Judge Aileen Cannon issued a temporary injunction until an appeals court rules on Trump’s arguments

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked special counsel Jack Smith from issuing his final report into Donald Trump’s criminal cases until after an appeals court resolves the president-elect’s last-ditch legal action seeking to prevent it from becoming public.

The US district judge Aileen Cannon, who presided in Trump’s criminal case over his retention of classified documents before she dismissed it last year, issued an injunction that barred the justice department from releasing the final report or drafts of it.