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NY grand jury not expected to consider Trump case Thursday, source says | Fox News

  
Via:  Texan1211  •  last year  •  26 comments

By:   Marta Dhanis (Fox News)

NY grand jury not expected to consider Trump case Thursday, source says | Fox News
A Manhattan grand jury will not hear testimony, deliberate or vote on the hush-money case against former President Donald Trump Thursday, a source has confirmed to Fox News.

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A Manhattan grand jury will not hear testimony, deliberate or vote on the hush-money case against former President Donald Trump Thursday, a source has confirmed to Fox News.

Since the grand jury does not sit on Fridays, a vote on the Trump case is not expected this week, according to the source.

The grand jury will meet Thursday about a different case, the source said. This grand jury has been considering other cases and is also a special "investigative" grand jury.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating whether Trump violated the law by making alleged hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.

The grand jury was also expected to meet Wednesday to hear from at least one additional witness in the case, but proceedings were canceled.

Two sources familiar told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that the grand jury was canceled amid "major dissension" within the district attorney's office. One source claimed the district attorney is having trouble convincing the grand jury on potential charges due to the "weakness" of the case.

Despite rumors of a potential imminent indictment, sources familiar told Fox News Digital that Trump has not been formally notified about whether Bragg actually plans to bring charges against him.

Sources told Fox News, though, that there remains a real chance that Bragg does not choose to indict the former president.

Bragg, when he took over as district attorney in January 2022, stopped pursuing charges against Trump and suspended the investigation "indefinitely," according to one of the top prosecutors who resigned from the office in protest.

Prosecutors Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne, who had been leading the investigation under former DA Cyrus Vance, submitted their resignations after Bragg began raising doubts about pursuing a case against Trump.

The possible charges stem from the $130,000 hush-money payment that then-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, in the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election in exchange for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.

Federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York opted out of charging Trump related to the Daniels payment in 2019, even as Cohen implicated him as part of his plea deal. The Federal Election Commission also tossed its investigation into the matter in 2021.

Cohen has said Trump directed the payments. Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 through his own company and was later reimbursed by Trump's company, which logged the payments as "legal expenses." Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who allegedly had a relationship with Trump, received a $150,000 payment through the publisher of the supermarket tabloid National Enquirer.

The Trump Organization "grossed up" Cohen's reimbursement for Daniels' payment for "tax purposes," according to federal prosecutors who filed the 2018 criminal charges against Cohen for the payments.

Trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing with regard to the payments made to Daniels, and he has repeatedly said the payments were "not a campaign violation" but rather a "simple private transaction."

Robert Costello, a former legal adviser to Cohen, appeared before the grand jury Monday and testified that Cohen is a "serial liar."

Costello testified before the grand jury for more than two hours on Monday. Costello said he testified that Trump did not know about the payments made by Cohen to Daniels.

The Manhattan DA's investigation into Trump began in 2019 by then-District Attorney Cyrus Vance. The probe was focused on possible bank, insurance and tax fraud. The case initially involved financial dealings of Trump's Manhattan properties, including his flagship Fifth Avenue building, Trump Tower, and the valuation of his 213-acre estate Seven Springs in Westchester.

The investigation last year led to tax fraud charges against the Trump Organization and its finance chief, Allen Weisselberg.

Grand jury deliberations and votes are secret proceedings, and an indictment typically remains under seal until an arraignment.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

Marta Dhanis is a reporter and field producer based in New York who focuses on criminal justice and the courts. Follow her on Twitter: @MartaDhanis​​​​​


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Texan1211
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1  seeder  Texan1211    last year

Ruh-roh!

Is there trouble in Paradise now?

Seems strange that Bragg has been unable to get an indictment yet with all the evidence liberals here are always claiming exists.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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2  seeder  Texan1211    last year
Federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York opted out of charging Trump related to the Daniels payment in 2019, even as Cohen implicated him as part of his plea deal. The Federal Election Commission also tossed its investigation into the matter in 2021.

I'm sure this is endearing Bragg to those who have looked at the case and declined charges.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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3  seeder  Texan1211    last year

It appears to be another bitter day of disappointment for liberals everywhere.

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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3.1  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Texan1211 @3    last year

Aren't those days that end in "Y"?

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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4  Jeremy Retired in NC    last year

Here, ladies and gentlemen, is another failed attempt by the left and the democrats. 

 
 
 
Texan1211
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5  seeder  Texan1211    last year

I wonder how much Soros is promising Bragg if he gets an indictment or conviction?

 
 
 
Texan1211
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5.1  seeder  Texan1211  replied to  Texan1211 @5    last year

It appears this post may have confused some 'readers'. What it specifically asks is how much Soros is going to pay Bragg if he is successful in procuring an indictment or conviction.

Not the other way around, which even sounds ridiculous!

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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6  Jeremy Retired in NC    last year

Grand Jury Canceled As DA Unable To Find Any Jurists Awesome Enough To Be Trump's Peers

 
 
 
Texan1211
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6.1  seeder  Texan1211  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @6    last year

LOL!!!

 
 
 
Hallux
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7  Hallux    last year

A lot of sources and not a single quote from one of them ... FOX has become timid.

 
 
 
afrayedknot
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7.1  afrayedknot  replied to  Hallux @7    last year

“... FOX has become timid.”

A $1.6 Billion lawsuit will do that. 

 
 
 
Texan1211
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7.2  seeder  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @7    last year

It isn't about Fox but nice shot at deflecting!

 
 
 
Hallux
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7.2.1  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @7.2    last year

Thanx! Just trying to save you from being an echo chamber.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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7.2.2  seeder  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @7.2.1    last year

Any time, always willing to recognize sincere efforts to deflect!

 
 
 
Texan1211
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7.2.3  seeder  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @7.2.1    last year

When I want to see an echo chamber, I just look to see who the mods for a group are!

 
 
 
Hallux
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7.2.4  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @7.2.3    last year

Have not noticed that it stops you from commenting in them.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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7.2.5  seeder  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @7.2.4    last year

Some times I just want to see what the dumb kids are saying, so I visit from time to time.

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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8  Greg Jones    last year

Another day, another yawn fest about dastardly Donald! 

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George
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9  George    last year

They are trying to indict him for a misdemeanor with a 2 year statute of limitations, Somebody ask the partisan retard Bragg how that works?

 
 
 
Texan1211
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9.1  seeder  Texan1211  replied to  George @9    last year

There seems to be a question about the statute of limitations in this matter.

If there is as much evidence as has been claimed, why can't Bragg get an indictment?

 
 
 
George
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9.1.1  George  replied to  Texan1211 @9.1    last year

Trying to figure out which crime is more than 6 years, the knuckle draggers can't be that stupid can they?

Statute of Limitations chart | NY CourtHelp (nycourts.gov)

 
 
 
Texan1211
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9.1.2  seeder  Texan1211  replied to  George @9.1.1    last year

Yes they can, never overestimate them!

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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9.1.3  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  George @9.1.1    last year
the knuckle draggers can't be that stupid can they?

Don't ask questions like that.  They take it as a challenge.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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9.1.4  seeder  Texan1211  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @9.1.3    last year

Challenge?

More like their own version of "special" Olympics!

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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9.1.5  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Texan1211 @9.1.4    last year

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I just got a mental picture of Pelosi, Schiff, AOC and Waters wrestling around the house floor screaming "I'M DUMBER THAN YOU!!!!!"

 
 
 
Texan1211
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9.1.6  seeder  Texan1211  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @9.1.5    last year

Those would probably be the 4 number 1 seeds in the tournament, but I am sure some darkhorse underdog will pull an upset!!

 
 

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