Federal prosecutors have notified President Donald Trump’s legal team that he is a target of the criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents, according to multiple reports. The move, first reported by The Guardian, reflects a major uptick in the inquiry and comes amid reports that Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is nearly finished collecting testimony and evidence in the case. Prosecutors are also using a grand jury in Florida in their investigation as those in the Trump camp fear charges against the former president could be imminent. The former president responded to the reports with fury on Wednesday, telling The New York Times he has not directly communicated with Justice Department prosecutors and that it wasn’t “true” he had been told he would be indicted. “No one has told me I’m being indicted,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Source: Huffington Post June 08, 2023 04:15 UTC