The Daily Fuckup

The date matters here. The public fight over Jack Smith’s final report did not happen on Dec. 26, 2024. It started on Jan. 7, 2025, when Smith delivered Volume One of the report to the attorney general and the release dispute moved into court that same day. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf?utm_source=openai))

That first fight centered on the volume dealing with the election-subversion investigation. The report itself says it was delivered by hand to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Jan. 7, 2025. As the release plan took shape, the Justice Department moved toward making part of the report public while keeping the rest back for the moment. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf?utm_source=openai))

The immediate court battle was over the classified-documents volume tied to the pending case against Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira. On Jan. 7, 2025, a federal judge temporarily blocked release of that portion while the issue was litigated further. That order did not end the dispute; it just froze the clock while the courts sorted out what could come out and when. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/e73a42b03cc6dc807de32c42dc824f3d?utm_source=openai))

The record also makes clear this was a two-volume report, not one all-purpose document. Volume One covered the election-interference case. Volume Two concerned the classified-documents case. DOJ later posted the Volume One report, while access questions around the other volume kept moving through separate legal proceedings. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf?utm_source=openai))

So the corrected timeline is simple: the report was submitted on Jan. 7, 2025, the first release fight began that day, and the December date in the original version was wrong. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf?utm_source=openai))