Manhattan grand jury is back at work on Trump case; former president denounces NYC top prosecutor Alvin Bragg
- After being assigned to other cases last week, the NYC grand jury is expected to focus on Trump case on Monday afternoon
- Former president is back in Florida after a well-attended campaign rally in Waco, Texas on Saturday
- Trump rails against Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg as ‘local George Soros backed D.A., who has watched Violent Crime in Manhattan soar to Record Highs’
The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump over hush money payments returned on Monday to hear more evidence, with still no word on when it might be asked to vote on a possible indictment.
It was the first time the panel was hearing testimony in the Trump probe since last week, when a witness favorable to the ex-president appeared before the grand jury. The jurors did not meet at all on Wednesday, one of the days when they ordinarily convene, and heard other matters on Thursday.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg leaves his office as the grand jury continues to hear evidence against former President Donald Trump on March 22, 2023 in New York City.
A canine unit provides security at the state office building where a grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump meets in New York, Monday, March 27, 2023.
The grand jury is now back on Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss secretive proceedings. It was not immediately clear whether an additional witness might be called before the panel.
Trump railed against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a post on social media on Monday morning.
‘Can you imagine? I am leading the opposition within the Republican Party by 30 plus, and Biden by 6 plus, and everyone is waiting to hear from a local George Soros backed D.A., who has watched Violent Crime in Manhattan soar to Record Highs, as to whether or not he is going to “criminally indict” me for NO CRIME,’ Trump added.
Trump raised anticipation that criminal charges were imminent with a March 18 post on his social media platform in which he said he expected to be arrested last Tuesday. He has since used the absence of an indictment to claim, furnishing no evidence, that the investigation is somehow faltering.
The Republican former president has also escalated his rhetoric, warning that ‘potential death & destruction’ would accompany any indictment. He also posted a photo of himself holding a baseball bat next to a picture of District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat. On Thursday, Trump referred to Bragg, Manhattan´s first black D.A., as an ‘animal.’
Trump shared this article that shows these pictures side by side: one of the ex-president with a baseball bat and another with the Manhattan District Attorney looking frightened
Trump’s lawyer maintains that his client denies allegations of a sexual relationship with Stormy Daniels – he also has called the $130,000 hush money a ‘nuisance payment’ that wealthy or famous people sometimes use to make a distracting situation disappear
A Secret Service agent stands guard outside the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump on Monday, March 27, 2023 in Palm Beach, Florida
