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….