Federal prosecutors have notified former United States President Donald Trump that he is the subject of an investigation into his handling of classified material after leaving office, reported ABC News on Wednesday.
Prosecutors have sent Trump a letter informing him that he is being investigated, he reported. Political. Reuters he could not immediately confirm the information.
The Department of Justice often notifies individuals when they become the target of an investigation to give them the opportunity to present their own evidence before a grand jury. This does not necessarily mean that Trump will be impeached.
News of the notification to Trump’s legal team came just two days after his lawyers met with Justice Department officials to discuss the case.
A federal grand jury has been investigating Trump’s withholding of classified material after leaving the White House in 2021. A second criminal investigation is looking into alleged efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democratic President Joe Biden. .
A spokesman for special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the investigation, declined to comment.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while lawyers for the former president could not be reached for comment.
In August 2022, investigators seized some 13,000 documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. One hundred of those papers were marked classified, despite the fact that one of Trump’s lawyers had previously said that all records with classified marks had been returned to the government.
Trump has previously defended his withholding of documents, suggesting that he declassified them while he was president. However, he has not provided evidence of this and his lawyers have refused to use that argument in court filings.
Trump is the favorite in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race to unseat Biden. He is also the first US President, past or present, to face criminal charges.
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