New York (CNN) The Manhattan grand jury hearing the hush money case involving former President Donald Trump is currently scheduled to adjourn after April 5 and resume later in the month, according to a source familiar with the matter.
If the grand jury does not hear the case again for several weeks, it will stop what has been a wave of anticipation that a former president could be indicted for the first time in American history. Trump himself falsely predicted he would be arrested last week amid news reports about security preparations being made in the event of an indictment.
This comes as a new Quinnipiac University poll shows that 55% of Americans view the accusations against Trump as at least somewhat serious.
The planned break surrounding the upcoming religious holidays and spring break in the city’s public schools was previously scheduled for the investigative grand jury, which was empaneled to serve for six months.
The grand jury also is not expected to hear the Trump hush money case Thursday or next week when they are scheduled to hear other cases, the source said.
Grand jury proceedings are secret and prosecutors can change plans for the panel at any time.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into Trump appeared to be nearing completion earlier this month after the former president was invited to testify before a grand jury.
Since then, two more witnesses have testified, including attorney Robert Costello, who appeared for Trump. On Monday, the grand jury heard testimony from David Pecker, the former chairman of the National Enquirer publisher who played a key role in the hush money payments.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office is investigating Trump over a hush money payment made by Trump’s lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the election in 2016 because of his silence about an alleged affair a decade earlier. Trump has denied the affair.
The New York case is one of several investigations that could spell legal trouble for Trump. In Washington, special counsel Jack Smith is investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and the handling of classified documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. And in Georgia, Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis is investigating efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election.
A spokesman for Bragg’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Most Americans call hush money probe accusations against Trump serious, new Quinnipiac poll finds
Most Americans view the accusations against Trump as at least somewhat serious (55%), a new Quinnipiac University poll found, including 32% who call the accusations very serious.
A majority also said they believed the case against him was motivated more by politics (62%) than by law.
Only 29% of the public calls Trump honest, with 64% saying he is not.
A majority, 57%, said if criminal charges were filed against Trump in one of the investigations he is facing, that should disqualify him from another presidential run, while 38% said as criminal charges should not disqualify him.
Republicans, the survey found, largely stand with Trump about his legal risk.
Three-quarters (75%) of Republicans say criminal charges should not disqualify Trump from running for president, and 76% say the accusations Trump faces over alleged hush money case not very serious or not serious. A similar 73% of Republicans say Trump’s impact on the GOP as a whole is positive, rather than negative.
This story has been updated with additional details.
