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BumRushDaShow

(163,346 posts)
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 04:17 PM Nov 3

'Undue': Judge Cannon slammed by appeals court after Jack Smith's report on Trump delayed

Source: Raw Story

November 3, 2025 2:15PM ET


The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon to stop delaying the release of the remaining parts of special counsel Jack Smith's report on President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents.

In September, the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and American Oversight asked the appeals court to force Cannon to release the report. Cannon had blocked former President Joe Biden's Justice Department from releasing the report in January.

"By keeping this order in place, Judge Cannon is undermining both accountability and the rule of law," American Oversight Director Chioma Chukwu noted. Trump appointed Cannon during his first term.

"There is no legitimate reason for the report's continued suppression, and it should be posted on the court's public docket without further delay," Knight Institute Director Jameel Jaffer insisted.. On Monday, the appeals court ordered Cannon to stop delaying the report's release.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/aileen-cannon-jack-smith-report/



Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.93247/gov.uscourts.ca11.93247.11.0.pdf

REFERENCES

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143492789
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143539884
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'Undue': Judge Cannon slammed by appeals court after Jack Smith's report on Trump delayed (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 3 OP
Loose Cannon know SCROTUS will back her up and nothing will ever come out. chicoescuela Nov 3 #1
"But if I release it, he wont nominate me for johnnyfins Nov 3 #2
Ugh... progressoid Nov 3 #3
It IS a jole. Too bad this admin makes the joke johnnyfins Nov 3 #16
Correction: SCROTUS! debsy Nov 3 #6
.. johnnyfins Nov 3 #15
Appeals Court should threaten Cannon with state bar discipline, no_hypocrisy Nov 3 #4
Obstructing justice The Wizard Nov 3 #5
But, Cannon has been given 60 days to comply!!---if she does not do so by then, they would riversedge Nov 3 #13
Can she appeal this? Akakoji Nov 3 #7
So they gave her 60 days to comply. Grins Nov 3 #8
She won't. Scrivener7 Nov 3 #11
My guess: she will comply with the order. And she'll probably deny the motion seeking release of the report. onenote Nov 3 #20
Sure Polybius Nov 7 #24
Why does she need ANY time? Bluetus Nov 3 #12
Jail prevents him Polybius Nov 3 #17
Please cite the law that says this. Bluetus Nov 3 #18
LOCK HER UP!!!!! BurnDoubt Nov 3 #9
Will to bet is doesn't happen. republianmushroom Nov 3 #10
She should be impeached. yellow dahlia Nov 3 #14
Yet another misleading story from Raw Story. onenote Nov 3 #19
And yet another dismissal of the intent behind the headline BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #21
"Lightly criticized " onenote Nov 4 #22
As you have probably seen BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #23

no_hypocrisy

(53,773 posts)
4. Appeals Court should threaten Cannon with state bar discipline,
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 05:07 PM
Nov 3

such as suspension, or better, disbarment.

riversedge

(78,834 posts)
13. But, Cannon has been given 60 days to comply!!---if she does not do so by then, they would
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 07:02 PM
Nov 3

have a better chance of someone hitting on her license. IMHO

"Accordingly, Petitioners have established undue delay in resolution of their motions to intervene and the petitions for writs of mandamus are HELD IN ABEYANCE for a period of 60 days to allow the district court to fully resolve the motions."
.............

onenote

(45,848 posts)
20. My guess: she will comply with the order. And she'll probably deny the motion seeking release of the report.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 10:39 PM
Nov 3

At which time, the parties seeking release of the report will appeal that decision to the 11th Circuit, which may or may not reverse Cannon, but probably won't do so for months and months.

The order from the 11th Circuit doesn't compel her to grant the motions seeking release of the report.

Polybius

(21,175 posts)
24. Sure
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 10:10 PM
Nov 7
No, Jack Smith could not release his final report on his own. As a special counsel appointed by the Attorney General (AG), he was required by regulation to submit the report confidentially to the Attorney General, who then decided whether and how much of it to make public.

Attorney General Merrick Garland followed this procedure, but the public release of the report was complicated by ongoing legal battles and court orders:

Submission Process: Special counsel regulations dictate that at the conclusion of the investigation, the special counsel provides the AG with a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions.

