Former President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he expects, by the end of the week, to be arrested and indicted by special counsel Jack Smith in connection with the January 6th Grand Jury investigation.
Trump was informed by his lawyers on Sunday to have received a ‘target letter’ from special prosecutor Jack Smith, investigating alleged crimes committed by Trump in relation to the Capitol protests on January 6, 2021. Democrats claim that Trump was trying to reverse his defeat at to Joe Biden in the 2020 general election.
On his Truth Social platform, Trump went on to criticize “Deranged Jack Smith” who sent him the letter informing him he was a “TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury” investigation, Mr. Trump said in a post on his social media platform.
The letter “almost always means an Arrest and Indictment,” wrote Mr. Trump, who believes that election fraud occurred in 2020, and that federal agencies like the DOJ, FBI, DHS and IRS have been weaponized against him and his supporters. Trump promises to purge the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation of partisan operatives who have sidestepped the law in order to target him and his staff, and conservatives.
Smith’s spokesman would not comment on the matter.
“This is not equal justice. They treat people differently and they go after their adversaries,” said Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.
ABC News reports…
Special counsel Jack Smith has informed former President Donald Trump by letter that he is a target in his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.
Trump also confirmed the development in a post on his Truth Social platform.
The letter, which sources said was transmitted to Trump’s attorneys in recent days, indicates that yet another indictment of the former president could be imminent.
The target letter mentions three federal statutes: conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud the United States, deprivation of rights under color of law, and tampering with a witness, victim or an informant, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
There are no additional details in the letter and it does not say how the special counsel’s office claims Trump may have violated the statutes listed, sources said.
Trump, appearing Tuesday night at a town hall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he received the letter on Sunday.
“It bothers me,” said the former president. “I got the letter on Sunday night. Think of it, I don’t think they’ve ever sent a letter on Sunday night. And they’re in a rush because they want to interfere, it’s election interference, never been done like this in the history of our country and it’s a disgrace what’s happening to our country.”
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