Trump Received Letter Stating He Is Target of January 6 Investigation
Former president Donald Trump said that he received a letter on July 17 informing him that he is a target of the special counsel investigation of the January 6 events.
Mr. Trump said the Sunday letter from special counsel Jack Smith gave him four days to report to a grand jury. In a message posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, the former president suggested that the short deadline may mean he would be arrested and indicted.
Mr. Trump called the letter “HORRIFYING NEWS for our country” and framed it with the backdrop of the two other indictments he is facing amid a heated presidential re-election campaign in which he dominated the GOP field.
Mr. Trump was charged earlier this year in connection to payments for a non-disclosure agreement in a state case in New York. He was later charged in a federal case in Miami in connection to his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House.
“THIS WITCH HUNT IS ALL ABOUT ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND A COMPLETE AND TOTAL POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT,” Trump wrote.
The Department of Justice has indicted hundreds of people for participating in the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In two of the most prominent cases, the government convinced juries in Washington that members of the Oath Keepers were guilty of a seditious conspiracy.
Legal experts had previously suggested that the Oath Keepers cases spelled trouble for Trump, who could be snarled with seditious conspiracy charges over parts of the speech he delivered on January 6 and other remarks he made leading up to that day.
Mr. Smith, the special counsel, is investigating both the classified documents case and the January 6 case.
The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Trump was found not guilty in a Senate impeachment trial over his remarks on and before the January 6 events. The charges against him hinged largely on selective quotations from his speech in the capital that day.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
