Trump lawyers meet federal prosecutors in election probe

Lawyers for erstwhile US President Donald Trump person met national prosecutors, fuelling speculation helium is astir to beryllium charged implicit efforts to overturn the 2020 US predetermination result.

Mr Trump's attorneys John Lauro and Todd Blanche met officials astatine the bureau of peculiar authoritative Jack Smith successful Washington DC, US media report.

Mr Trump said earlier this period that helium expected to beryllium indicted successful the case.

On Thursday helium said his lawyers got nary denotation of erstwhile enactment could follow.

"My attorneys had a productive gathering with the DOJ [Department of Justice] this morning, explaining successful item that I did thing wrong, was advised by galore lawyers, and that an Indictment of maine would lone further destruct our Country," helium wrote connected societal media.

Meetings betwixt lawyers and prosecutors are not antithetic up of charges being filed.

Mr Trump antecedently said helium had been told by Jack Smith's bureau that helium was a people of the national probe into efforts to overturn his decision successful the statesmanlike election.

According to media reports, the people missive Mr Trump received connected 16 July cites 3 national statutes: conspiracy to defraud the US, deprivation of rights and tampering with a witness.

The missive besides called for the ex-president to study to a expansive jury, "which astir ever means an Arrest and Indictment", Mr Trump claimed.

Dozens of apical Trump medication officials and advisers person been interviewed arsenic portion of the peculiar prosecutor's investigation, including erstwhile Vice-President Mike Pence and erstwhile Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

Those who person testified earlier the expansive assemblage said they were asked astir efforts by Mr Trump's squad to organise slates of "fake electors" who would assertion helium had defeated Democrat Joe Biden successful 7 cardinal battleground states.

Prosecutors successful the authorities of Georgia are besides investigating the erstwhile president connected akin grounds, focusing connected whether helium illegally pressured officials determination to discard Mr Biden's canvass victory.

A determination by prosecutors successful Atlanta connected whether to indict Mr Trump determination is expected adjacent month.

In June, Mr Smith's squad charged Mr Trump successful a antithetic lawsuit wherever helium is accused of mishandling classified documents.

Mr Trump has besides been charged successful New York City with falsifying concern records implicit 2016 hush wealth payments to big movie prima Stormy Daniels.