Former US President Donald Trump has said he expects to be arrested by a federal investigation into the 6 January 2021 riot at the Capitol and efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.
In a social media post, he said he was informed by special counsel Jack Smith on Sunday night that he was a target of their inquiry.
Mr Trump posted that he was told to report to a grand jury, “which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment”.
The special counsel did not immediately respond to media inquiries.
Such an indictment would be Mr Trump’s third for alleged criminal offences, including charges brought by Mr Smith’s team in June accusing the president of mishandling classified documents.
Mr Trump has also been charged in New York with falsifying business records related to 2016 hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. He is due to stand trial in that case next March, while a date for the classified document’s case is still being contested by the president’s lawyers.
(BBC News)
