The federal judge in Florida who oversaw President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case indicated she is leaning toward blocking Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing former special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the prosecution.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon suggested it would be premature to allow congressional members to see the report while the Department of Justice appeals the case against Trump’s former co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, ABC News reported Friday.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., urged Garland in a letter Wednesday that “it is essential to the rule of law” to make the report publicly available. Nauta, de Oliveira and Trump have sought to block the release of Smith’s report amid the ongoing proceedings against Nauta and de Oliveira.

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