Special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his election subversion and January 6, 2021, investigation of Donald Trump can be made public, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, while leaving in place a lower judge’s three-day hold that could give Trump time to ask the Supreme Court to intervene.

But the court left in place an injunction that bars the Justice Department from disclosing the report for another three days.

An appeals court gave Garland permission to release one volume of Jack Smith’s special counsel report after Trump fought to keep it under wraps.

The ruling can be appealed. President-elect Donald Trump says releasing the special counsel report would interfere with his White House transition.

A federal appeals court won’t block Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing a special counsel’s report detailing the findings of his criminal investigations into President-elect Donald Trump.

The ruling means Trump can ask the Supreme Court to block the release of the report written by special counsel Jack Smith. A spokesperson for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the president-elect would appeal to the high court.

The president-elect’s lawyers said public release of the special counsel report would violate his right to an orderly transition to the presidency.

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump over the objections of the president-elect.

First son Hunter Biden was found guilty, but was pardoned by his father, President Joe Biden, in the felony firearm offense

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