Aileen Cannon Issued Update on Release of Jack Smith's Trump Report

Source: Newsweek

Dec 02, 2025 at 09:07 AM EST


U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has two months to decide whether to lift her order blocking release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s still-secret second report on President Donald Trump’s handling of classified material.

In the new filing and a joint status report submitted December 1, 2025, the Justice Department and former defendants Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira notified Cannon that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has given her 60 days to resolve long-pending motions from transparency groups seeking access to the report. Newsweek contacted DOJ and attorney for Nauta/De Oliveira for comment via email outside of normal office hours on Tuesday.

Why It Matters

People are eager to see Volume II because it is the only comprehensive, unreleased account of the federal investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents, and its findings could clarify unanswered questions about a case that was closed before ever reaching trial.

The Eleventh Circuit’s decision to give Judge Cannon 60 days to decide whether to lift her order blocking release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s still-sealed second report on Donald Trump has transformed a long-stalled dispute into a time-sensitive test of judicial authority and public transparency.

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