Turns out the state grand jury in Manhattan, which is investigating former president Trump’s Stormy Daniels escapade, will not convene this afternoon. The grand jurors, whose proceedings occur in afternoons, usually between 2 and 5 p.m., on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, had been on “standby,” waiting for prosecutors to tell them whether they’d be needed today. It is unclear whether, in keeping them on standby, Bragg’s office contemplated presenting testimony from one or more additional witnesses, or asking the grand jurors to vote on an indictment.
By law, grand-jury proceedings are secret, so unless there are leaks, the public cannot know what is actually happening. In my many years in law enforcement, I found that many leakers are uninformed or ill-informed. What’s reported, then, has to be taken with a grain of salt.
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