The judges left in place a lower-court injunction that bars the disclosure of the report for three days, and the Justice Department then appealed it.

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.

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

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.

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.

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