Trump hush money probe goes quiet after chaotic week
Preparations continue on Centre Street.
Law enforcement officials are preparing for the possibility of a decision from the grand jury next week but are still waiting to hear from the district attorney's office.
The New York Police Department held a rehearsal on Wednesday for its posture if there are protests in downtown New York, although preparations are still underway, according to a law enforcement official.
Bragg's office debates bringing Cohen back
The district attorney's office is trying to determine whether to call back Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, to refute the testimony provided earlier this week by lawyer Robert Costello -- or to call an additional witness to buttress their case before the grand jurors consider a vote on whether to indict the former president, one source familiar with the investigation said.
…It's unclear whether Costello's testimony altered the district attorney's strategy as he's mulled whether to call an additional witness.
It’s not unclear to me!
"Up until this point, the grand jury had only heard the prosecution's witnesses, under questioning by prosecutors, with no input from defense counsel or potential defendants," said Elie Honig, a former prosecutor and CNN senior legal analyst. "So Costello would have given the grand jury a defense perspective, for the first time."
Costello told CNN his appearance before the grand jury Monday was, at times, contentious.
He said he was questioned by a prosecutor while seven other assistant district attorneys also sat inside the grand jury room. While grand jury proceedings are sealed, Costello claimed he challenged prosecutors about why he was only asked about six of the hundreds of documents he submitted and, at one point, he turned to the grand jury and told them they should demand to see all the documents. Costello says five or six jurors nodded in agreement with his statement.
HO-HO-HO-HO-HO.
"Without a doubt my testimony had an impact on the grand jury. I told the truth about Michael Cohen. …”