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Judge Cannon Blocks Release of Jack Smith's Trump Report

Did Judge Cannon protect Trump from a lawless witch hunt or shield him from accountability through judicial corruption?
Judge Cannon Blocks Release of Jack Smith's Trump Report
Above: Jack Smith testifies on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. on Jan. 22, 2026. Image credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

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Pro-Trump narrative

Cannon has delivered a decisive blow against a lawless witch hunt by blocking Jack Smith's politically motivated report. Smith operated without legal authority, making his entire tenure an illegal exercise of power that threatened constitutional order. Preventing this report's release protects the presumption of innocence from partisan weaponization of the justice system.

Anti-Trump narrative

This is judicial corruption at its worst. The judge who sabotaged the trial by canceling schedules and delaying proceedings now hides the report while claiming Trump deserves fairness. She's the reason no jury verdict exists, and now it's important that the report not be destroyed because that would constitute an unlawful erasure of an investigation into national security violations.



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