A federal appeals court denies a bid to block release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

The ruling means Trump can ask the Supreme Court to block the release of the report written by special counsel Jack Smith. A spokesperson for Trump did not say whether the president-elect would appeal Thursday's ruling but instead attacked Smith in a statement.

The judges left in place a lower-court injunction that bars the disclosure of the report for three days, and the Justice Department then appealed it.

The ruling can be appealed. President-elect Donald Trump says releasing the special counsel report would interfere with his White House transition.

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Special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his election subversion and January 6, 2021, investigation of Donald Trump can be made public, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, while leaving in place a lower judge’s three-day hold that could give Trump time to ask the Supreme Court to intervene.