特别顾问杰克·史密斯已经通知了前总统唐纳德·特朗普信中说他是调查的目标颠覆2020选举知情人士告诉ABC新闻。
特朗普还确认了进展在他的真实社交平台上。
消息人士称，这封信已于近日转交给特朗普的律师，这封信表明，这位前总统可能即将面临另一项起诉。
知情人士告诉ABC新闻，这封目标信提到了三项联邦法规:阴谋犯罪或欺诈美国，剥夺法律权利，以及篡改证人，受害者或线人。
消息人士称，信中没有其他细节，也没有说明特别顾问办公室如何声称特朗普可能违反了所列法规。
特朗普在Truth Social上写道:“这场政治迫害完全是对选举的干涉，是执法的彻底政治武器化。”
目标信通常会发给刑事调查中的对象，以提醒他们面临被起诉的前景。
多个消息来源告诉ABC新闻，前总统的盟友、助手和律师一直在努力确定是否还有其他人收到了特别顾问关于选举调查的目标信。
“我们找不到任何人，”一名消息人士周二下午表示。
特朗普前私人律师鲁迪·朱利安尼的律师告诉美国广播公司新闻，截至周二下午，这位前纽约市长尚未收到信件。
朱利安尼的顾问特德·古德曼在一份声明中说:“任何关于鲁迪·朱利安尼市长‘背叛’唐纳德·特朗普总统的猜测都是错误的，就像以前关于美国市长在某种程度上是俄罗斯特工的谎言一样。”“为了‘推翻’特朗普总统——正如许多反特朗普媒体所幻想的那样——朱利安尼市长将不得不作伪证，因为他掌握的关于此案的所有信息都表明特朗普总统是无辜的。”
特朗普此前收到一封目标信件他被佛罗里达州的一个大陪审团起诉，指控他在离开白宫后对机密文件的处理不当，以及他涉嫌阻挠政府的调查。
史密斯控制了司法部对特朗普及其盟友在大选中失败的调查任命为特别顾问去年11月，以及最近几个月，数十名证人出现在华盛顿特区的联邦大陪审团面前作证
据消息人士透露，检察官已经询问了证人，特别是关于努力提出虚假所谓的虚假选举人名单在特朗普输给总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)的关键摇摆州进行认证期间，他们将投出选举人团的选票。
调查人员还在2021年1月6日之前的几天里，寻找特朗普的行动和他的精神状态的信息，当时成千上万的特朗普支持者袭击了美国国会大厦，暂时中断了认证，并导致议员和前副总统彭斯逃离大楼。
特朗普是上个月被起诉在史密斯的检察官说他多次拒绝归还数百份包含从美国核机密到国家国防能力等机密信息的文件后，他受到了37项与处理机密材料有关的刑事指控。他对所有指控都不认罪。
前总统还不服罪曼哈顿地区检察官指控他伪造商业记录封口费付款是在2016年总统大选前几天送给成人电影女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯的。
Special counsel informs Trump he is target in probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election
Special counsel Jack Smith has informed former President Donald Trump by letter that he is a target in his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.
Trump also confirmed the development in a post on his Truth Social platform.
The letter, which sources said was transmitted to Trump's attorneys in recent days, indicates that yet another indictment of the former president could be imminent.
The target letter mentions three federal statutes: conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud the United States, deprivation of rights under color of law, and tampering with a witness, victim or an informant, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
There are no additional details in the letter and it does not say how the special counsel's office claims Trump may have violated the statutes listed, sources said.
"THIS WITCH HUNT IS ALL ABOUT ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND A COMPLETE AND TOTAL POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT," Trump wrote on Truth Social in response to the letter.
Target letters are typically given to subjects in a criminal investigation to put them on notice that they are facing the prospect of indictment.
Multiple sources tell ABC News that allies, aides and attorneys for the former president have been working to determine if anyone else received a target letter from the special counsel regarding the election probe.
"We can't find anyone," a source said Tuesday afternoon.
A lawyer for Trump's former personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, told ABC News that the former New York City mayor had not received a letter as of Tuesday afternoon.
"Any speculation that Mayor Rudy Giuliani 'flipped' against President Donald Trump is as false as previous lies that America's Mayor was somehow a Russian Agent," Giuliani adviser Ted Goodman said in a statement. "In order to 'flip' on President Trump -- as so many in the anti-Trump media are fantasizing over -- Mayor Giuliani would've had to commit perjury because all the information he has regarding this case points to President Trump's innocence."
Trump previously received a target letter from Smith before he was indicted by a grand jury in Florida for his alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving the White House and his alleged efforts to obstruct the government's investigation.
Smith took control of the sprawling Justice Department investigation into the failed efforts by Trump and his allies to thwart his election loss upon his appointment as special counsel in November of last year, and in recent months dozens of witnesses have appeared to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C.
According to sources, prosecutors have questioned witnesses specifically about the efforts to put forward false slates of so-called false electors that were to have cast electoral college votes during the certification for Trump in key swing states that he lost to President Joe Biden.
Investigators have also sought information on Trump's actions and his state of mind in the days leading up to and on Jan. 6, 2021, when thousands of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol, temporarily disrupting the certification and causing lawmakers and former Vice President Pence to flee the building.
Trump was indicted last month on 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials, after Smith's prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information ranging from U.S. nuclear secrets to the nation's defense capabilities. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The former president has also pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment from the Manhattan district attorney charging him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 presidential election.
