Attorney General Merrick Garland announces that the Congressional Special Counsel’s Donald Trump investigation has concluded

Attorney General Merrick Garland informed Congress in a letter Wednesday that special counsel Jack Smith has concluded his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump.

Garland informed members of Congress — as required by internal department rules — that he at no time interfered to overrule Smith during the process of his investigation, according to the letter released by the Justice Department.

Garland also acknowledged in the letter that he is currently barred by District Judge Aileen Cannon from releasing the report outside the Justice Department, but intends to make Volume 1 of the report on Trump’s efforts to undermine the 2020 election publicly available. when he is “allowed to do so” by the courts.

Garland also confirmed that he plans to make the scope of the report on Trump’s classified documents case available to leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees for closed-door review as soon as the 11th Circuit allows him to do so.

Volume two will not yet be released due to ongoing legal proceedings against Trump’s co-defendants.

“In accordance with local court rules and department policy, and to avoid any risk of injury to defendants Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, whose criminal cases are still pending, I have decided, upon the recommendation of the special counsel, that Volume 2 should not be published until the defendants’ criminal cases are ongoing,” Garland wrote.

He continued: “I have decided that once these criminal proceedings are concluded, releasing Volume 2 of the report to you and the public will also be in the public interest, in accordance with the law and Departmental policy.”

The letter was addressed to Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Jamie Raskin, D-Md.