Special counsel’s Trump report should be partially released, DOJ says

Washington — The Justice Department urged a federal appeals court in Atlanta on Wednesday to clear the way for the release of a portion of special counsel Jack Smith’s report detailing his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump. In court documents filed with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the government wrote that Attorney General Merrick

Trump seeks Supreme Court’s intervention in “hush money” case

Washington — President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to intervene in the “hush money” case ahead of his scheduled sentencing Friday. In a request for emergency relief filed with the Supreme Court, the president-elect asked the justices to temporarily block further criminal proceedings in New York state court, including his upcoming sentencing,