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‘I am a TARGET’: Donald Trump expects to be arrested within days

Pre-trial hearings begin in Trump case

Former US president Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested and indicted within days for what would be the third time this year.

Mr Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday (US time) that he had received a letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith stating he was a target of a grand jury investigation.

That probe relates to Mr Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result during the Capitol Hill riots after losing to Joe Biden.

If so, it would represent the clearest sign to date that Mr Trump may face federal criminal charges stemming from his efforts to remain in power.

Mr Trump is the front-runner for the Republican nomination to face Mr Biden, a Democrat, at the next election in 2024.

This would be his third indictment this year for alleged criminal offences.

Donald Trump has been rallying supporters in his bid to take on Joe Biden again. Photo: Getty

Mr Trump was last month charged with unlawfully retaining national defence documents after he left office in 2021 and conspiring to obstruct government efforts to retrieve them.

He also faces New York state criminal charges accusing him of falsifying business records concerning a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to buy her silence before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she has confirmed but he denies.

He has pleaded not guilty in both cases.

In his post on Truth Social, Mr Trump said he had received a letter “stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment”.

Officials have testified that during his final months in office, Mr Trump pressured them with unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud.

His supporters attacked the US Capitol in a January 6, 2021 bid to stop Congress from certifying Mr Biden’s win.

Later on Tuesday, defence lawyers and federal prosecutors are due to make their first appearance in Florida before US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over charges that he mishandled classified information and obstructed justice.

As part of the 2020 election investigation, a grand jury at the federal courthouse in Washington DC has heard testimony from high-profile former Trump administration officials, ex-White House lawyer Pat Cipollone and Mr Trump’s vice president Mike Pence.

In federal investigations, targets who are not called to testify before a grand jury or who do not make such a request are typically provided an opportunity to do so before prosecutors seek an indictment.

Mr Trump is the first former US president to ever be indicted.

On Monday, the Georgia Supreme Court rejected a bid by Mr Trump to block a state investigation into whether he and his allies illegally attempted to meddle with Georgia’s 2020 election.

Among actions being investigated were Mr Trump’s phone call urging a top election official to “find” enough votes to overturn Mr Biden’s statewide victory.

Topics: Donald Trump
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