Trump moves to block report on election interference and classified documents cases – US politics live

Attorneys for Donald Trump have asked attorney general Merrick Garland to stop special counsel Jack Smith from completing his report detailing his investigations of the president-elect. Should Garland decline to do that, they propose that the decision to release the report be made by whoever becomes attorney general when Trump takes office.

The position is likely to be filled by Pam Bondi, the former top prosecutor in Florida whom Trump nominated to lead the justice department after his initial pick, former congressman Matt Gaetz, declined the job amid allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use.

We’ll find out if Garland will heed Trump’s request. The president-elect’s attorneys have also asked a federal judge to intervene and block the release of Smith’s report. Here’s more on their requests, from the Guardian’s Hugo Lowell.