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Judge Allows Release of Half of Jack Smith’s Report on Trump Cases
A federal judge in Florida cleared the way on Monday for the Justice Department to soon release a portion of a report written by the special counsel, Jack Smith, detailing the decisions he made in charging President-elect Donald J. Trump with plotting to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. But in a five-page order,…