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News Wrap: Justice Department plans partial release of Trump Jan. 6 report

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🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Wednesday, the Justice Department plans to release special counsel Jack Smith's findings on Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Greenland's finance minister pushed back over Trump's comments about taking control of the territory and the Israeli military says it's recovered the body of a hostage inside an underground tunnel in Gaza. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

And we start the day's other headlines with President-elect Donald Trump's latest legal battles with just days to go before his inauguration.

0:08.3

The Department of Justice says it plans to release special counsel Jack Smith's findings on Mr. Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

0:16.5

It's unclear exactly when.

0:19.0

But the DOJ says Smith's report on the classified documents case will remain under wraps for

0:24.2

now.

0:25.2

Separately, Mr. Trump is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to call off his sentencing

0:29.8

by Judge Juan Mershan in his New York hush money case set for this Friday.

0:35.2

It's his third attempt this week to delay sentencing. Mr. Trump has

0:38.9

repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. There's been international pushback over President-elect Trump's

0:44.8

recent comments about taking control of Greenland. Speaking to the press yesterday, Mr. Trump said he

0:50.2

would not rule out using military force to take over the Arctic Island, which is rich

0:55.5

in natural resources.

0:57.2

During his first term, Mr. Trump pressed his aides to explore ways to buy Greenland, which

1:02.2

is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.

1:05.3

Today, Greenland's finance minister met with his Danish counterpart in Copenhagen, where he

1:10.1

pushed back on such an idea.

1:11.6

Greenland is not for sale. We have said that all of us and it will never be for sale.

1:19.6

And I can reiterate that it will never be up for discussion.

1:22.6

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken also dismissed the idea today while speaking in Paris alongside the French foreign minister.

1:31.3

The idea expressed about Greenland is obviously not a good one, but maybe more important.

1:38.3

It's obviously one that's not going to happen, so we probably shouldn't waste a lot of time talking about it.

1:42.3

Denmark is a longtime ally of the U.S. and a founding member of NATO,

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