Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragghas accused former United States President Donald Trump of creating “false expectations” about his alleged arrest this week as part of an investigation into the alleged bribe paid to the porn actress known as Stormy Daniels to buy her silence.
Thus, he has also attacked a group of Republican congressmen who have requested information from the Prosecutor’s Office about this alleged arrest in a letter requesting Bragg’s appearance in light of the “unprecedented abuse of tax authority” that would be about to carry on with “the accusation of a former president and current declared candidate”.
“In light of the serious consequences of his actions, we expect him to testify about what clearly appears to be a politically motivated tax decision,” the congressmen have maintained, who have accused him of being impartial.
As Bragg has indicated, this letter “was only sent after Trump created the false expectation that he would be arrested the next day and after his lawyers suggested that he intervene.” “There is no legitimate basis for a congressional investigation,” he has pointed out in response to the deputies, according to information from the CNN television network.
In this sense, he has urged the parties to meet to “understand to a greater extent what information the Prosecutor’s Office could provide that is related to a legitimate legislative interest” by the congressmen.
Last week Trump warned through his social networks that, according to leaks, he would be arrested this week, for which he asked his followers to take to the streets and protest.
The grand jury in charge of studying the charges against the former president in the Manhattan Criminal Court will no longer meet in the remainder of the week, according to local media. There will be no grand jury testimony, deliberations or votes on the case for the rest of this week, a source told Business Insider, information that was later corroborated by more outlets.
The grand jury has been meeting on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and has studied the documents presented by the Prosecutor’s Office since mid-January about the former president and current candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential primaries for his alleged participation in the payment to Daniels.
However, yesterday Wednesday the 23 members of the grand jury did not meet either and the last time they studied the case was Monday, when the grand jury heard the testimony of robert costellowho was a legal adviser to Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.
According to “The New York Times,” the grand jury could still hear the statements of at least one more witness before being asked to vote.
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