Barbara McQuade, who served as a US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, told Salon that “Donald Trump is clearly trying to run out the clock until he is sworn in on Jan. 20,” adding: “Once he gains control of DOJ, he can try to kill the report.”

It wasn’t immediately clear if Trump would appeal the Smith report case decision to the top court. His spokesperson Steven Cheung said that it’s “time for Joe Biden and [Attorney General] Merrick Garland to do the right thing and put a final stop to the political weaponization of our Justice system.”