The notice came from special counsel Jack Smith's office, according to The New York Times, CNN and other media outlets. This is the clearest indication yet that prosecutors are moving closer to bringing charges against the former president, who already faces charges in another case.
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The Times, citing “two people familiar with the case,” reported that it was unclear when Trump’s team was informed that he was a target of the investigation.
A special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland has been investigating a set of classified documents that Trump had stored at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, residence after leaving the White House.
The FBI seized about 11.000 pages in August while executing a search warrant, and Trump could face obstruction of justice charges after months of resistance to have the documents recovered.
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“No one told me I was being charged, and I shouldn’t be, because I did NOTHING wrong,” Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social, this Wednesday, in response to press reports.
On Monday, US media outlets also reported that Trump's lawyers, John Rowley, James Trusty and Lindsey Halligan, met with Justice Department prosecutors.
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