We ALL Wait….
It’s up to the Grand Jury people and DA Bragg….
An indictment of Donald J. Trump has been widely anticipated since the former president predicted his arrest earlier this month, but the timing of any charges remains a mystery.
Two people with knowledge of the grand jury’s schedule said that, as of Tuesday afternoon, the panel was not expected to meet on Wednesday. But grand jury proceedings are kept secret and timing can change.
The timing of any vote to indict is subject to the quirks of the grand jury process in Manhattan, which includes scheduling conflicts and other unexpected interruptions.
The special grand jury hearing evidence in the Trump investigation meets on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The panel need not meet each of those days; it only convenes when the district attorney’s office summons the jurors.
Although the panel has typically heard evidence unrelated to that inquiry on Thursdays, on that day last week, the prosecutors leading the Trump investigation were in front of the grand jury.
The timing of an indictment might also depend on the availability of the jurors themselves. Sixteen of the 23 grand jurors must be present to conduct any business (and a majority must vote to indict for the case to go forward). For the prosecutors to seek the vote, the jurors in attendance that day must have previously heard all key witness testimony…..
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Once the grand jury witnesses have concluded their testimony, the prosecutors will need to present the charges and explain the law to the grand jurors, who will vote on an indictment. It is not clear how long that process will take, as the charges remain unknown. Although it is not a foregone conclusion that the grand jury would indict Mr. Trump, such panels routinely vote to bring the charges that prosecutors seek.
Until then, Mr. Bragg could decide to pump the brakes. As of now, however, that seems highly unlikely.
INSIDER does a piece speculating that the Grand Jury could have ALREADY voted on the charges ….
The Manhattan grand jury that has been weighing potential “hush-money” charges against Donald Trump since mid-January could have voted Monday — we just wouldn’t know it yet, former prosecutors told Insider.
NBC reported Tuesday that the grand jury is not meeting for the rest of this week. But that could be because the panel is done with its work, ex-prosecutors said.
If they’ve already voted to indict, the district attorney’s office does not need to file the indictment immediately. Instead they could slow-walk the post-vote process for days, forestalling the moment when Trump is officially indicted, as is in their discretion and power to do, the experts said.
A defendant is only officially indicted when the jury foreperson signs an actual hard-copy indictment and that document is then filed, under seal, with the court clerk’s office.
Prosecutors often forestall these two crucial steps — signing and filing — former prosecutors told Insider.
In Trump’s case, that would delay when prosecutors tell his legal team he’s been indicted, if it comes to that.
And — assuming that Trump would then tell the world — a post-vote delay would give law enforcement the time needed to prepare for any unrest, again if it comes to that, ex-prosecutors said….