Trump Hush-Money Grand Jury Unlikely To Meet Rest Of Week: Reports

NEW YORK CITY — A Manhattan grand jury weighing potential criminal charges against former President Donald Trump is unlikely to meet the rest of this week, according to reports.

The delay Thursday in the so-called "hush-money" case — which was first reported by Business Insider and confirmed by NBC News — means New York City and the nation will have to wait longer for a surely contentious decision.

Grand jurors likely won't take up the hush-money case until next week, or Monday at the earliest, according to the Insider report.

The grand jury is expected to meet Thursday in another case that's unrelated to the Trump probe, the report states.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg convened the grand jury to look into a $130,000 “hush-money” payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels, who has said she had sex with Trump, on the eve of the 2016 election.

The payment had already led to criminal trouble for Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign finance over the payments. Cohen has said Trump reimbursed him in installments that were falsely recorded in the Trump Organization as "legal expenses" — a potential crime on which Bragg and the grand jury are focused.

Trump, who has denied wrongdoing and the affair with Daniels, stoked fears of mass protests and unrest in New York City when he announced on his Truth Social site that he expected to be arrested this week.

Each day this week has turned into a high-stakes waiting game for word of a potential indictment against Trump.

If Trump is indicted, he’ll be the first ex-president to face criminal charges. He is already the first president to be impeached twice.

This is a developing story, refresh for updates.