The judge denied a request to block the release of Smith's report on Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Cannon’s ruling stated that Garland, the Department of Justice, Smith, and “all of their officers, agents, and employees, and all persons acting in active concert or participation with such individuals” could not publish any part of the report until three days after the Eleventh Circuit ruled on the case.

Judge Aileen Cannon for the Southern District of Florida stepped back on Monday from an earlier ruling that purported