Trump has made it known that he is the target of an ongoing criminal investigation

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In recent weeks, Smith has landed several figures in Trumps inner circle before the grand jury investigating the documents case including one of his lawyers, Evan Corcoran, after a legal battle on the attorney-client privilege. A former Trump spokesman, Taylor Budowich, acknowledged Wednesday that he had spent the morning before a related grand jury in jail in Florida.

The recent moves signal that Smith’s investigation is nearing a likely charging decision, which now appears to be days, if not hours, away. The letter to Trump is another indication. The Justice Department’s manual provides that prosecutors can send targeted letters to those likely to be indicted in connection with a grand jury probe, giving them a chance to testify before an indictment comes down.

Prosecutors consider a target to be a person about whom there is strong evidence linking him to the commission of a crime and who, in the prosecutor’s judgment, is a presumed defendant.

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