The ruling means Trump can ask the Supreme Court to block the release of the report written by special counsel Jack Smith. A spokesperson for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the president-elect would appeal to the high court.

But the court left in place an injunction that bars the Justice Department from disclosing the report for another three days.

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump over the objections of the preside