U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has two months to decide whether to lift her order blocking release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s still-secret second report on President Donald Trump’s handling of classified material.

In the new filing and a joint status report submitted December 1, 2025, the Justice Department and former defendants Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira notified Cannon that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has given her 60 days to resolve long-pending motions from transparency groups seeking access to the report.

Newsweek contacted DOJ and attorney for Nauta/De Oliveira for comment via email outside of normal office hours on Tuesday.

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