A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for the U.S. Justice Department to publicly release a portion of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on President-elect Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case.

The US Justice Department released Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report alleging that Donald Trump illegally conspired to overturn the 2020 election in a blow to the incoming president after he tried to prevent the document from becoming public.

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday released Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the last act of a prosecutor whose historic criminal cases were thwarted by Trump's November election victory.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has indicated he plans to publicly release the volume of Smith’s report detailing his election-related investigation.

U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith makes a statement to reporters after a grand jury returned an indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump in the special counsel's investigation of efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat,

However, the federal judge continued to block the classified documents case portion of the special counsel's final report.

Special counsel Jack Smith resigned his position on Friday after transmitting his report to Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland.

The judge denied a request to block the release of Smith's report on Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.