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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Donald Trump faces midnight deadline to decide whether to face grand jury

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event, July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas.
By Thursday afternoon, all indications were that Donald Trump would not agree to testify before the grand jury. Photograph: John Locher/AP

Donald Trump faced a deadline of midnight on Thursday to say if he would appear before a Washington grand jury convened by the special counsel Jack Smith to consider federal charges over his election subversion and incitement of the attack on Congress on 6 January 2021.

Late on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter, the Guardian reported that prosecutors had assembled evidence to charge Trump with three crimes.

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