Attorneys for former President Trump met Thursday morning with federal prosecutors in the special counsel's office in Washington, D.C., according to two sources familiar with the meeting.
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump met Thursday morning with federal prosecutors in the special counsel's office in Washington, D.C., according to two sources familiar with the meeting.
For months, Trump, his attorneys and his political apparatus have been preparing for the possibility of a third criminal indictment related to the special counsel's Jan. 6 probe. In this case, special counsel Jack Smith and a grand jury have been investigating attempts to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 presidential election.
The target letter received by Trump highlights three federal statutes, according to a source: conspiracy to commit an offense or to defraud the U.S.; a statute that indicates potential charges ranging from obstruction of an official proceeding to tampering with a witness; and a civil rights law. The obstruction-related statute is a common charge for defendants in the Justice Department's probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
The possibility of an indictment in the Jan. 6 investigation comes on the heels of the federal grand jury indictment in June over the former president's handling of classified records, a matter that is also being investigated by the special counsel. A federal judge has
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