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Federal judge blocks release of Jack Smith report’s second volume

Published February 23, 2026 9:45am EST | Updated February 23, 2026 10:26am EST

A federal judge on Monday agreed to permanently block the release of volume two of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report — centered on President Donald Trump’s handling of classified materials after his first term in office — in a significant victory for the president and his co-defendants.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, granted the president’s request to permanently block the release of the second volume of the report, ruling that its publication would represent a “manifest injustice” both to Trump and the co-defendants in the classified documents case.

“Special Counsel Smith, acting without lawful authority, obtained an indictment in this action and initiated proceedings that resulted in a final order of dismissal of all charges,” Cannon said Monday.

The ruling blocks the Justice Department from “releasing, distributing, conveying, or sharing with anyone outside the Department of Justice any information or conclusions in Volume II or in drafts thereof.”

It also comes just day before Volume II of Smith’s special counsel probe was slated to be released on Tuesday.

Trump’s former defense attorney, Kendra Wharton, praised Cannon’s decision to block Volume II of Smith’s report from being released publicly, telling Fox News Digital in a statement that her “courage and judicial resolve on these important due process issues should be recognized and taught in law school classrooms across America.”

Neither Smith’s law firm nor the Justice Department immediately responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on Monday’s ruling.

Cannon previously ruled that Smith was unconstitutionally appointed as special counsel, though the matter was ultimately dismissed following Trump’s re-election in 2024.

In her 15-page order Monday, Cannon said allowing the release of Volume II of the special counsel report would “contravene basic notions of fairness and justice” and likely prompt the sharing of protected information, including material covered by attorney-client privilege.

“Moreover, while it is true that former special counsels have released final reports at the conclusion of their work, it appears they have done so either after electing not to bring charges at all or after adjudications of guilt by plea or trial,” Cannon said.

“The Court strains to find a situation in which a former special counsel has released a report after initiating criminal charges that did not result in a finding of guilt, at least not in a situation like this one, where the defendants contested the charges from the outset and still proclaim their innocence,” she added.

Smith was tapped by former Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2022 to investigate the alleged effort by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, as well as Trump’s retention of allegedly classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach after leaving office in 2021.

Smith had brought charges against Trump in both cases.

The charges were dropped after Trump’s election, in keeping with a long-standing Justice Department policy that discourages prosecuting sitting presidents on federal criminal charges. Smith resigned from his role shortly afterward.

Trump’s former defense attorney, Kendra Wharton, praised Cannon’s decision to block Volume II of Smith’s report from being released publicly, telling Fox News Digital in a statement that her “courage and judicial resolve on these important due process issues should be recognized and taught in law school classrooms across America.”

Smith, for his part, has forcefully sought to dispute the notion that his team had acted politically, using public and private remarks to House Republicans in December and January to defend his team’s actions.

His team had developed what he described as “powerful evidence” that Trump had willfully retained highly classified documents after leaving office in January 2021 at his private Mar-a-Lago residence, and had been obstructing the government’s efforts to recover the records.

“I made my decisions in the investigation without regard to President Trump’s political association, activities, beliefs or candidacy in the 2024 presidential election,” Smith told members of the House Judiciary Committee in a Dec. 17 interview.

Breanne Deppisch is a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI and other national news. She previously covered national politics at the Washington Examiner and The Washington Post, with additional bylines in Politico Magazine, the Colorado Gazette and others. You can send tips to Breanne at Breanne.Deppisch@fox.com, or follow her on X at @breanne_dep.

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US judge permanently blocks release of report on Trump documents case

February 23, 2026 2:20 PM UTC / Reuters

• Summary

• Judge Cannon was appointed to the bench by Trump
• Cannon cites fairness in blocking report release
• Report detailed classified documents charges
• Cannon dismissed the special counsel’s charges in 2024

Feb 23 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge permanently barred the Justice Department on Monday from releasing a prosecutor’s report on the criminal case accusing President Donald Trump of unlawfully retaining classified documents following his first term in office.

Florida-based U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon found that releasing the report would be a “manifest injustice” to the Republican president and two former associates who were charged alongside him because it would detail substantial allegations of criminal wrongdoing in a case that never reached a jury.

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Cannon, who Trump appointed to the bench in 2020, in 2024 dismissed all the charges.

Trump was accused in the case pursued by Special Counsel Jack Smith of illegally storing documents related to U.S. national defense, including the American nuclear program, at his Mar-a-Lago social club and obstructing U.S. government efforts to retrieve the material. Cannon found that Smith had not been lawfully appointed by the Justice Department during Democratic former President Joe Biden’s administration.

Disclosure of Smith’s report “would contravene basic notions of fairness and justice in the process, where no adjudication of guilt has been reached following initiation of criminal charges,” Cannon wrote in Monday’s ruling.

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The order means substantial information about one of the four criminal cases Trump faced in his years out of office may not be disclosed to the public.

Trump and his two co-defendants, personal aide Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago manager Carlos de Oliveira, pleaded not guilty to all charges and argued the case was a politically motivated abuse of the legal system. They urged Cannon to bar the release of the report, which details Smith’s justification for seeking charges.

