The DOJ argued that Judge Cannon cannot stop the government from releasing Jack Smith's report on the classified documents case to members of Congress The post Cannon ‘lacks the authority’ to halt release of Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents to Congress,

Cannon’s ruling stated that Garland, the Department of Justice, Smith, and “all of their officers, agents, and employees, and all persons acting in active concert or participation with such individuals” could not publish any part of the report until three days after the Eleventh Circuit ruled on the case.

U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon denied an eleventh hour bid from President-elect Trump to block the release of the volume special counsel Jack Smith’s report dealing with election interference.