Democrats push for release of second part of Jack Smith’s Trump report
by Robert Tait in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6TKZ9)
Merrick Garland pressed to use final days to release report on president-elect's retention of classified documents
Democrats are pressing Merrick Garland, the US attorney general, to use his last days in office to release the second volume of the special counsel's report about Donald Trump's retention of classified documents.
The demand comes after the justice department this week published the first part of Jack Smith's report, which looked at the president-elect's attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including inciting a violent mob to attack the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
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