Trump Notches New Win to Keep Classified Documents Case Secret

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 23.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

The US Justice Department is prohibited from releasing details about the investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left the White House in 2021, a federal judge ruled Monday.

The ruling by US District Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida is another victory for Trump and a blow to advocates who have sought to make public a report done by Special Counsel Jack Smith regarding the case he brought against Trump over the handling of classified documents.