District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump. Her order prevents Smith and the Justice Department from moving forward with releasing the report until the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals has time to review the emergency motion by Trump’s codefendants to block the report’s release.

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

The report is expected to describe charging decisions made in investigations into Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon made the ruling Tuesday, the morning after an emergency request by defense lawyers to stop the Justice Department from making the report public.

Special counsel Jack Smith's team is finalizing a two-volume report on investigations into President-elect Donald Trump. Defense lawyers seek to block its release, citing potential prejudice and legal concerns.

Co-defendants in Donald Trump's since-dismissed classified documents case are calling on a federal judge to bar Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing his so-called Final Report on his investigation.