Trump Defense Seeks Smith's Removal

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Trump's attorneys ask Garland to stop the release of special counsel report as his former codefendants take the matter to federal court

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Attorney General Merrick Garland must remove special counsel Jack Smith from his post and either decline to release Smith 's upcoming report detailing his two investigations into President-elect Donald Trump .

Smith led two now-defunct investigations into the president-elect, one tied to his alleged efforts to resist the peaceful transfer of power.

The probes resulted in criminal indictments against Trump , which have since been dismissed.

Bratt, a 34-year federal prosecutor and former head of the Justice Department's counterintelligence section, played a key role in the origins of the classified documents probe and went on to prosecute the case against Trump as part of Smith 's team. While no date has been publicly announced for the release of Smith 's report, the defense attorneys asked Cannon to issue a ruling by Friday ..

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