The soap opera continues. With the announcement this weekend that he would be indicted and arrested by the New York judiciary three days later, Donald Trump “raised false expectations in politics and the media,” the Manhattan public prosecutor accused on Thursday, which is against the ex-president of the United States identified. According to US media, the grand jury that will decide whether there is a case to indict Donald Trump did not meet on Thursday. That means a decision won’t be made until Monday and the wait could continue until one or more more witnesses are heard.
The 76-year-old Republican billionaire, who dreams of “returning” to the White House in November 2024, is facing charges before the New York State Justice and his Manhattan attorney, Alvin Bragg, over a $130,000 bankruptcy case prior to his November 2016 election victory, to an X-movie actress, Stormy Daniels, with whom he would have had an affair.
“Politically Motivated Lawsuits”
On Saturday morning, Donald Trump caused a stir when he wrote on his social network “Truth Social” that he would be “arrested” the following Tuesday following a criminal complaint filed by Attorney Bragg. But nothing has happened since then. Even though New York – its police, its judiciary and the press – was suspended all week from the hypothetical appearance, indictment and even brief “arrest” of the 45th President of the United States. Which would be unprecedented in the United States.
Prosecutor Bragg, an elected Democrat who has served as the Manhattan Attorney’s Office since 2022 and heir to the Trump/Stormy Daniels case, has remained silent since Saturday. In a letter Thursday, addressed to three Republican lawmakers and immediately released, prosecutors complained about Mr Trump’s message on Saturday on Truth Social and about a letter those elected officials sent to the prosecutor on Monday, in which they summon him to testify a congressional committee.
In this letter consulted by AFP, these members of the House of Representatives in Washington accuse Bragg, who is classified as left-wing, of having carried out “politically motivated criminal prosecutions”.
“Unprecedented Action”
“Your letter,” replied Leslie Dubeck, corporate secretary to Alvin Bragg, “is an unprecedented intrusion into an ongoing local investigation.” And “the letter came only after Donald Trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day, and after his lawyers appeared to pressure you to intervene.” “No fact provides a legitimate basis for a congressional investigation,” the Manhattan Attorney’s Office ruled in a Thursday letter.
The New York judiciary has again postponed the possible criminal charges against Donald Trump, which according to media reports must be voted on by a grand jury, a body of citizens with far-reaching powers, possibly until next week the prosecutor.