Trump receives target letter for Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 investigation

Donald Trump has received a letter from the office of special counsel Jack Smith informing him that he is a target of the Washington, D.C., grand jury investigating attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

This is likely to be followed in the next few days by indictments connected to that case and is a good indication that Smith’s investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election through a series of illegal schemes is nearing an end. Trump revealed his target letter in connection with the classified documents case in June just five days before his formal indictment.

Trump claims that the letter was given to him on Sunday night following a speech that was mostly spent deriding Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump made the target letter public on Tuesday morning in his traditional manner: as part of an extended rant and fundraising pitch on his failing social media platform. It may be a few days, it may be a few weeks, but from here it’s almost certain that Trump is facing a series of federal criminal indictments for his attempt to steal the 2020 election.