Trump dealt another blow in effort to block Jack Smith's report

As the Supreme Court blocked President-elect Donald Trump's effort to delay his sentencing in his New York hush-money case, he and two MAGA allies were dealt another blow, as an appeals court rejected their request to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith's report.

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied an emergency motion from Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira to block Smith's report.

Nauta and De Oliveira are co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.

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The court left in place Judge Aileen Cannon's order enjoining the release of the report, which would remain in effect for three more days, reported Anna Bower, a senior editor at Lawfare Media. In other words, Attorney General Merrick Garland cannot release the much-anticipated reported until at least Sunday.

The news was cheered by former Tea Party Congressman Joe Walsh, who wrote on X: "Good. Judge Cannon had no business blocking the report’s release. Now come on Merrick Garland - release the damn final report. Let the American people see everything Trump did to try to hang on to power."