Donald Trump has said he expects to be arrested by a federal inquiry into the US Capitol riot and efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.
The ex-president said in a social media post he had been informed by special counsel Jack Smith on Sunday night that he was a target of their investigation.
Mr Trump posted that he was told to report to a grand jury, “which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment”.
The special counsel did not immediately respond to media inquiries.
Such an indictment would be Mr Trump’s third for alleged criminal offences, including 37 counts brought by Mr Smith’s team in June accusing the president of mishandling classified documents.
Mr Trump has also been charged in New York City with falsifying business records in 2016 hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
He is due to stand trial in that case next March, while a date for the classified documents case is still being contested by the president’s lawyers.
What’s in the classified document indictment?
Explaining the charges recommended by January 6 committeed
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Mr Trump claimed that he had been sent a letter “stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment.”
Mr Smith was appointed special counsel by US Attorney General Merrick Garland shortly after Mr Trump announced his presidential campaign last autumn. READ MORE