Trump launches final battle with Jack Smith before he takes office

There was more courtroom drama in the final days before is sworn in as president, with Trump's lawyers racing to try to get a judge to prevent Jack Smith from releasing a two-volume report on his historic charging decisions.

Those cases have been upended, but material in the special counsel's report could damage the incoming administration just as it is trying to get underway after what Trump's lawyers call a 'national mandate from the voters.'

Smith plans to hand the report to AG Tuesday afternoon – with a potential release as early as Friday, just days before Trump takes the Oath of Office and assumes control over the Justice Department whose prosecutors brought criminal charges against him.

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