(CNN) Manhattan Grand Jury Investigating Ex-President donald trumpof Suspected role in scheme to pay hush money A source familiar with the lawsuit told CNN that the adult film star was postponed to Monday without taking a vote on whether to indict Trump.
A grand jury is scheduled to meet next Wednesday.
On Monday, I was contacted by David Pecker, former president of the company that publishes the National Enquirer.
peckerHe is the former chairman of American Media Inc., publisher of The Enquirer.
Pecker was a key figure in the hush-payment scheme. In August 2020, he assumed a new role as an advisor to the executive after he and his AMI were subject to campaign finance scrutiny. AMI signed agreement not to prosecute with the public prosecutor.
CNN reported in January that Pecker met with prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office as part of the investigation, and had previously reported meeting with prosecutors from the bureau as far back as 2019.
Pecker and another friend Disclaimer Granted in a federal investigation in exchange for their grand jury testimony.
According to court documents, a representative for adult film star Stormy Daniels contacted AMI in October 2016 and said Daniels was prepared to go public with allegations of ties to Trump. The former president has denied the allegations.
Pecker relayed the information to Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, who negotiated with Daniels’ attorney to ” [her] Silence” is $130,000 and Court filings from Cohen’s plea bargain Said.
With less than two weeks until the 2020 election, Daniels threatened to take her story elsewhere after Cohen failed to quickly sign a deal or pay her. Packer told Cohen at the time that he needed to complete her contract. Cohen then paid and agreed to complete her deal.
In the heart of the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg case A $130,000 payment from Cohen to Daniels, reimbursed to Cohen by the Trump Organization. A grand jury is deciding whether to indict Trump for alleged involvement in the scheme, but it’s not yet clear if or when the former president will be indicted.
of relative stillness Coming after last week’s grand jury frenzy.
This story has been updated with additional details.
