The grand jury set to decide whether to charge former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) with paying a fee to porn actress Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence is set to take a month off, several US media outlets reported this Wednesday.

This adjournment of the grand jury — a body that examines multiple cases at the same time and decides whether there are grounds for a trial — follows a pre-agreed calendar, writes Politico.com, so its decision was not made specifically in connection with the Trump case.

In fact, the meeting is scheduled for Thursday, but to see another occasion, and it will be from now on, when a break is taken, which coincides with Holy Week and the following Easter, which are used by many Americans as holiday periods. .

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The grand jury does not usually officially announce its program or detail the cases it handles every day, but it is known from leaks to some media that it did consider the Trump case last Monday to ask for a second testimony from David Pecker.

Pecker, the former owner of The National Enquirer, was allegedly called in to explain that he knew about the $130,000 (€120,000) payment to Daniels, as he allegedly warned Trump that Daniels planned to release his testimony about his sexual relationship with Trump, and I was looking for media that would like to do it.

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With this pause, the attention given to the grand jury will weaken after Trump himself assured ten days ago that his 23 members were going to confirm his charge and immediately after that he would be arrested, which ultimately did not happen.

And if this notification from Trump has gathered numerous media at the gates of the court where the grand jury sits, then in recent days his presence has been dwindling, as well as groups of people opposing or against the former president.

EFE