Key Points

  • Former President Donald Trump said he has been told he is a target in the Jan. 6 criminal investigation by special counsel Jack Smith.
    
  • Smith already has criminally charged Trump with about two dozen crimes related to retaining classified documents when he left the White House.

  • Trump in a social media post about the new target letter sent by Smith suggested he may soon face indictment for the Jan. 6 probe.

  • That investigation is focused on Trump’s efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election to President Joe Biden.