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The bill increases near-term public transparency by requiring a rapid release of the Special Counsel's report while trying to protect privacy and national-security interests through redactions and AG discretion — trading faster disclosure against risks of inadvertent sensitive releases, politicized withholding, and possible harms to privacy or legal processes.
Taxpayers gain a mandated public release of Special Counsel Jack Smith's Volume II within 7 days, increasing transparency about DOJ findings and governmental accountability.
The Attorney General can redact national-security information before release, reducing risk that publication will reveal intelligence sources or operations and protecting national-security interests.
Witnesses and victims (including people with disabilities) are protected because the Attorney General may withhold identifying information, lowering privacy and safety risks for non-suspects named in the report.
Taxpayers and the Justice Department could face inadvertent disclosure of sensitive content because the 7-day mandatory public release risks pressuring a rushed review of materials.
Broad redaction authority combined with AG discretion over public-interest disclosures could reduce independent oversight and enable politicized withholding of material, undermining public trust.
Witnesses, victims, or other private individuals (including federal employees) could suffer privacy or safety harms if redactions are incomplete or successfully contested and identifying information becomes public.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Attorney General to post Volume II of the Special Counsel's report online within seven days, allowing limited redactions for certain witnesses, victims, and national-security information.
Official title: To direct the Attorney General to disclose volume II of the report prepared by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Introduced April 9, 2026 by Stephen Cohen · Last progress April 9, 2026
Requires the Attorney General to publish Volume II of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report online within seven days of the law taking effect, with limited redactions allowed for (1) witnesses who did not aid or abet the alleged criminal conduct, (2) victims’ identifying information, and (3) national security or similarly sensitive material; the Attorney General may later disclose national-security redactions if disclosure is judged to be in the public interest. The law sets a quick timeline for public release while preserving narrow protections for privacy and security.