Despite the challenges faced, Judge Aileen Cannon has allowed the Justice Department to release part one of special counsel's final report.

The special counsel's report concludes the criminal investigation that brought charges against a former president for the first time.

The filing by Special Counsel Jack Smith to the 11th United States Appeals Circuit of an emergency motion for summary reversal of Judge Aileen Cannon’s order blocking the release of his final report is an aggressive finale to years of frustrated prosecutions.