Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has received a letter informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election.

What You Need To Know

• Former President Donald Trump says he received a letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department's probe into the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection


• Trump said he was given "a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury," which he claimed "almost always means an Arrest and Indictment"


• After losing the 2020 presidential election, Trump made a number of false statements about widespread voter fraud as he and his allies sought to challenge and overturn the results of the election
  
  
• Those efforts culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, when a mob of his supporters marched to the U.S. Capitol and stormed the building in an effort to disrupt the counting and certification of Joe Biden's win

Trump made the claim in a post on his Truth Social platform, saying he received the target letter on Sunday night. Such a letter can precede an indictment; Trump got one ahead of being charged last month in a separate investigation into the mishandling of classified documents.

Trump said he was given "a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury," which he claimed "almost always means an Arrest and Indictment."

After losing the 2020 presidential election, Trump made a number of false statements...

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