2023-07-18 15:25:02
The former American president received a letter from the justice informing him that he was personally targeted by the federal investigation into the assault on the Capitol.
Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had received a letter from prosecutors informing him that he was personally targeted by the federal investigation into the assault on the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021, a new judicial thorn in the side of the candidate for 2024. “Jack Smith, Joe Biden’s crackpot Justice Department prosecutor, sent a letter (…) stating that I’m the TARGET of the grand jury investigation into January 6th.“, wrote the former American president on his Truth Social network.
Donald Trump is already indicted by the courts in the affair of the confidential documents of the White House and for suspicious payments to a former actress of X movies.
The tempestuous politician and billionaire, the main opponent of the Democratic president, is already indicted by the court in the case of confidential White House documents and for suspicious payments to a former porn actress. grand jury, a group of citizens drawn by lot and endowed with broad investigative powers. Donald Trump assures that this procedure “almost always” leads to an indictment.
In his text, the 77-year-old former president describes this investigation as “witch hunt”, new “electoral interference” and “political use” of justice. “Nothing like this has ever happened in our country,” he said.
“Failed in his duty”
On January 6, 2021, thousands of Donald Trump supporters had sown chaos and violence in the Capitol of Washington, temple of American democracy, when elected officials certified the victory of his rival Joe Biden in the presidential election.
Donald Trump wrote this Tuesday on Truth Social to have “the right to contest an election which I am convinced was rigged and stolen”, and assures that he is targeted due to upcoming presidential electionfor which he is a candidate.
A parliamentary committee, dissolved earlier this year by the new Republican majority, investigated the role of the Republican that day. In highly publicized hearings, this majority Democratic panel asserted that the former president had white-hot his supporters before the coup and “failed in his duty as commander-in-chief” during the assault. In its final report released in December 2022, the commission ruled that Donald Trump should never be able to hold new public office following inciting his supporters to insurrection.
Its members also recommended that criminal proceedings be launched once morest him by the federal courts, in particular for call for insurrection. Donald Trump did not specify on Tuesday the possible charges once morest him in this investigation.
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