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DOJ says it accidentally disclosed secret Jack Smith documents to Judge Cannon

newsJul 2, 2026379,242

The Justice Department told Judge Eileen Cannon in a joint filing that it accidentally disclosed copies of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Volume II report when it furnished electronic discovery on June 3, 2026 and defense counsel identified the embedded documents on June 9, 2026. The filing says defense counsel promptly notified the government, voluntarily stopped reviewing the materials, deleted downloaded files, and cooperated with efforts to recover the flash drives the same day. The DOJ confirmed the documents were copies of the Volume II Report embedded within electronic messages required to be produced in discovery and acknowledged defense counsel’s professionalism and candor. The report has been withheld from the public for years while one DOJ prosecutor faces trial for emailing the volume to her private account, and the filing notes this new disclosure occurred in the separate prosecution of that prosecutor. Members of Congress including Representative Steve Cohen renewed calls for transparency about what is in Volume II, saying the public deserves to know why the report remains hidden. The article also cites a detail from the Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan book that President Trump has joked about keeping classified documents for future use, a line cited by reporters in coverage of the report’s contents.

Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney.bsky.social

👀👀 DOJ inadvertently delivered Volume II of Jack Smith's report to the lawyers representing a defendant accused of improperly accessing/sending the report to herself. They notified Judge Cannon of the breach today. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

13585h ago
tomwellborn3rd
@wellborn.net

The DOJ charged a woman with felony obstruction for emailing herself Volume II, then accidentally emailed three copies of Volume II to her defense lawyers, which is the kind of irony that doesn't need a punchline.

2372h ago
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