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Despite Judge Aileen Cannon's attempt to be nominated for a spot on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the DoJ says it will release part of Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report, namely the part about the attempted coup on Jan. 6, 2021. The part relating to the documents Donald Trump stole and kept in his bathroom will be withheld from the public for the moment. However, that part WILL be shown to the chairs and ranking members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees for private review, since the cases against two of Trump's co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, are ongoing.
The DoJ asked the Eleventh Circuit to overrule Cannon and allow the release of the full report now. If the court doesn't make a ruling before Jan. 20 at noon, it may never be released. Courts can act very quickly when they want to. Whether the Eleventh Circuit wants to remains to be seen. If it doesn't make a ruling before Trump is inaugurated, it will probably never be released, but since the ranking members of the House and Senate committees can view it, there could be some leaks. (V)