Special counsel informs Trump he is target in probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election
NAZI Steve, Glazed Piggy, Gas Bag, Sheriff Jagoff, LENBO the DUMBO, Road SCUM 57, & many, many others: what was that you were saying about voter fraud? Still think Looney Rudy didn't sing, DUMBO, you fucking moron???
KATHERINE FAULDERS, JOHN SANTUCCI, ALEXANDER MALLIN and LUKE BARR
Tue, July 18, 2023 at 6:27 AM PDT·2 min read
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 -- though it is not immediately clear what kind of charges he could ultimately face.
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Target letters are typically given to subjects in a criminal investigation to put them on notice that they are facing the prospect of indictment.
Trump similarly received a target letter from Smith before he was indicted by a grand jury in Florida for his alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving the White House and his alleged efforts to obstruct the government's investigation.
Smith took control of the sprawling Justice Department investigation into the failed efforts by Trump and his allies to thwart his election loss upon his appointment as special counsel in November of last year, and in recent months dozens of witnesses have appeared to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C.
According to sources, prosecutors have questioned witnesses specifically about the efforts to put forward false slates of so-called false electors that were to have cast electoral college votes during the certification for Trump in key swing states that he lost to President Joe Biden.
PHOTO: Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes the stage during the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, July 15, 2023. (Marco Bello/Reuters)
Investigators have also sought information on Trump's actions and his state of mind in the days leading up to and on Jan. 6, 2021, when thousands of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol, temporarily disrupting the certification and causing lawmakers and former Vice President Pence to flee the building.
Trump was indicted last month on 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials, after Smith's prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information ranging from U.S. nuclear secrets to the nation's defense capabilities. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The former president has also pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment from the Manhattan district attorney charging him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 presidential election.
The fake electors plot is the hard point for the cons to argue. Why did they have enough slates of fake electors with them at the capital building to change the results of the election if they weren't going to use it? That took weeks of preperation, and if certified would have been totally legal....
40272
46 minutes ago
Clearly the fake electors wasn't coincidence, it fits into the RICO guidelines and was clearly a conspiracy headed by Rudy and Trump.
Rudy spent eight hours with the FEDs, just last week. And this week the letter to Trump is delivered?
No coincidence..
Vivian
48 minutes ago
The political party that screamed the loudest about voter fraud is the same party that submitted fake electors to undo the will of the voters.
