Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday extended the hold she has placed blocking the Justice Department from sharing special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents with members of Congress.

"Release of Volume II to Congress under the proposed conditions … presents a substantial and unacceptable risk of prejudice to [the remaining co-defendants]," U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in her order blocking the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report explaining the now-abandoned classified records retention case against President Donald Trump.

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U.S. District judge Aileen Cannon has denied a request by the Department of Justice to share former special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents report with Congress. The DOJ under outgoing president Joe Biden had requested that the second volume of Smith's report be shared with lawmakers,

The Justice Department has withdrawn all criminal charges against Trump's co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, in the classified documents case. Judge Aileen Cannon had dismissed the case earlier,

In a new ruling released Tuesday, Cannon granted a request from Trump's co-defendants, his aides Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, to deny the Department of Justice 's request to release the report. The move blocks the report from being shared with the heads of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.

The Justice Department on Wednesday abandoned all criminal proceedings against the two co-defendants of President Donald Trump in the classified documents case, wiping out any legal peril the pair could have faced.

The request seeks to drop obstruction charges against two former Trump co-defendants charged with obstructing justice in the classified documents case.

Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the release of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report into President Donald Trump’s now-defunct classified documents case, raising the odds it will ever see the light of day.

Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed and had no authority to prosecute Donald Trump.

The Justice Department moved to drop its appeal of a federal court order dismissing the criminal charges against President Donald Trump's former co-defendants in the classified documents case, which would effectively end the case.

EXCLUSIVE: A previously identified anti-Trump FBI agent allegedly broke protocol and played a critical role in opening and advancing the bureau’s original investigation related to the 2020 election, tying President Trump to the probe without sufficient predication.