AG Merrick Garland intends to release the portion of the special counsel's report related to his election interference case against Donald Trump, according to a filing.

A U.S. judge temporarily blocked Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing a report on his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump for his mishandling of classified documents and attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election,

But in a court filing, the department indicated that it would release a separate report about Donald J. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election as soon as possible.

Attorney General Merrick Garland will move to publicly release special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case, after the president-elect tried to block it.

The U.S. Justice Department will not make public for now Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on Donald Trump's retention of classified records, it said on Wednesday, citing the ongoing prosecutions of two associates of the president-elect.

Attorney General Merrick Garland does intend to make public the special counsel’s report about Donald Trump’s election interference case, a court filing says.

The injunction lasts until three days after the 11th Circuit rules on a pending request to block the release of the report over a separate matter involving Trump's co-defendants.

Justice Department lawyers said the plan is to release a special counsel report about Trump's election interference charges, not classified documents.

The US Department of Justice asked a federal appeals court to deny an effort by President-elect Donald Trump and his associates to stop the public release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report.