Both the Justice Department and the judge who oversaw the case were asked to stop the public release of the report.

Judge Juan Merchan set the president-elect’s latest criminal sentencing date while rejecting Trump’s attempt to dismiss the case.

Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked the Department of Justice (DoJ) to not release a special counsel's report setting out its investigations into the US president-elect. Jack Smith led two probes into Trump,

Donald Trump is trying to block special counsel Jack Smith from publishing a final report on Smith's two failed prosecutions of the president-elect. Under Justice Department rules, the special counsel's office is required to provide a confidential report to Attorney General Merrick Garland,

Donald Trump and two of his allies are making a last-minute push to block special counsel Jack Smith from issuing his final report on his two dismissed criminal cases against the president-elect. Trump’s lawyers wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday,

President-elect Donald Trump and his former co-defendants in the Florida classified documents case launched an effort Monday to block the release of a final report by special counsel Jack Smith that also addresses the election interference case.

Lawyers for Donald Trump have reviewed a draft of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report related to federal investigations into the president-elect and are threatening legal action if he releases it,

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell and former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann react to the news that Donald Trump's attorneys have written a letter to Attorney General Garland trying to stop the release of Jack Smith's report on both of Trump's criminal cases.