LATEST: Lawyers for Donald Trump met with the special counsel this morning to make the case for why Trump shouldn't be indicted, sources say.
met Thursday morning with special counsel Jack Smith's team as a potential indictment of the former president looms, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.receipt of a target letter
alerting Trump he is a target of the special counsel's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump's lawyers were there to make the case for why they believed Trump shouldn't be indicted. Special counsel Jack Smith was present for the meeting, sources said.The meeting ended after an hour, sources told ABC News.
The target letter, which Trump said he received on July 16, mentions three federal statutes: conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud the United States, deprivation of rights under a civil rights statute, and tampering with a witness, victim or an informant, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster following his appearance in a Miami court, June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, N.J.
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