The former president said he would be arrested last Tuesday over the hush money probe, but any indictment vote may now not happen for weeks.
A legal expert has warned not to “fall into the narrative trap” laid by Donald Trump that breaks in proceedings in the New York grand jury investigation is a positive sign for the former president.
The planned break comes after the grand jury did not meet on Wednesday, the second time proceedings have been canceled in a week, with reports suggesting they would hear about a matter separate from the Daniels hush money case on Thursday.
The grand jury in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation of the former president meets on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with delays in proceedings not unusual; delays could be unrelated to the investigation, such as a juror falling ill.
However, all eyes have been on the grand jury and its moves after Trump claimed that he would be arrested on Tuesday, March 21, in connection to the probe, while calling on his supporters to protest. It was only Trump who made the claim of his apparently forthcoming arrest and was not supported by prosecutors or Trump’s own legal team.
The delays and cancellations in the grand jury’s schedule have sparked speculation about what it means for the case and any possibly historic indictment.
Ambrosio Rodriguez, attorney and former senior deputy district attorney in Southern California, said reports that the grand jury is taking a break through most of April shows that “patience and caution is the order of the day with these types of proceedings,” especially as the result could be the first-ever criminal indictment of a U.
