Former President Trump Receives Letter From January 6th Counsel
Former President Donald Trump disembarks Marine One at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas Tuesday, January 12, 2021, and boards Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland (Archived Trump White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
The letter could be foreshadowing a possible third criminal indictment.
Article by Georgia Simon, Assistant White House Editor
PALM BEACH, Fla. - In an announcement on Tuesday, Former President Trump said he has received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith explaining that he would be a target of an investigation into his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
This could be Trump's third indictment as earlier this year he was charged in Manhattan and Florida. As well as in Fulton County, Ga where another grand jury is considering charging the former president over his involvement in trying to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the peach state.
Stated inside the letter, explains an offer for the former president to appear and speak in front of the grand jury later this week in Washington D.C. Charges against President Trump are unclear.
Following the letter, Trump's legal team spent time calling allies in order to see whether they received similar letters. So far, none of come forward.
Investigators are taking into account his behavior before Jan. 6 where he tried to influence former Vice President Pence into blocking the electoral victory for Joe Biden.
“Investigators have also examined Trump’s consideration of a plan to seize voting machines from the states, his campaign of false claims that the election was stolen and his role in advancing a plan to assemble bogus slates of presidential electors to stoke a conflict ahead of Jan. 6,” POLITICO explained.
“The panel focused in particular on Trump’s effort to pressure state and local officials to appoint “alternative” slates of presidential electors in seven states won by Biden and then use those slates as a pretense to disrupt the Jan. 6 session of Congress — when the Constitution and federal laws require Congress to meet and certify the election.”
After receiving the letter on Sunday, Trump was told he had to report to the grand jury within a 4 day period on Thursday, July 20th.
Both indictments thus far have led the President to receive more funding to his campaign which have helped to finance the Trump defense team throughout his legal battles.
As one legal battle starts, a different defense drama continues as Trump's lawyers met on Tuesday in Fort Pierce, Fla. regarding his classified documents case. Trump appointed US District Judge Aileen Cannon made clear that the case would not take to trial in mid-December as it would be a “compressed” timeline.