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Gabriel J. Chin, Professor of criminal law, immigration and race and law, University of California, Davis

What is a target letter? 3 things to know about how the Justice Department notifies suspects, like Donald Trump, ahead of possible charges

Former President Donald Trump appears in July 2023 at a re-election campaign event in Florida. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on July 18, 2023, that he had received a letter from the Department of Justice, notifying him that that he was “a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation.”

He also wrote that the letter said he has “a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment.”

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