Security efforts beefed up outside courthouse amid Trump investigation
meantime, the Manhattan grand jury and the Donald Trump investigation had the day off, but officers are still working around the clock as securities being beefed up at the courthouse. CBS 2's Dick Brennan with more tonight. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg received a death threat here at his office. It was in a letter that also contained what turned out to be a harmless white powder. This, as Donald Trump is being blasted for his heated rhetoric. Well, the twice impeached form of president's rhetoric is reckless, reprehensible and irresponsible. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries reacting to a post from Donald Trump, who warned that death and destruction is possible if he's indicted potentially on alleged campaign finance violations.
It's dangerous, and if he keeps it up, he's going to get someone killed. And then there's this. Trump reposted an ominous, altered image of him holding a baseball bat next to an image of Bragg, who has one of his hands raised. I think this goes beyond the pale, even for Donald Trump. We all have a right to free speech, but that's not an absolute right. Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader says Trump could theoretically be charged for these types of posts. I think this crosses an ethical line, but I think it also crosses a legal line.
I think he could be facing potential charges of menacing, of aggravated harassment, inciting a riot, which he might be even a recidivist for. The Manhattan Grand Jury is expected to resume deliberations next week. On the point with Marcia Kramer, former federal prosecutor Ann Marie McEvoy said the grand jury decision could go either way. Hard to say exactly what's going to happen. It seems now there's been some hesitation potentially as to looking for a true bill from this grand jury. In another case, a federal judge in Washington has ordered several former Trump aides to testify about his conduct before and during the January 6th attack, including his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows. Donald Trump is holding a rally Saturday in Waco, Texas.
That was the scene of a deadly siege 30 years ago between the FBI and an extremist group. In Lower Manhattan, Dick Brennan, CBS 2 News.
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