AG's Discretion: Garland made public the reports from other special counsels (Robert Hur and John Durham) in their entirety and intended to do the same with Smith's report to inform Congress and the public.

Legal Challenges: Lawyers for Donald Trump and his co-defendants sought to block the report's release, arguing it contained prejudicial information and that Smith's appointment was unconstitutional.

Court Rulings: A federal judge, Aileen Cannon, temporarily blocked the release of the entire report while an appeal regarding the co-defendants was pending. An appeals court later cleared the way for the release of the volume concerning the election interference case, but the volume on the classified documents case remained under a court-ordered prohibition from public release while charges were still technically pending against co-defendants.

Public Release: The Justice Department ultimately released the volume of the report on election interference, while agreeing not to publicly release the documents case volume out of fairness to the co-defendants.


https://tinyurl.com/4d6rht4p

For the record, Robert Mueller couldn't release his Russian collusion report either without the AG's approval. James Comey also had to get approval to release his report on Hillary's e-mails.

Bluetus

(1,923 posts)
12. Why does she need ANY time?
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 06:37 PM
Nov 3

What prevents Smith from just releasing it himself -- as a memoir if necessary.

Bluetus

(1,923 posts)
18. Please cite the law that says this.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 09:40 PM
Nov 3

He can certainly go on TV shows and talk about what he found. He can write his memoirs including what he found. There is nothing illegal about that. He can't disclose classified information, but Trump said he declassified all of it, so that isn't an issue.

republianmushroom

(22,078 posts)
10. Will to bet is doesn't happen.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 06:27 PM
Nov 3

And if she doesn't release the remaining parts of special counsel Smith's report of the mishandling of classified documents. by trump. what will happens to her, not a damn thing.

onenote

(45,848 posts)
19. Yet another misleading story from Raw Story.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 10:36 PM
Nov 3

According to Raw Story, 'the appeals court ordered Cannon to stop delaying the report's release.'

But, in fact, all the 11th Circuit did was order Cannon to resolve the motions seeking the report's release within 60 days. The 11th Circuit order does not compel Cannon to grant the motion for the report's release.

BumRushDaShow

(163,346 posts)
21. And yet another dismissal of the intent behind the headline
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 05:40 AM
Nov 4

From the order -

To date, the district court has not ruled or con-
ducted any other further proceedings on the pending motions.
Accordingly, Petitioners have established undue delay in res-
olution of their motions


It's a "slam" given the history of this case, the Appellate court that handed it down, and the fact that the order was so brief, without any extensive explanations or equivocating.

Kicking it down the road to allow for resolution seems standard to minimize overrule for not allowing enough time to resolve what has already dragged on for many months (knowing there is classified info involved), should it be appealed to the SCOTUS.

onenote

(45,848 posts)
22. "Lightly criticized "
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 07:23 AM
Nov 4

That’s the characterization of the 11th circuit order from a group that has more expertise in such matters than Raw Story. And saying there has been “undue delay” by Cannon in taking up the pending motions is not a “slam” — it’s a recitation of the minimum legal standard for mandanus—and even though the minimum standard was met, the court of appeals still gave Cannon another60 days—hardly a “slam” against her.

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/appeals-court-puts-cannon-on-the-clock-regarding-jack-smith-report-or-else-extraordinary-relief-will-follow/amp/

BumRushDaShow

(163,346 posts)
23. As you have probably seen
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 07:47 AM
Nov 4

I use "Law & Crime" extensively as a source, mainly because about 90% of the time, they will link to the court filings and I can include them in the OPs.

They were LATE doing their article on this subject (I saw it hours after I posted this, i.e., it wasn't "publicly" linked/featured on either their main page or under their "High Profile" category at a time corresponding to the date/timestamp they list for publication - something that is common among too many news sites), but in their article, they also have this -

American Oversight executive director Chioma Chukwu separately applauded the 11th Circuit's "calling out" of Cannon.


which is also an emphatic that acknowledges the strength of the Court's "rebuke" synonymously noted in this OP article's headline.

This is the same Court that has ""slammed her before", with a slightly longer ruling explanation.
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