CNN —Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress he plans to make special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the cases against Donald Trump available to committee leaders and, ultimately, the public, once courts allow, marking the formal end of Smith’s office. Garland noted he believes even the part of the report about the classified documents case should be public someday. Of course, Garland will no longer be attorney general in 11 days, and the proceedings for Nauta and De Oliveira are likely to end once Trump takes office. But Garland’s outline differs from others given the ongoing court action over Trump’s report, which he and his co-defendants in the classified documents case are trying to keep secret in its entirety. A ruling on Garland’s disclosure plan from a federal appeals court is expected as early as Thursday.

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