The Justice Department under Trump supported those arguments, arguing the report was a confidential document.

The Justice Department under Biden dropped an attempt to revive the case against Trump after he won the 2024 election.

Special counsels, who are appointed to lead certain politically sensitive investigations, are required to draft reports to the U.S. attorney general detailing their conclusions on whether to seek charges. The Justice Department publicly released Smith’s report detailing his other since-dismissed case against Trump, which accused Trump of plotting to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.

Cannon initially barred disclosure of the documents case report to Congress, citing the ongoing case against Nauta and de Oliveira. The Justice Department dropped charges against Nauta and de Oliveira after Trump returned to office last year.

In Monday’s ruling, Cannon also cited concerns about releasing confidential grand jury information and concluded that Smith’s drafting of the report circumvented her order finding him unlawfully appointed.

Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Will Dunham and Chizu Nomiyama

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古巴外长谴责美国意图制造人道主义危机 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月23日 20:21

古巴外长谴责美国意图制造人道主义危机

古巴长年遭到美国封锁，饱受长期停电以及燃料、药品和食品短缺困扰。 （法新社档案照片）

古巴外交部长罗德里格斯指责美国试图通过石油封锁，在古巴制造人道主义灾难。

法新社报道，美国总统特朗普1月初推翻委内瑞拉总统马杜罗后，切断委国对古巴的关键石油供应，并恫言对向古巴出售石油的国家实施制裁。

罗德里格斯（Bruno Rodriguez）星期一（2月23日）在日内瓦联合国裁军事务厅会议说，美国“现在以对美国国家安全构成异常且特殊威胁的荒谬借口，对古巴实施能源封锁，企图制造人道主义灾难”。

古巴自1962年以来一直受到美国贸易禁运，多年来饱受长期停电以及燃料、药品和食品短缺困扰。在1月失去主要石油供应前，古巴的情况就已十分严峻。

罗德里格斯表明，美国的举动是“犯罪和非法行为”，是“对古巴人民残酷的集体惩罚”。

他也坚称，古巴不会对美国或任何国家构成威胁。“古巴不会攻击任何人，但会坚定捍卫自身的主权和独立。”

联合国人权事务高级专员办事处近日表明，对古巴日益加深的社会经济危机深感担忧。

罗德里格斯星期一也在日内瓦联合国人权理事会上发言，强调尽管不得不忍受“匮乏和艰难困苦”，古巴仍会避免人道主义危机。

另据彭博社报道，特朗普还把对古巴的施压行动扩展到欧洲，敦促意大利停止聘用来自古巴的医生。

向国外派遣医生和护士，可以为古巴带来大量外汇收入，有时甚至超过旅游业营收。但美国认为，这种输出项目类似于奴隶劳动。

美国东北部遭遇暴风雪 纽约市罕见发布出行禁令 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月23日 20:25

美国东北部遭遇暴风雪 纽约市罕见发布出行禁令

一场冬季风暴星期天（2月22日）席卷美国东北部。纽约州、新泽西州、宾夕法尼亚州、马萨诸塞州和康涅狄格州以及纽约市宣布进入紧急状态，约4100万人受影响。纽约市学校23日因下雪停课一天，并发布出行禁令。这也是纽约市九年来首次发布出行禁令。纽约市长马姆达尼呼吁民众尽量待在家中，避免因道路湿滑和强风带来的危险。

受恶劣天气影响，美国多地机场出现大规模航班取消和延误。航班追踪网站FlightAware数据显示，22日和23日共有超过9000架次美国境内及进出美国的航班已取消或将取消。图为纽约时代广场上行色匆匆的行人。（彭博社）

古巴外长谴责美国意图制造人道主义危机

发布时间 / 来源：2026年2月23日 20:21 / 联合早报

古巴外交部长罗德里格斯指责美国试图通过石油封锁，在古巴制造人道主义灾难。

法新社报道，美国总统特朗普1月初推翻委内瑞拉总统马杜罗后，切断委国对古巴的关键石油供应，并恫言对向古巴出售石油的国家实施制裁。

罗德里格斯（Bruno Rodriguez）星期一（2月23日）在日内瓦联合国裁军事务厅会议说，美国“现在以对美国国家安全构成异常且特殊威胁的荒谬借口，对古巴实施能源封锁，企图制造人道主义灾难”。

古巴自1962年以来一直受到美国贸易禁运，多年来饱受长期停电以及燃料、药品和食品短缺困扰。在1月失去主要石油供应前，古巴的情况就已十分严峻。

罗德里格斯表明，美国的举动是“犯罪和非法行为”，是“对古巴人民残酷的集体惩罚”。

他也坚称，古巴不会对美国或任何国家构成威胁。“古巴不会攻击任何人，但会坚定捍卫自身的主权和独立。”

