Former President Donald Trump says no one has told him he faces imminent charges in parallel investigations after his lawyers met this week with special counsel Jack Smith.
Grand juries in Washington and Miami are hearing new testimony, leading to speculation the probes are coming to a head.
“No one has told me I’m being indicted, and I shouldn’t be because I’ve done NOTHING wrong,” Mr. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform late Wednesday.
Mr. Trump said he is being targeted by a “WEAPONIZED DOJ & FBI,” deeming it a matter of election interference in his 2024 White House campaign and an essential topic for Capitol Hill allies to explore.
“REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS MUST MAKE THIS THEIR # 1 ISSUE!!!” Mr. Trump wrote.
Mr. Smith is investigating Mr. Trump’s actions following his 2020 election loss and whether crimes were committed in the lead-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in Washington that is hearing testimony on the subject, according to NBC News, which said Bannon’s representatives declined to comment.
Bannon, whose podcast is popular with Mr. Trump’s supporters, was convicted on counts of contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate with subpoenas from the House select panel probing the Capitol attack.
A judge sentenced Bannon to four months in prison but suspended the sentence pending appeal.
Another investigation is looking into sensitive government documents that were stored at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate instead of the National Archives.
Mr. Trump says he is being singled out after classified documents showed up at properties tied to former Vice President Mike Pence and President Biden.
However, prosecutors are exploring whether Mr. Trump or anyone on his staff impeded efforts to retrieve the documents.
A grand jury in Miami heard testimony on that matter on Wednesday.
One former Trump aide, Taylor Budowich, confirmed his appearance before the panel and said he will not be deterred from promoting Mr. Trump for president in 2024.
“Today, in what can only be described as a bogus and deeply troubling effort to use the power of government to ’get’ Trump, I fulfilled a legal obligation to testify in front of a federal grand jury and I answered every question honestly,” he tweeted Wednesday. “America has become a sick and broken nation — a decline led by Joe Biden and power-hungry Democrats. I will not be intimidated by this weaponization of government.”
Mr. Trump faces a New York trial in March on charges of falsifying business records. Some legal experts have questioned whether Manhattan prosecutors can secure a conviction under the legal theories involved in the case.
One rival GOP presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that the situation is a “challenge” for Mr. Trump, though he thinks “the determining factor for the 2024 election should be the voters.”
“It is very, very dangerous to see and or feel like the Department of Justice is being weaponized against anyone in this country,” Mr. Scott said. “That puts a cloud over the entire process.”
• Tom Howell Jr. can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.
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