Key takeaways:
- The Manhattan grand jury that was expected to bring historic charges against former President Donald Trump has been delayed and will not assemble Wednesday.
- The grand jury was told to stay home on Wednesday amid reports that the grand jury has been preparing to indict Trump.
- The grand jury’s delay comes as Trump faces mounting legal troubles, including the Supreme Court ruling that Trump must turn over his tax returns and other financial records to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
A Manhattan grand jury that was expected to bring historic charges against former President Donald Trump has been delayed and will not assemble Wednesday, according to several reports.
The grand jury, which has been meeting on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays to probe whether Trump falsified business records when he allegedly directed his then-lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen in 2016 to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an affair she claimed to have had with Trump, was told to stay home on Wednesday.
The cancellation comes amid reports that the grand jury has been preparing to indict Trump, who said last weekend that he expected to be arrested soon in connection with a hush money payment made to an adult film star in the final weeks of the 2016 election.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office declined to say why Wednesday’s grand jury’s meeting was canceled. A senior law-enforcement official told Politico that the grand jury was on standby for Thursday.
The grand jury’s delay comes as Trump faces mounting legal troubles. Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump must turn over his tax returns and other financial records to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Trump has also been accused of inciting the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6.
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