Donald Trump’s legal team has been notified by the Justice Department that he is a target in a federal probe into the handling of classified documents, according to Politico.
Prosecutors have been building a case including testimony from former aides, including from his former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, according to a person familiar.
Meadows is one of several people close to Trump who have testified to federal grand juries in Washington and Miami for Special Counsel Jack Smith’s documents probe and a separate investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to people familiar with the matter.
Attorneys for Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Trump posted on his Truth Social platform earlier Wednesday that “no one has told me I’m being indicted, and I shouldn’t be because I’ve done NOTHING wrong.”
The developments indicate that Smith may be close to bringing charges against the former president. The letter to Trump’s attorneys saying he is a target was also reported by CNN.
The Justice Department is required to notify individuals if they are a target of an investigation. The department’s manual for prosecutors explains that someone is a target when there is “substantial evidence linking him or her to the commission of a crime” and they’re a potential defendant in a future indictment.
--With assistance from Mark Niquette.
