{"id":2391087,"date":"2025-01-16T10:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-seek-end-to-trump-co-defendants-case-to-get-classified-documents-report-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T10:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:27:35","slug":"democrats-seek-end-to-trump-co-defendants-case-to-get-classified-documents-report-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-seek-end-to-trump-co-defendants-case-to-get-classified-documents-report-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats seek end to Trump co-defendants case to get classified documents report &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-seek-end-to-trump-co-defendants-case-to-get-classified-documents-report-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391087&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democrats\u2064 on the House Judiciary Committee urged the Department\u200c of Justice to dismiss the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-reject-trump-request-in-fbi-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Reject Trump Request in FBI Classified Documents Case\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\">classified documents<\/a> case<\/a> involving \u2062President-elect Donald Trump. The request was made on \u2063Thursday,signaling the party&#8217;s\u2062 intention to end the legal proceedings surrounding the issue of classified documents. The details surrounding the \u2064case \u200dand the political implications of\u2063 this request \u2063highlight ongoing tensions as legal challenges continue to unfold for \u200dTrump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats seek end to Trump co-defendants case to get classified documents report<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1934024\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Judiciary Committee Democrats asked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Department of Justice\">Department of Justice<\/a> on Thursday to terminate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/classified-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">classified documents<\/a> case against President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s co-defendants in Florida, which they said would clear the way for the department to release the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-fbi-official-violated-policy-accepted-dinners-and-black-tie-event-invitations-from-media\/\" title=\"Senior FBI Official Violated Policy, Accepted Dinners And Black-Tie Event Invitations From Media\">special counsel report<\/a> about the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Democrats, led by ranking member Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jamie-raskin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jamie Raskin\">Jamie Raskin<\/a> (D-MD), told Attorney General Merrick Garland in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/816509840\/Democrats-to-Garland?secret_password=0x2qWv0GHtzoJXDFK8bV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">letter<\/a> that ending the case against the co-defendants was worth seeing the report.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As Attorney General, it is incumbent upon you to take all necessary steps to ensure the report is released before the end of your tenure, including, if necessary, by simply dismissing the remaining criminal charges against Mr. Trump&rsquo;s co-conspirators,&rdquo; the lawmakers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Special counsel Jack Smith compiled a two-volume report at the conclusion of his prosecutions against Trump, and Garland released volume one, which pertained to Trump&rsquo;s 2020 election case, this week. However, Judge Aileen Cannon blocked the release of volume two, which concerns Trump&rsquo;s handling of classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, asked Cannon to keep the report under wraps ahead of Trump&rsquo;s inauguration, arguing&nbsp;that its release&nbsp;would&nbsp;prejudice the court against&nbsp;Nauta and De Oliveira while they still face charges.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have agreed with Trump&rsquo;s team that making the report public is inappropriate while the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">classified documents case remains open<\/a>, but they have asked Cannon to allow them to show the special counsel report to the top Republicans and Democrats on the Senate and House Judiciary committees. Trump&rsquo;s team objected to this, and Cannon has set a hearing on the matter for Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Committee Democrats said when Trump is sworn into office, he will &ldquo;permanently bury&rdquo; the report.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To the extent that such a decision to dismiss these cases might encourage these defendants to keep enabling the corruption of their superiors, those concerns are outweighed by the many indications that Mr. Trump will simply end the prosecutions against his coconspirators upon taking office anyway and then instruct his DOJ to permanently bury this report,&rdquo; the lawmakers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s DOJ will be able to end court proceedings against Nauta and De Oliveira. The report, though, could be subject to public records laws when the case ends, a point former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade highlighted on X.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the Jack Smith report gets tied up in court with stall tactics, it would seem prudent for some investigative reporter to file a FOIA request so that it can be produced if and when the cases are killed after Jan 20,&rdquo; McQuade wrote. &ldquo;Pending cases are excepted from FOIA. Closed investigations are not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A DOJ spokesman declined to comment on the Democrats&rsquo; request.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1934024\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1934024\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats urge DOJ to end Trump co-defendants&#8217; case for report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2391088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24080640295292.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32575,28787,3685,33211,3634],"class_list":["post-2391087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-classified-documents","tag-co-defendants","tag-democrats","tag-legal-news","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24080640295292.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391087"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391091,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391087\/revisions\/2391091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}