The grand jury investigating former US President Donald Trump over alleged payments made to a pornographic actress during the 2016 presidential campaign will not meet on Wednesday and was told to stand by on Thursday.
Although this Wednesday is one of the days of the week when the Manhattan Grand Jury normally meets, its members were notified of the postponement of the meeting, according to the Associated Press (AP) agency.
The agency was instructed to be on standby on Thursdayanother of the days when the panel usually meets, said three sources close to the case who asked for anonymity.
The reason for the postponement was not immediately clear, but it means that a vote on whether or not to formally impeach Trump is temporarily postponed.
It comes at a time when there are growing signs that the grand jury, which has heard witnesses as part of the criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged bribe payment to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels, is finalizing its work. .
Prosecutors recently invited Trump himself to appear before the grand jury, and on Monday heard a witness favorable to his case to ensure the panel received any information that could be considered exculpatory.
Trump said over the weekend that he expected to be arrested Tuesday, but that did not happen.
Despite his possible impeachment, the former president has benefited from his growing legal troubles, according to the Fox News network, which reported that Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign has already raised $1.5 million (1.39 million) in the three days since the forecast. euros) from a possible arrest of the tycoon.
After Trump announced on Saturday that he would be arrested, his campaign team launched an aggressive fundraising campaign, via emails and videos, advocating that the case is a political maneuver to try to stop the tycoon’s newfound ambitions.
Source: DN
