Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, had temporarily blocked the public release of the special counsel's report.

Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report on his investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election could soon be released, as a federal appeals court on Thursday greenlit its release—though Trump could still try to take the issue to the Supreme Court, and a second volume of Smith's report will stay under wraps.

Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress he plans to make special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the cases against Donald Trump available to committee leaders and, ultimately, the public, once courts allow,