AP sources: Manhattan DA postpones Trump grand jury session

NOW. AND FIRST AT 11, WE ARE FOLLOWING TWO BIG DEVELOPING STORIES, BOTH INVOLVING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. ONE CENTERS AROUND CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. THE OTHER FOCUSES ON HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS AND THE INDICTMENT, TRUMP BELIEVES, IS STILL LOOMING. GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I바카라 게임 웹사이트�M SHAYNE WRIGHT AND I바카라 게임 웹사이트�M TIFFANY KENNEY. SOURCES NOW TELL ABC NEWS THAT SPECIAL PROSECUTORS HAVE EVIDENCE MR. TRUMP MAY HAVE BROKEN THE LAW BY ALLEGEDLY NO ONLY MISLEADING HIS OWN LAWYERS ABOUT CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FOUND AFTER HIS TIME IN OFFICE. THIS ALL COMES AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS PREPARING FOR A POSSIBLE INDICTMENT SURROUNDING HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS MADE DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. WELL, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMED HE WOULD BE ARRESTED TODAY. THE GRAND JURY IN NEW YORK WILL RECONVENE TOMORROW. ARI, HE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER SPEAKING TO A FORMER JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TRIAL ATTORNEY ON WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO REACH AN INDICTMENT. ARI, HAD FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BEEN INDICTED TODAY, AS HE SAID HE WOULD, THEN HE WOULD HAVE BELIEVED TO HAVE JUMPED ON HIS TRUMP PLANE HERE, FLOWN TO NEW YORK AND SURRENDERED TO AUTHORITIES THERE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PLANE IS STILL HERE AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS STILL DOWN THE ROAD AT MAR A LAGO, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT COULD CHANGE AT ANY MOMENT. MANY PEOPLE BY NOW HAVE HEARD THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY IN NEW YORK. BUT WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? IT IS SIMPLY A DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS REASON TO HOLD THE PERSON. THE ANSWER TO THE CHARGE. RICHARD SERAFINI IS A CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND A FORMER TRIAL ATTORNEY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. HE SAYS IN NEW YORK, FELONY CHARGES MUST COME FROM A GRAND JURY. THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S A GROUP OF 23 PEOPLE WHO HEAR DETAILS OF THE CASE. THEY HEAR EVIDENCE FROM THE PROSECUTORS AND THEY DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO CHARGE AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A CRIME DURING A GRAND JURY PROCEEDING. THERE IS NO JUDGE, NOBODY THERE TO REPRESENT THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE, DONALD TRUMP. BECAUSE OF THAT, PROSECUTORS ALMOST ALWAYS WIN ULTIMATELY. I MEAN, IT IS THE JURY. THE GRAND JURY MAKES A DETERMINATION. I MEAN, BUT AGAIN, OVERWHELMINGLY, A PROSECUTOR WILL GET AN INDICTMENT IF HE OR SHE REQUESTS. AND A GRAND JURY DOES NOT NEED TO BE UNANIMOUS. JUST A MAJORITY HAVE TO VOTE TO INDICT. SO IN THE CASE OF DONALD TRUMP, IF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN MANHATTAN CAN CONVINCE A MAJORITY OF THE GRAND JURY THAT TRUMP COMMITTED A CRIME, TRUMP WILL BE INDICTED. BUT KEEP IN MIND, A GRAND JURY, AN INDICTMENT THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH AND NO BEARING AT ALL WHEN IT COMES TO A PERSON바카라 게임 웹사이트�S GUILT OR INNOCENCE THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE DETERMINED AT A TRIAL. REPORTING LIVE AT PALM BEA

Video above: Donald Trump expects to be indicted. What does that mean?Manhattan prosecutors postponed without any explanation a scheduled grand jury session Wednesday in the investigation into Donald Trump over hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign, at least temporarily slowing a decision on whether to charge the ex-president.The postponement was confirmed by four people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because they were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation by name. It was not immediately clear why the proceedings were postponed, but the grand jurors were told to be on standby for Thursday, another day when the New York panel has been meeting in recent weeks.When the grand jurors next meet, they may hear from yet another witness, according to a person familiar with proceedings that appear to be nearing a decisive vote on whether or not to indict Trump.The panel has been probing Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s involvement in a $130,000 payment made in 2016 to porn actor Stormy Daniels to keep her from going public about a sexual encounter she said she had with Trump years earlier. Trump has denied the claim, insisted he did nothing wrong and assailed the investigation, led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, as politically motivated.Wednesday's abrupt development, which a person familiar with the matter said was not connected to security concerns, came amid growing anticipation that Trump could soon be charged. Grand jury proceedings are shrouded in secrecy, making it hard to predict with certainty what action might be taken and when.As the panel has been hearing from final witnesses, Trump has contended his arrest is imminent and law enforcement officials have accelerated security preparations in the event of unrest accompanying an unprecedented charge against a former U.S. president.The district attorney's office declined to comment on the postponement, which was earlier reported by Business Insider.Prosecutors had recently invited Trump himself to appear before the grand jury, and on Monday heard from a witness favorable to his case as a way to ensure that the panel would be presented with any information that could conceivably be considered exculpatory.Trump over the weekend stated that he expected to be arrested Tuesday, though the day came and went without that happening._____Tucker reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Michael Balsamo and Colleen Long contributed to this report.

Video above: Donald Trump expects to be indicted. What does that mean?

Manhattan prosecutors postponed without any explanation a scheduled grand jury session Wednesday in the investigation into Donald Trump over hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign, at least temporarily slowing a decision on whether to charge the ex-president.

The postponement was confirmed by four people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because they were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation by name. It was not immediately clear why the proceedings were postponed, but the grand jurors were told to be on standby for Thursday, another day when the New York panel has been meeting in recent weeks.

When the grand jurors next meet, they may hear from yet another witness, according to a person familiar with proceedings that appear to be nearing a decisive vote on whether or not Trump.

The panel has been probing Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s involvement in a $130,000 payment made in 2016 to porn actor Stormy Daniels to keep her from going public about a sexual encounter she said she had with Trump years earlier. Trump has denied the claim, insisted he did nothing wrong and assailed the investigation, led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, as politically motivated.

Wednesday's abrupt development, which a person familiar with the matter said was not connected to security concerns, came amid growing anticipation that Trump could soon be charged. Grand jury proceedings are shrouded in secrecy, making it hard to predict with certainty what action might be taken and when.

As the panel has been hearing from final witnesses, Trump has contended his arrest is imminent and law enforcement officials have accelerated security preparations in the event of unrest accompanying an unprecedented charge against a former U.S. president.

The district attorney's office declined to comment on the postponement, which was earlier reported by Business Insider.

Prosecutors had recently invited Trump himself to appear before the grand jury, and on Monday heard from a witness favorable to his case as a way to ensure that the panel would be presented with any information that could conceivably be considered exculpatory.

Trump over the weekend stated that he expected to be arrested Tuesday, though the day came and went without that happening.

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Tucker reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Michael Balsamo and Colleen Long contributed to this report.

AP sources: Manhattan DA postpones Trump grand jury session

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