Trump grand jury returns at NOON as DA Alvin Bragg ‘struggles’ with ‘weak’ case
Trump Grand Jury Returns to NOON: Panel Nears Crucial Decision as Alvin Bragg ‘Struggles’ with ‘Weak’ Case, and Following Release of Michael Cohen’s Letter Bomb on Stormy Daniels Payments
- Members of the Grand Jury in the case were told not to appear in court on Wednesday.
- A source told DailyMail.com that prosecutors “have trouble convincing a jury” to indict Trump because he is “a weak case”.
- Panel reconvenes at noon where prosecutors ‘may present one more witness’
The grand jury in the Trump hush money case will reconvene Thursday at noon after the Manhattan district attorney told the panel not to appear Wednesday amid fears of riots if an indictment were to be handed down. against the former president.
Many expected Donald Trump to be indicted by now, but a court official confirmed to DailyMail.com that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Wednesday canceled the grand jury, which had been meeting Monday, Wednesday and Thursday to hear the evidence of the case.
It is still unclear why their meeting was prevented amid reports that the panel needs to hear a final witness before making a judgment.
However, a source told DailyMail.com: ‘They are having trouble convincing the jury to buy the case. It’s a weak case and has caused divisions in the prosecutor’s office.
Other reports suggested that the district attorney’s office may be contemplating a change in strategy.
Grand jury members in the case involving Trump’s alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels will reconvene at the Manhattan courthouse Thursday at noon.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (pictured March 22, 2023, leaving the courthouse) called off the jury Wednesday because sources say prosecutors are struggling to convince the panel to indict Trump.
Trump has urged his supporters to take to the streets and protest, as he still maintains his total innocence over allegations that he approved a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her mid-election affair. presidential of 2016.
But shocking new documents obtained by DailyMail.com show former Trump attorney Michael Cohen claimed in a 2018 letter that his client or his businesses failed to reimburse Daniels for hush money payments.
The letter to federal authorities could embarrass prosecutors seeking to file criminal charges against Trump over the payment.
Cohen, a star witness at the trial, claims that Trump reimbursed him from personal funds. He later pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign finance law for hush money.
Even if Trump is indicted this week, law enforcement sources told DailyMail.com he would not need to come to New York for an arraignment until next week. This is good news for the former president, who is gearing up for one of his first 2024 campaign rallies in Waco, Texas, on Saturday.
The 36,000 New York Police Department (NTPD) officers were placed on alert this week and told in a memo Monday to be in uniform and ready for deployment. Uniformed men and women have maintained a greater presence in Manhattan courthouses this week with both pro- and anti-Trump protesters descending on the Big Apple.
The police presence included the use of dogs to sweep the area for bombs and other nefarious items after New York courthouses were inundated with threats earlier this week.
A bomb threat made via a 9-1-1 call Tuesday shut down Manhattan civil court Tuesday morning and suspended proceedings, according to a court spokesperson.
The threat delayed the start of a New York attorney general hearing in a separate case involving Trump and his company allegedly involved in a year-long fraud scheme.
Police are using bomb-sniffing dogs to patrol the area around Manhattan Criminal Court after someone made a bomb threat via a 9-1-1 call Tuesday.
K9 drug detectors were brought into the Manhattan courthouse Thursday for a sweep before the prosecutor and grand jury arrived.
Trump posted an image Wednesday night on Truth Social of him posing with a large group of officers and first responders with the NYPD and FDNY. There was no text associated with the post.
In a separate post on his social media platform, Trump also reaffirmed his claims that there was “no wrongdoing of any kind” and accused Bragg of “election interference” in weighing up a former president, and possibly the future.
As all eyes turn to New York and police and judicial security inspect the streets, images emerged of members of the United States Secret Service (USSS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) establishing a base camp on the Peninsula. Hotel in Manhattan.
Meanwhile, Trump is moving away from the city he once called home, instead staying at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
New York police stand guard outside Trump Tower in Manhattan Thursday morning as the grand jury prepares to reconvene as protesters are expected to continue demonstrating outside the former president’s residence.