Garland tells Congress he'll provide Trump special counsel report to leaders when courts allow

Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers Wednesday that he believes it is in the public interest to release special counsel Jack Smith’s report covering the Mar-a-Lago documents probe after the case against President-elect Trump’s two co-defendants concludes. 

His letter to Judiciary Committee leaders in both chambers reiterated much of what prosecutors have disclosed in court: that Garland plans to release the volume of Smith’s report on Trump’s election interference case but...