The former US president and candidate for the 2024 election has been told he has been personally targeted as part of the investigation into the management of the White House archives.
Donald Trump in the sights of the American judiciary. The former US President from 2017 to 2021 had been informed that he was personally being targeted by the investigations in the White House archives, several American media reports, including CNN.
The US Department of Justice usually informs those under investigation to give them an opportunity to present their own evidence before a grand jury.
Whole boxes of documents
This new move, which paves the way to a possible indictment of the former American president, is an additional legal thorn for Donald Trump, who hopes to win a new mandate in 2024.
He is accused of keeping entire boxes of documents, including some classified as “secret defense” documents, after leaving Washington in 2021, and of resisting their return in violation of federal law.
US media won’t say when the former president was briefed, but according to CNN, his lawyers met with Justice Department officials Monday, including Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is tasked with independently overseeing the investigation.