election conspiracy case tied to Trump’s bid to overturn the 2020 election.
“Releasing Smith’s report is obviously not in the public interest — particularly in light of President Trump’s commanding victory in the election and the sensitive nature of the ongoing transition process,” Trump’s attorneys wrote.
They added, too, that the report’s release would interfere with the ongoing transition process.
“Accordingly, because Smith has proposed an unlawful course of action, you must countermand his plan and remove him promptly,” they wrote.
“If Smith is not removed, then the handling of his report should be deferred to President Trump’s incoming attorney general, consistent with the expressed will of the People.”
