Trump says he expects to be indicted in Capitol riot probe

WASHINGTON - Former US president Donald Trump said Tuesday he expected to be charged over the 6 January attack on the US Capitol - an indictment that would ramp up his legal woes as he makes another White House run.

"Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden's DOJ, sent a letter... stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6 Grand Jury investigation," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. More than 1,000 people have been arrested for taking part in what prosecutors have called an insurrection intended to keep Trump in the White House.

Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, who is vying with Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination, told Fox News that another indictment would be a "distraction.""We can't be sitting there focused on lawsuits over and over again," she said.Trump was indicted by Smith in June for allegedly stashing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida - the first former US president to face criminal charges.

The judge presiding over the documents case is to hold a hearing in Florida later Tuesday to discuss a date for the trial to begin.

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