Former President Trump Reveals He Expects Criminal Charge in Capitol Riot Probe

Donald Trump, a former US president, said on Tuesday that he had received a letter from prosecutors indicating that he was likely to face a criminal charge in connection with the violence at the US Capitol on January 6.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump claimed that “Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden’s DOJ, sent a letter… stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6 Grand Jury investigation.”

The former president, who Is currently in the lead to be the Republican nominee for president in 2024, claimed he received the letter on Sunday and had “a very short four days” to appear to a grand jury, “which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment.”

Trump said that the entire purpose of the investigation was to meddle with the election and turn law enforcement into a completely political weapon. “This is a very depressing and dark time for our country!”

The special counsel Smith has already filed charges against the 77-year-old Trump for improper handling of top-secret federal records after leaving the White House.

The indictment claims that Trump stored the documents at his Florida mansion Mar-a-Lago, which included sensitive material from the Pentagon, CIA, and National Security Agency.

Later on Tuesday, the judge overseeing the documents case will have a hearing to determine the start date for the trial.

While Trump’s defense team requested that it begin after the November 2024 presidential election, prosecutors requested that trial begin in December.

The special counsel Smith has already filed charges against the 77-year-old Trump for improper handling of top-secret federal records after leaving the White House.

The indictment claims that Trump stored the documents at his Florida mansion Mar-a-Lago, which included sensitive material from the Pentagon, CIA, and National Security Agency.

Later on Tuesday, the judge overseeing the documents case will have a hearing to determine the start date for the trial.

While Trump's defense team requested that it begin after the November 2024 presidential election, prosecutors requested that trial begin in December.

Smith has also looked into Trump’s attempts to have the results of the 2020 election annulled, as well as the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, by Trump supporters who wanted to prevent legislative certification of Biden’s victory.

Prosecutors in Georgia are also looking into any unlawful efforts by Trump to rig Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.

Trump said in a Truth Social post that he has “the right to protest an Election that I am fully convinced was Rigged and Stolen” and claimed that he is being targeted due to the approaching election.

“Joe Biden’s NUMBER ONE POLITICAL OPPONENT, who is largely dominating him in the race for the Presidency,” the Justice Department has “effectively issued a third indictment and Arrest,” according to Trump.

“Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before, not even close.”
The Washington Post claims that a target letter does not always imply that the receiver will face prosecution. Trump did not name any specific allegations against him in his Truth Social post.