Trump says he is been suggested he is goal of US investigation into efforts to overturn 2020 election

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump mentioned Tuesday that he has obtained a letter informing him that he’s a goal of the Justice Division’s investigation into efforts to undo the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election.

Trump made the declare in a put up on his Reality Social platform, saying he obtained the goal letter on Sunday night time. Such a letter can precede an indictment; Trump received one forward of being charged final month in a separate investigation into the mishandling of labeled paperwork.

A spokesman for particular counsel Jack Smith, whose workplace is main the investigation, declined to remark.

Prosecutors have solid a broad web of their investigation into makes an attempt by Trump and his allies to dam the switch of energy to Democrat Joe Biden.

Trump, who’s presently the dominant early frontrunner for the Republican nomination, is scheduled to journey to Iowa Tuesday, the place he’s taping a city corridor with Fox Information host Sean Hannity.

Prosecutors in Georgia are conducting a separate investigation into efforts by Trump to reverse his election legislation in that state, with the highest prosecutor in Fulton County signaling that she expects to announce charging choices within the first a number of weeks since Sunday.

In his put up, Trump wrote that “they’ve now successfully indicted me 3 times…. with a in all probability fourth coming from Atlanta” and added in capital letters, “This witch hunt is all about election interference and a whole and complete (political) weaponization of legislation enforcement!”