General Discussion

The big problem is that the potential prosecution (DOJ) agreed with the defense that no further action should be pursued against the defendant, and that the Jack Smith report should never be released (they went further, asking that it be destroyed, but she hasn’t ruled on that… yet).

So with no participating party opposing, there is no one with direct involvement to make an appeal. Instead, what has happened is that the Knight First Amendment Institute, part of the law school at Columbia University (NYC), has made an appeal based on First Amendment grounds. I don’t understand the basis for this, but Judge Cannon denied this request, however it gave them something to appeal to the 11th Circuit… which is pending. Certainly the judges there understand how the actions in Cannon’s court are an attempt to whitewash the whole thing and delete history, and that the current DOJ is serving the defendant’s interests rather than the people’s interests. It remains to be seen how they will rule.

There’s some explanation here: