# Judge Cannon OKs release of special counsel’s report into Trump and election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 13, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922 "2025-01-13T18:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/1 "2025-01-13T18:30:53Z")
> **[Judge Cannon OKs release of special counsel’s report into Trump and election...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/politics/special-counsel-trump-january-6-report-judge-cannon/index.html)** > > Judge Aileen Cannon said on Monday that she would not block the release of the special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into Donald Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This is my shocked face 😲 There’s going to be a hearing to see if Merrick “Sgt. Schultz: I see nothing” Garland can release it to a group of lawmakers. Not sure what she has approved releasing if that’s still in question. Maybe it’s just the classified parts. Can’t wait to find out what’s actually in there. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/2 "2025-01-13T18:38:33Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Can’t wait to find out what’s actually in there. Not me. I was only interested to the extent it seemed something might be done about it. But he bore no meaningful price for his past misdeeds, much as I anticipate he will pay no price for his inevitable future misdeeds. I doubt any report could contain much that would sway my opinion of Chump one way or the other. I’d rather direct my time and effort elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/3 "2025-01-13T18:53:31Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Can’t wait to find out what’s actually in there. Why? Are you expecting an ‘October Surprise’ in February? [**“WE GOT HIM!!!”**](https://youtu.be/D9mbhr4YYRg?si=r0Ekq0Gez-C36i9z) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/4 "2025-01-13T18:54:18Z")
Does this just punt the appeal up to the Supreme Court? Loose Cannon clearly doesn’t want to be the one to make the call. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/5 "2025-01-13T18:59:41Z")
IANAAG, but if I were Garland, I would have released it the second the order was issued. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/6 "2025-01-13T19:09:25Z")
If I were Garland, I would have leaked it to ~~_The New York Times_~~ ~~_The Washington Post_~~ ~~_CNN_~~ uhhh…_The Intercept?_ Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/7 "2025-01-13T19:11:21Z")
Lucy certainly won’t pull the football this time, right? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/8 "2025-01-13T19:15:14Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I see nothing” Garland can release it to a group of lawmakers. Not sure what she has approved releasing if that’s still in question. Apparently there are two volumes to the report: one dealing with Trump’s efforts to overturn the election (this part can be released) and the second volume on the classified documents case where Trump kept classified documents in Florida after he left the Presidency. This can’t be released yet since there are co-defendants and it might prejudice them in a trial. This second volume is the one Garland might give to Judiciary committee leaders. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/9 "2025-01-13T19:25:27Z")
Garland better hurry. By Monday, this is all going away. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/10 "2025-01-13T19:32:12Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I was only interested to the extent it seemed something might be done about it. Yup. He sure is a bad man, but it doesn’t matter anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/11 "2025-01-13T20:18:19Z")
Technical question: Why was it up to Cannon whether the election interference report got released. Wasn’t it another judge in charge of that? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/12 "2025-01-13T21:19:49Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > echnical question: Why was it up to Cannon whether the election interference report got released. Wasn’t it another judge in charge of that? Probably because of her ruling that the special counsel was illegitimately appointed, so everything he’s done is tainted. That’s my best guess, anyway. Why she’s now saying one report can be released, I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/13 "2025-01-14T13:12:50Z")
Two co-conspirators need to go to court. Then Trump can pardon them. > **[Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, says special counsel](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/14/donald-trump-2020-election-conviction-special-counsel-report-jack-smith)** > > Report by Jack Smith says evidence ‘was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction’ had Trump not won re-election in 2024 ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/14 "2025-01-15T02:50:44Z")
> [@TeroSunbear](#): > > Two co-conspirators need to go to court. Then Trump can pardon them. He can pardon them on January 20 and then they don’t need to go to court. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-cannon-oks-release-of-special-counsel-s-report-into-trump-and-election/1012922/15 "2025-01-15T14:16:01Z")
Raid their homes and offices and secure the evidence. Maybe it should be stored in the Biden presidential library archives. Or be given to wikipedia for publication. Somebody needs to get a picture of this Judge Cannon and publish it . I am beginning to believe she is another alter ego of Trump just like John Barron in the 80s