President-elect Donald Trump had tried to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report before taking office next week.

On Monday, the federal judge presiding over the classified documents case in Florida allowed the Justice Department to release part of Smith’s final report. According to court filings, the report is a detailed review of the decisions Smith made in his two indictments against Trump.

It’s unlikely that the rest of the report, on the mishandling of classified documents, will be released under Trump.

The evidence wJack Smith’s 137-page report, released overnight less than one week before Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president, is a full-throated justification of his investigation and defense against his myriad critics.

The fast-moving legal battle over the release of the special counsel's final report played out days before Trump's second-term inauguration.

Special counsel Jack Smith's report on the Jan. 6 investigation of Donald Trump provides a closing chapter on an unprecedented legal case.

The report, arriving just days before Trump is to return to office, focuses fresh attention on his failed effort to cling to power after his election loss in 2020.