On Saturday (March 18), Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg assured his staff that intimidation or threats against them would not be allowed. This communication occurred as his office continued its investigation into former US President Donald Trump, who announced his arrest on Tuesday (March 21) and called for a protest.
Bragg stated in a message to his staff obtained by Politico that law enforcement partners will guarantee that any specific or credible threats against the office are fully examined “and that the proper safeguards are in place so all 1,600 of us have a secure work environment.”
Bragg stated that the office has been cooperating with the NYPD and the Office of Court Administration, the administrative arm of the New York court system. Manhattan district attorney also stated that “we will continue to apply the law evenly and fairly, and speak publicly only when appropriate” in all of his office’s investigations.
Alvin Bragg did not name President Trump in his memo, instead referring to public comments about an ongoing inquiry by the agency.
Trump stated on Saturday that he expects to be detained on prosecutors consider charges
Trump stated on Saturday that he expects to be detained on Tuesday as prosecutors explore charges stemming from a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
“Illegal leaks from a corrupt & highly political Manhattan district attorney’s office … indicate that with no crime being able to be proven … the far & away leading Republican candidate & former president of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Protest, take our nation back!” exclaimed Trump, who is running for president in 2024. On Saturday, the former president was spotted at a wrestling tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Manhattan DA to investigate Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen
Bragg’s office has been investigating Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s $130,000 hush payment to Daniels. The payment was made in the final days of Trump’s presidential campaign in exchange for Daniels’ silence about an affair she said she had with him a decade before.
Earlier in March, Bragg’s office requested Trump to testify before the grand jury investigating the payment, which legal experts believed indicated that an indictment was imminent. According to Reuters, Trump turned down the offer.