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he has received word that he’s a target of the grand jury probe

 into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Trump says he learned Sunday that he may be charged with a federal crime by a grand jury investigating the siege on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The former president says the target letter means he is likely to be indicted.

A spokesman for special counsel Jack Smith is declining to comment on Trump’s remarks. 

But Smith and his team have reached into Trump’s inner circle, calling former Vice President Pence and Trump’s son in law to testify before grand juries in Washington, D.C.

 into classified documents at his Florida resort.  

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The former president says he learned Sunday that he may be charged with a federal crime by a grand jury investigating the Capitol siege. A spokesman for special counsel Jack Smith declined to comment.

Trump says he received a letter saying he's a target of DOJ's Jan. 6 investigation

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