Fight over destruction of the Jack Smith classified-documents report

Date

Feb 9, 2026

Kind

Records & transparency

Status

Still defying

Source

americanoversight.org ↗

Court or forum

S.D. Fla., Judge Aileen Cannon; Eleventh Circuit; NARA

What happened

American Oversight appealed an order it said could clear the way for permanent destruction of Volume II, and on February 19 warned DOJ and NARA that destroying it would violate federal law.

Publisher

American Oversight