Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has been told that he is a target in special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, violence at the U.S. Capitol.
for charges including obstruction of an official proceeding and inciting, assisting or giving aid or comfort to an insurrection.
Trump has long denied wrongdoing related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, which prompted his second impeachment shortly before the end of his term in office in 2021. The Senate later acquitted him of inciting the violence at the Capitol.The former president is already facing separate charges in Smith’s investigation related to his handling of classified records.
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