联合国人权事务高级专员办事处近日表明，对古巴日益加深的社会经济危机深感担忧。

罗德里格斯星期一也在日内瓦联合国人权理事会上发言，强调尽管不得不忍受“匮乏和艰难困苦”，古巴仍会避免人道主义危机。

另据彭博社报道，特朗普还把对古巴的施压行动扩展到欧洲，敦促意大利停止聘用来自古巴的医生。

向国外派遣医生和护士，可以为古巴带来大量外汇收入，有时甚至超过旅游业营收。但美国认为，这种输出项目类似于奴隶劳动。

美国东北部遭遇暴风雪 纽约市罕见发布出行禁令

发布/2026年2月23日 20:25

一场冬季风暴星期天（2月22日）席卷美国东北部。纽约州、新泽西州、宾夕法尼亚州、马萨诸塞州和康涅狄格州以及纽约市宣布进入紧急状态，约4100万人受影响。纽约市学校23日因下雪停课一天，并发布出行禁令。这也是纽约市九年来首次发布出行禁令。纽约市长马姆达尼呼吁民众尽量待在家中，避免因道路湿滑和强风带来的危险。

受恶劣天气影响，美国多地机场出现大规模航班取消和延误。航班追踪网站FlightAware数据显示，22日和23日共有超过9000架次美国境内及进出美国的航班已取消或将取消。图为纽约时代广场上行色匆匆的行人。（彭博社）

古特雷斯：以巴两国方案正遭侵蚀

2026年2月23日 20:30 / 联合早报

联合国秘书长古特雷斯2月23日在联合国人权理事会第61届会议开幕式上发表讲话，呼吁各国捍卫《联合国宪章》《世界人权宣言》和国际人权法。 （法新社）

联合国秘书长古特雷斯说，以巴冲突期间，国际法和人权遭到公然侵犯，两国解决方案正在被侵蚀。

综合新华社和路透社报道，古特雷斯星期一（2月23日）在日内瓦联合国人权理事会第61届会议上说，他本月初向联合国巴勒斯坦人民行使不可剥夺权利委员会作陈述，内容涉及在巴勒斯坦被占领土上发生的“公然侵犯人权、人类尊严和国际法的行为”。

古特雷斯表明，当前的趋势严峻、明确且蓄意，两国方案“正在光天化日之下被侵蚀”，国际社会绝不能允许这种情况发生。

他呼吁各国捍卫《联合国宪章》《世界人权宣言》和国际人权法，推动全球治理体系改革，确保发展中国家在国际金融架构中，拥有真正的参与权和更有分量的话语权。

联合国人权理事会第61届会议2月23日在瑞士日内瓦开幕，将于3月31日结束。

古特雷斯也在会议首日提及全球其他地区的冲突。他指出，全球人权正遭受攻击，苏丹、加沙和乌克兰的冲突中普遍存在违反国际法的行为，平民遭受毁灭性苦难，“法治正被武力压制”。

President Donald Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court for striking most of his tariff agenda this week, going on to warn that a similar ruling against his birthright citizenship order would be a benefit to China.

Trump made the statement in a post to his Truth Social account on Monday, clarifying that he was not frustrated with the “Great Three,” or the justices who sided with his administration in the tariff ruling. The Supreme Court is set to consider Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship in the coming months.

“The supreme court (will be using lower case letters for a while based on a complete lack of respect!) of the United States accidentally and unwittingly gave me, as President of the United States, far more powers and strength than I had prior to their ridiculous, dumb, and very internationally divisive ruling,” Trump wrote.

“Our incompetent supreme court did a great job for the wrong people, and for that they should be ashamed of themselves (but not the Great Three!). The next thing you know they will rule in favor of China and others, who are making an absolute fortune on Birthright Citizenship, by saying the 14th Amendment was NOT written to take care of the ‘babies of slaves,’ which it was as proven by the EXACT TIMING of its construction, filing, and ratification, which perfectly coincided with the END OF THE CIVIL WAR,” Trump continued.

“How much better can you do than that? But this supreme court will find a way to come to the wrong conclusion, one that again will make China, and various other Nations, happy and rich. Let our supreme court keep making decisions that are so bad and deleterious to the future of our Nation – I have a job to do,” he added.

Trump signed his birthright citizenship order on his first day back in office last year. The order seeks to end birthright citizenship for nearly all persons born in the U.S. to undocumented parents, or parents with lawful temporary status in the country — a seismic shift that critics note would break with some 150 years of legal precedent.

Trump’s order would reinterpret the 14th Amendment, which states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside” — a provision that administration officials argue has been misinterpreted.

The language put forth by the Trump administration seeks to clarify that individuals born to illegal immigrant parents, or those who were here legally but on temporary non-immigrant visas, are not citizens by birthright.

A Supreme Court ruling on the issue could have sweeping national implications for an issue Trump officials argue is a crucial component of his hard-line immigration agenda, which has become a defining feature of his second White House term.

Meanwhile, opponents argue that the effort is an unconstitutional and “unprecedented” effort that would threaten some 150,000 children in the U.S. born annually to parents of non-citizens, and an estimated 4.4 million American-born children under 18 who are living with an illegal immigrant parent, according to data from the Pew Research Center.

Fox News’ Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.